Data communication is the movement of encoded data by electronic means. Written by best-selling telecommunications expert Roger Freeman, this updated edition provides a complete overview of data communications and a comprehensive guide to its practical aspects. Both a tutorial and a practical reference for the design and operation of data networks, this is the most comprehensive and detailed book available on data communications.

Building an understanding of data communications from the ground up and delving into more complex concepts while stressing practicality, features of this text include:

• Covers the latest in local and wide-area networks and their protocols and implementations
• Includes an extensive discussion of ATM and network management
• The most comprehensive and detailed book available on data communications
• Thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in the field
• Features over 400 illustrations and graphs

Contents:

• The Enterprise Network Environment.
• The OSI Model and the Data Link Layer.
• High Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Typical Link Layer Protocol.
• Data Network Operations.
• Basic Data Transmission I.
• Data Transmission II.
• The Telecommunication Network as a Vehicle for Data Transport.
• The Transmission of Data Over the Analog Voice Channel.
• Data Communications in the Office Environment - Part 1.
• Data Communications in the Office Environment - Part 2.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs).
• Frame Relay.
• Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN).
• Building and Campus Wiring and Cabling for Data Communications.
• Broadband Data Transport Techniques.
• Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
• Last-Mile Data Distribution Systems.
• Network Management for Enterprise Networks.
• Appendices.