Practical Data Communications, 2nd Edition

Preface.

The Enterprise Network Environment.

The OSI Model and the Data-Link Layer.

High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC) Typical-Data Link LayerProtocol.

Data Network Operations.

Data Transmission I.

Data Transmission II.

The Telecommunications Network as a Vehicle for DataTransport.

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 (ISDNs).

Building and Campus Wiring and Cabling for DataCommunications.

Broadband Data Transport Techniques.

Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM).

Last-Mile Data Distribution Systems.

Network Management for Enterprise Networks.

Appendix I: Addressing Conventions.

Appendix II: Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Index.