The Handbook of Data Communications and Networks: Volume 1. Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2)

Preface. A.1. Introduction. A.2. Distributed Elements. A.3. Operating Systems. A.4. Processes and Scheduling. A.5. Distributed Processing. A.6. Distributed File Systems. A.7. Agents. B.1. Data Communications. B.2. Real-time Data and Compression. B.3. Error Coding. B.4. RS-232. B.5. Modems. B.6. Huffman/Lempel-Ziv Compression Methods. B.7. Image Compression (GIF). B.8. Image Compression (JPEG). B.9. Video Signals. B.10. Digital TV. B.11. Motion Video Compression. B.12. Speech and Audio Signals. B.13. Audio Signals. B.14. Audio Compression (MPEG-Audio and Dolby AC-3). B.15. Rs-232/Parallel Port Hardware. C.1. Busses, Interrupts and PC Systems. C.2. Interface Buses. C.3. PCI Bus. C.4. PC Motherboards. C.5. Hub-based Architecture. C.6. IDE. C.7. SCSI. C.8. PCMCIA (PC Card). C.9. USB and Firewire. C.10. Games Port, Keyboard and Mouse. C.11. AGP. C.12. Fiber Channel. C.13. RS-232. C.14. RS-422, RS-423 and RS-485. C.15. Interrupt-driven RS-232. C.16. Parallel Port. C.17. Enhanced Parallel Port. C.18. Modbus. C.19. Fieldbus. C.20. WorldFIP. C.21. CAN Bus. C.22. IEEE-488, VME and VXI. D.1. Introduction to Networks. D.2. Networking Types. D.3. Ethernet. D.4. Network Design, Switches and vLANs. D.5. Token Ring. D.6. FDDI. D.7. ATM. D.8. HDLC. D.9. ISDN. D.10. X.25. D.11. Wireless Networks (IEEE 802. 11b). D.12. Mobile Networks. D.13. Wireless LAN Architecture. D.14. ADSL and Cable Modems. D.15. Location Services. E.1. IP. E.2. TCP/UDP. E.3. SPX/IPX. E.4. NetBEUI and NetBIOS. E.5. PPP, SLIP and VPNs. E.6. TCP/IP Commands. E.7. Socket Programming. E.8. FTP and HTTP Clients. E.9. Java Sockets Using Threads. F.1. Routers. F.2. Routing Protocols. F.3. Security. F.4. Router Programming and ACLs. F.5. Encryption. F.6. Public-key Encryption. F.7. Router Emulator. F.8. Switch Emulator. F.9. Wireless Emulator. F.10. IPCONFIG Command and Host. F.11. Modem Emulator. G.1. Electronic Mail. G.2. WWW and HTTP. G.3. SNMP, Wins, Bootp, DNS and DHCP. G.4. FTP/Http/Telnet Set Up and Programming. G.5. NIS, NFS, RC, FTP and DNS. H.1. Networking Operating Systems. H.2. UNIX. H.3. Novell NetWare and NDS. I.1. Cable Specifications. I.2. Fiber Optic Systems. I.3. Line Codes. I.4. Transmission Lines. J.1. Java Script. J.2. PHP. J.3. PHP (Sessions and Databases). J.4. ASP. J.5. ASP (Forms Sessions and Databases). J