《计算机网络(第4版)(修订版)》的适用对象很广泛。对于学习计算机网络课程的本科生以及研究生,《计算机网络(第4版)(修订版)》都可以作为教材或教学参考书,每一章后面的大量练习题,可用于课程作业或者复习要点。对于从事网络研究、网络工程以及使用和管理网络的科研和工程技术人员,《计算机网络(第4版)(修订版)》也是一本很有价值的参考读物。
《计算机网络(第4版)(修订版)》是国内外使用最为广泛的计算机网络经典教材。全书按照网络协议模型(物理层、数据链路层、介质访问控制子层、网络层、传输层和应用层),自下而上系统地介绍了计算机网络的基本原理,并给出了大量实例。在讲述各网络层的同时,还融合进了近年来迅速发展起来的各种网络技术,如Internet、SONET、ADSL、CDMA、WLAN和蓝牙等。另外,针对当前计算机网络的发展现状以及计算机安全的重要性,《计算机网络(第4版)(修订版)》用了一整章的篇幅对计算机安全进行了深入讨论。
目录
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 USES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
- 1.1.1 Business Applications
- 1.1.2 Home Applications
- 1.1.3 Mobile Users
- 1.1.4 Social Issues
- 1.2 NETWORK HARDWARE
- 1.2.1 Local Area Networks
- 1.2.2 Metropolitan Area Networks
- 1.2.3 Wide Area Networks
- 1.2.4 Wireless Networks
- 1.2.5 Home Networks
- 1.2.6 Internetworks
- 1.3 NETWORK SOFTWARE
- 1.3.1 Protocol Hierarchies
- 1.3.2 Design Issues for the Layers
- 1.3.3 Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
- 1.3.4 Service Primitives
- 1.3.5 The Relationship of Services to Protocols
- 1.4 REFERENCE MODELS
- 1.4.1 The OSI Reference Model
- 1.4.2 The TCP/IP Reference Model
- 1.4.3 A Comparison of the OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models
- 1.4.4 A Critique of the OSI Model and Protocols
- 1.4.5 A Critique of the TCP/IP Reference Model
- 1.5 EXAMPLE NETWORKS
- 1.5.1 The Internet
- 1.5.2 Connection-Oriented Networks:X.25,Frame Relay,and ATM
- 1.5.3 Ethernet
- 1.5.4 Wireless LANs:802.11
- 1.6 NETWORK STANDARDIZATION
- 1.6.1 Whos Who in the Telecommunications World
- 1.6.2 Whos Who in the International Standards World
- 1.6.3 Whos Who in the Internet Standards World
- 1.7 METRIC UNITS
- 1.8 OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THE BOOK
- 1.9 SUMMARY
- 2 THE PHYSICAL LAYER
- 2.1 THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION
- 2.1.1 Fourier Analysis
- 2.1.2 Bandwidth-Limited Signals
- 2.1.3 The Maximum Data Rate of a Channel
- 2.2 GUIDED TRANSMISSION MEDIA
- 2.2.1 Magnetic Media
- 2.2.2 Twisted Pair
- 2.2.3 Coaxial Cable
- 2.2.4 Fiber Optics
- 2.3 WIRELESS TRANSMISSION
- 2.3.1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- 2.3.2 Radio Transmission
- 2.3.3 Microwave Transmission
- 2.3.4 Infrared and Millimeter Waves
- 2.3.5 Lightwave Transmission
- 2.4 COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
- 2.4.1 Geostationary Satellites
- 2.4.2 Medium-Earth Orbit Satellites
- 2.4.3 Low-Earth Orbit Satellites
- 2.4.4 Satellites versus Fiber
- 2.5 THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK
- 2.5.1 Structure of the Telephone System
- 2.5.2 The Politics of Telephones
- 2.5.3 The Local Loop:Modems,ADSL,and Wireless
- 2.5.4 Trunks and Multiplexing
- 2.5.5 Switching
- 2.6 THE MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEM
- 2.6.1 First-Generation Mobile Phones:Analog Voice
- 2.6.2 Second-Generation Mobile Phones:Digital Voice
- 2.6.3 Third-Generation Mobile Phones:Digital Voice and Data
- 2.7 CABLE TELEVISION
- 2.7.1 Community Antenna Television
- 2.7.2 Internet over Cable
- 2.7.3 Spectrum Allocation
- 2.7.4 Cable Modems
- 2.7.5 ADSL versus Cable
- 2.8 SUMMARY
- 3 THE DATA LINK LAYER
- 4 THE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SUBLAYER
- 5 THE NETWORK LAYER
- 6 THE TRANSPORT LAYER
- 7 THE APPLICATION LAYER
- 8 NETWORK SECURITY
- 9 READING LIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX