Telecommunication Networks: Protocols, Modeling and Analysis

Telecommunication Networks: Protocols, Modeling and Analysis, 1/e

Mischa Schwartz, Columbia University

Published January, 1987 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

Written by one of the most respected members in the telecommunications industry, this book covers the field of telecommunications and the rapidly evolving network technologies of the future. Both packet switching and circuit switching are covered in detail from qualitative discussion to performance analysis.

Features

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview.
2. Introduction to Queuing Theory.
3. Layered Architectures in Data Networks.
4. Data Link Layer.
5. Examples and Performance Analysis.
6. Network Layer: Flow Control and Congestion Control.
7. Network Layer: Routing Function Transport Layer.
8. Polling and Random Access in Data Networks.
9. Local Area Networks.
10. Introduction to Circuits Switching.
11. Call Processing in Digital Circuit-switching Systems.
12. The Evolution toward Integrated Networks.