The sixth edition of this popular textbook includes numerous animations to reinforce basic concepts, and a comprehensive and unequalled projects manual, to provide instructors with a variety of project assignements for students.
The book is intended for both an academic and a professional audience. As a textbook, it is intended as a one-semester undergraduate course. New to this edition:
• Animations: Animation provides a powerful tool for understanding the complex mechanisms of network protocols. The sixth edition incorporates 12 separate animations covering such protocols as HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
• Projects: This edition includes unparalleld support for a wide range of projects designed to reinforce and expand on the concepts in the book, including assignments related to the animations. See this project summary document for more details.
• Updated coverage of WiFi/IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11 and the related WiFi specifications have continued to evolve. Expanded coverage includes 802.11n.
• Updated coverage of Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gbps Ethernet, and 100-Gbps Ethernet: New details of these standards are provided.
• New coverage of IP performance metrics and service level agreements (SLAs): These aspects of Quality of Service (QoS) and performance monitoring are increasingly important.
• New coverage of unified communications: Coverage includes unified communications, convergence, and service oriented architecture (SOA).
• Expanded coverage of security: Part Six, Security, has been completely rewritten and expanded to two chapters. It is more detailed, covering a number of new topics. In addition, at key points in the book (Chapters 5, 7, and 11) there is an overview of security for the relevant topic..
There is a technical resource and course page for the book.
For more detail, see the Table of Contents and Preface
ISBN: 0136067417
Due: August 2008 from Prentice Hall