Data and computer communications
This book attempts to provide a unified overview of the broad field of data and
computer communications. The organization of the book reflects an attempt to
break this massive subject into comprehensible parts and to build, piece by piece, a
survey of the state of the art. The book emphasizes basic principles and topics of
fundamental importance concerning the technology and architecture of this field, as
well as providing a detailed discussion of leading-edge topics.
The following basic themes serve to unify the discussion: