COMPUTER COMMUNICATION FOR METROPOLITAN AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS -- COMPUTER COMMUNICATION FOR METROPOLITAN AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. COMMUNICATION NETWORKS -- 1.2. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LANS ANDMANS -- 1.3. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LANS AND WANS -- 1.4. THE OSI REFERENCE MODEL -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- PART 1. METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS -- Chapter 2: MAN AS INTERCONNECTED LANS -- 2.1. INTERNETWORKING DEVICES -- 2.2. MAN TOPOLOGIES -- 2.3. KEY ISSUES FACING MAN -- 2.4. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF INTERCONNECTED TOKEN RINGS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 3: FDDI -- 3.1. WHY OPTICAL FIBER? -- 3.2.WHY TOKEN RING ARCHITECTURE? -- 3.3. BASIC FEATURES OF FDDI -- 3.4. APPLICATIONS OF FDDI -- 3.5. FDDI-II -- 3.6. FDDI SWITCHES -- 3.7. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FDDI -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 4: GIGABIT ETHERNET -- 4.1. ETHERNET BASICS -- 4.2. GIGABIT ETHERNET -- 4.3. GIGABIT ETHERNET APPLICATIONS -- 4.4. GIGABIT ETHERNET VERSUS ATM/FDDI -- 4.5. PERFORMANCE OF 1000BASE-T CABLING -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- PART 2. WIDE AREA NETWORKS -- Chapter 5: INTERNET -- 5.1. INTERNET PROTOCOL SUITE -- 5.2. IPV6: NEXT GENERATION INTERNET -- 5.3. VOICE OVER IP -- 5.4. INTERNET SECURITY -- 5.5. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS -- 5.6. MPLS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 6: ISDN, BISDN, AND ATM -- 6.1. NARROWBAND ISDN -- 6.2. BROADBAND ISDN -- 6.3. ATM TECHNOLOGY -- 6.4. ATMNETWORKS AND SERVICES -- 6.5. ATM APPLICATIONS -- 6.6. DYNAMIC SYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 7: SONET/SDH -- 7.1. SONET -- 7.2. SDH -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 8: FRAME RELAY AND DSL -- 8.1. FRAME RELAY -- 8.2. FRAME AND CELL RELAYS -- 8.3. DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE.

8.4. DSL AND CABLE MODEM -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- PROBLEMS -- GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS -- APPENDIX A. STANDARDS SOURCES -- APPENDIX B. MAN AND WAN VENDORS -- APPENDIX C: ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.