Taking an innovative approach to network management, communications protocols, and data networks, this new book examines a unique method in which protocols and mechanisms are broken down into simple management tasks. It helps you steer your way through the history of network management and communications protocols, and guides you through the design of new protocols and the construction of complex networks operating under a simpler paradigm. Using a new vocabulary to discuss tasks and mechanisms of data communications, the book eliminates the distinction between protocols and management, as well as the distinctions made in phases throughout a network's lifecycle.
Introduction and Physical Layer. Channels, Signal and (De)Modulation. Manageing Channel Faults via Error Control Coding. Management and the Transporter Interface. Data Link Layer. Data Link Management: Basics. Data Link Management: SDLC and HDLC. Data Link Management: PPP. Data Link Management: 802 LAN Protocols. End-to-End Protocols. Basics. TCP/IP. SNA and APPN. Concatenation of Transporters. Basics. Layer 3 (L3) Concatenation - Routing. Layer 2 (L2) Concatenation - Bridging and Switching.
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Philippe Byrnes
Philippe Byrnes is a founder of Traphyx, a Silicon Valley startup focusing on traffic management and capacity planning tools. He has worked for IBM, 3Com, and Cisco Systems. He was educated at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Stanford University, and is a member of the IEEE and ACM.