Computer Networks by Tanenbaum and Wetherall 5th edition pdf

Computer Networks fifth edition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall

Computer networks by Tanenbaum and Wetherall 5th edition pdf

Author by Tanenbaum and Wetherall 

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

David J. Wetherall, University of Washington Seattle, WA

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CONTENTS

PREFACE xix

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 USES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS, 3

1.1.1 Business Applications, 3

1.1.2 Home Applications, 6

1.1.3 Mobile Users, 10

1.1.4 Social Issues, 14

1.2 NETWORK HARDWARE, 17

1.2.1 Personal Area Networks, 18

1.2.2 Local Area Networks, 19

1.2.3 Metropolitan Area Networks, 23

1.2.4 Wide Area Networks, 23

1.2.5 Internetworks, 28

1.3 NETWORK SOFTWARE, 29

1.3.1 Protocol Hierarchies, 29

1.3.2 Design Issues for the Layers, 33

1.3.3 Connection-Oriented Versus Connectionless Service, 35

1.3.4 Service Primitives, 38

1.3.5 The Relationship of Services to Protocols, 40

1.4 REFERENCE MODELS, 41

1.4.1 The OSI Reference Model, 41

1.4.2 The TCP/IP Reference Model, 45

1.4.3 The Model Used in This Book, 48

1.4.4 A Comparison of the OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models*, 49

1.4.5 A Critique of the OSI Model and Protocols*, 51

1.4.6 A Critique of the TCP/IP Reference Model*, 53

1.5 EXAMPLE NETWORKS, 54

1.5.1 The Internet, 54

1.5.2 Third-Generation Mobile Phone Networks*, 65

1.5.3 Wireless LANs: 802.11*, 70

1.5.4 RFID and Sensor Networks*, 73

1.6 NETWORK STANDARDIZATION*, 75

1.6.1 Who’s Who in the Telecommunications World, 77

1.6.2 Who’s Who in the International Standards World, 78

1.6.3 Who’s Who in the Internet Standards World, 80

1.7 METRIC UNITS, 82

1.8 OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THE BOOK, 83

1.9 SUMMARY, 84   ......similarly etc