Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 THE NEED FOR LOCAL NETWORKS
1.2 LANs, MANs, AND WANs
1.2.1 Wide Area Network
1.2.2 Local Area Nework
1.2.3 Metropolitan Area Networks
1.3 APPLICATIONS OF LANS AND MANS
1.3.1 Personal Computer Incal Networks
1.3.2 Backend Networks and Storage Area Networks
1.3.3 High-Speed Office Networks
1.3.4 Backbone Local Networks
1.3.5 Factory Local Networks
1.4 LOCAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
1.4.1 Information Distribution
1.4.2 Tiered LANs
1.4.3 Evolution Scenario
1.5 LANs, WANs, AND THE INTERNET
1.6 RECOMMENDED READING
1.7 PROBLEMS
APPENDIX IA INTERNET AND WEB RESOURCES
Part 1 Technical Background
Chapter 2 Topics in Data Communications
2.1 DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONCEPTS
2.1.1 Analog and Digital Data Communications
2.1.2 Data Encoding Techniques
2.1.3 Multiple xing
2.2 TRANSMISSION MEDIA
2.2.1 Twisted Pair
2.2.2 Coaxial Cable
2.2.3 Optical Fiber
2.2.4 Unguided Media
2.3 DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
2.3.1 Circuit Switching
2.3.2 Packet Switching
2.3.3 Multirate Circuit Switching
2.3.4 Frame Relay
2.3.5 Cell Relay
2.4 RECOMMENDED READING ANO WEB SITES
2.5 PROBLEMS
APPENDIX 2A DECIBELS AND SIGNAL STRENGTH
Chapter a Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite
3.1 THE NEED FOR A PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE
3.2 THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE
3.2.1 The TCP/IP Layers
3.2.2 Operation of TCP and IP
3.2.3 TCP/IP Applications
3.3 The OSI Model
3.4 INTERNETWORKING
3.4.1 Routers
3.4.2 Internetworking Example
3.5 RECOMMENDED READING
3.6 PROBLEMS
APPENDIX 3A INTERNET PROTOCOL
APPENDIX 3B TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL
APPENDIX 3C USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL
Part 2 LAN/MAN Architecture
Chapter 4 Topologies and Transmission Media
4.1 TOPOLOGY OVERVIEW
4.1.1 Bus and Tree Topologies
4.1.2 Ring Topology
4.1.3 Star Topology
4.1.4 Chnice of Topology
4.1.5 Choice of Transmission Medium
4.1.6 Relationship between Medium and Topology
4.2 BUS/TREE TOPOLOGY
4.2.1 Characteristics of the Bus/Tree Topology
4.2.2 Baseband Coaxial Cable
4.2.3 Broadband Coaxial Cable
4.3 RING TOPOLOGY
4.3.1 Description
4.3.2 Ring Benefits
4.3.3 Potential Ring Problem
4.3.4 Star-Ring Architecture
4.4 STAR TOPOLOGY
4.4.1 Twisted Pair and Optical Fiber Star LANs
4.4.2 Hubs and Switches
4.5 STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEM
4.6 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITES
4.7 PROBLEMS .
APPENDIX 4A CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE
Chapter 5 Protocol Architecture
5.1 PROTOCOL REFERENCE MOOEL
5.2 LOGICAL LINK CONTROL
5.2.1 Principles
5.2.2 Addressing
5.3 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL
5.3.1 MAC Techniques
5.3.2 MAC Frame Format
5.4 BRIDGES AND ROUTERS
5.4.1 Bridges
5.4.2 Routers
5.4.3 Networking Devices
5.5 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITE
APPENDIX 5A THE IEEE 802 STANDARDS
APPENDIX 5B THE CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK
Chapter 6 Logical Link Control
6.1 LLC SERVICES
6.1.1 Unacknowledged Connectionless Service
6.1.2 Connection-Mode Service
6.1.3 Acknowledged Connectionless Service
6.2 LLC PROTOCOLS
6.2.1 LLC Types and Classes
6.2.2 LLC Protocol Data Units
6.2.3 Type 1 Operation
6.2.4 Type 2 Operation
6.2.5 Type 3 Operation
6.3 PROBLEMS
APPENDIX 6A SERVICE PRIMITIVES AND PARAMETERS
APPENDIX 6B FLOW CONTROl
APPENDIX 6C ERROR CONTROL
Part 3 LAN/MAN Systems
Chapter 7 Ethernet LANs
7.1 CSMA/CD
7.1.1 Precursors
7.1.2 Description of CSMA/CD
7.1.3 MAC Frame
7.1.4 MAC Compatibility Considerations
7.2 10-Mbps ETHERNET
7.2.1 Medium Access Unit
7.2.2 10BASE5 Medium Specification
7.2.3 10BASE2 Medium Specification
7.2.4 10BASE-T Medium Specification
7.2.5 10BASE-F Medium Specification
7.3 100-Mbps ETHERNET
7.3.1 100BASE-X
7.3.2 100BASE-T4
7.3.3 Configuration and Operation
7.3.4 Autonegotiation
7.4 GIGABIT ETHERNET
7.4.1 Protocol Architecture
7.4.2 Media Access Layer
7.4.3 Physical Layer
7.5 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITES
7.6 PROBLEMS
APPENDIX 7A DIGITAL SIGNAL ENCODING FOR 100BASE-T
APPENDIX 7B DIGITAL SIGNAL ENCODING FOR GIGABIT ETHERNET
APPENDIX 7C SCRAMBLING
Chapter 8 Token Ring LANs and MANs
8.1 IEEE 802.5 TOKEN RING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL
8.1.1 MAC Protocol
8.1.2 MAC Frame
8.1.3 Token Ring Priority
8.1.4 Token Maintenance
8.1.5 Early Token Release
8.1.6 Dedicated Token Ring
8.2 IEEE 802.5 PHYSICAL fAYER
8.3 FDDI
8.3.1 MAC Frame
8.3.2 MAC Protocol
8.3.3 Capacity Allocation
8.3.4 FDDI Physical Layer Specification
8.4 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITES
8.5 PROBLEMS
Chapter 9 Fibre Channel
9.1 FIBRE CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE
9.1.1 Fibre Channel Elements
9.1.2 Fibre Channel Protocol Architecture
9.2 PHYSICAL MEDIA AND TOPOLOGIES
9.2.1 Transmission Media
9.2.2 Topologies
9.3 FRAMING PROTOCOL
9.3.1 Classes of Service
9.3.2 Frames, Sequences, and Exchanges
9.3.3 Flow Control
9.3.4 Frame Format
9.4 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITES
9.5 PROBLEMS
Chapter 10 Wireless LANs
10.1 OVERVIEW
10.1.1 Wireless LANs Applications
10.1.2 Wireless LAN Requirements
10.1.3 Wireless LAN Technology
10.2 INFRARED LANs
10.2.1 Strengths and Weaknesses
10.2.2 Transmission Techniques
10.3 SPREAD SPECTRUM LANs
10.3.1 Spread Spectrum Communications
10.3.2 Spread Spectrum LAN Design
10.4 NARROWBAND MICROWAVE LANs
10.4.1 Licensed Narrowband RF
10.4.2 Unlicensed Narrowband RF
10.5 WIRELESS LAN STANDARDS
10.5.1 IEEE 802.11 Services
10.5.2 Physical Medium Specification
10.5.3 Medium Access Control
10.6 RECOMMENDATION READING ANO WEB SITES
10.7 PROBLEMS
Chapter 11 ATM LANs
11.1 ATM LAN Architecture
11.2 ATM LAN Emulation
11.2.1 Protocol Architecture
11.2.2 Emulated LANs
11.2.3 LAN Emulation Clients and Servers
11.2.4 LAN Emulation Scenario
11.2.5 LAN Emulation Frame Formats
11.3 Recommended Reading and Web Sites
11.4 Problems
Appendix 11A Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Appendix 11B ATM Adaptation Layer
Pan 4 Design lssues
Chapter 12 Bridges
12.1 BRIDGE OPERATION
12.1.1 Functions of a Bridge
12.1.2 Bridge Protocol Architecture
12.2 ROUTING WITH BRIDGES
12.3 SPANNING TREE ROUTING
12.3.1 Basic Operation
12.3.2 Frame Forwarding
12.3.3 Address Learning
12.3.4 Spanning Tree Algorithm
12.3.5 Bridge Protocol Data Units
12.4 SOURCE ROUTING
12.4.1 Basic Operation
12.4.2 Routing Directives and Addressing Modes
12.4.3 Route Discovery and Selection
12.4.4 Frame Format
12.4.5 Spanning Tree versus Source Routing
12.4.6 Source Routing Transparent
12.5 TRAFFIC CLASSES AND QUALITY OF SERVICE
12.5.1 The Use of Traffic Classes
12.5.2 Mapping of User Priority to Traffic Class
12.5.3 Internet Traffic QualitY of Service
12.6 RECOMMENDED READING
12.7 PROBLEMS
Ghapter 13 Internetworking and Routers
13.1 Internetworking
13.1.1 Protocol Architecture
13.l.2 Design Issues
13.2 Routing .
13.2.1 Autonomous Systems
13.2.2 Border Gateway Protocol
13.2.3 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol
13.3 Recommended Reading
13.4 Problems
Ghapter 14 Network Management
14.1 NETWORK MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
14.1.1 Fault Management
14.1.2 Accounting Management
14.1.3 Configuration and Name Management
14.1.4 Performance Management
14.1.5 Security Management
14.2 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
14.3 SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP)
14.3.1 Basic Concepts
14.3.2 Protocol Specification
14.3.3 SNMPv2
14.3.4 SNMPv3
14.4 LAN-SPECIFIC NETWORK MANAGEMENT
14.4.1 The Special Importance of LAN Management
14.4.2 LAN Network Control Center
14.5 RECOMMENDED READING AND WEB SITE
14.6 PROBLEM
Chapter 15 LAN Performance
15.1 Performance Considerations
15.1.1 Measures of Performance
15.1.2 Effect of Propagation Delay and Transmission Rate
15.1.3 Factors That Affect Performance
15.2 LAN Performance
15.2.1 Bounds on Performance
15.2.2 Comparative Performance of Token Passing and CSMA/CD
15.2.3 Behavior of Contention Protocols
15.3 Recommended Reading
15.4 Problems
Glossary
References
Index