Business Data Communications

1. Introduction. I. REQUIREMENTS. 2. Business Information. 3. Distributed Data Processing. II. TCP/IP AND THE INTERNET. 4. TCP/IP and OSI. 5. The Internet: Addressing and Services. III. DATA COMMUNICATIONS FUNDAMENTALS. 6. Data Transmission. 7. Transmission Media. 8. Data Communication Fundamentals. 9. Data Link Control. 10. Transmission Efficiency. IV. NETWORKING. 11. Approaches to Networking. 12. Wide-Area Networks. 13. Wireless Networks. 14. Local Area Network Technology. 15. LAN Systems. V. APPLICATIONS. 16. Distributed Applications. 17. Client/Server and Intranet Computing. VI. MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 18. Doing Business on the Internet. 19. Network Management. 20. Network Security. Appendix A: Standards and Standards-Setting Organizations. Appendix B: Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Glossary. References. Index.Stallings, William is the author of 'Business Data Communications' with ISBN 9780130882639 and ISBN 0130882631.