Cable and Wireless Networks: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367575076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 714 str.

Mário Marques Da Silva

Opis

This book presents a comprehensive approach to networking, cable and wireless communications, and networking security. It describes the most important state-of-the-art fundamentals and system details in the field, as well as many key aspects concerning the development and understanding of current and emergent services. Each chapter illustrates t

Spis treści

Introduction to Data Communications and Networking. Network Protocol Architectures. Channel Impairments. Cable Transmission Mediums. Wireless Transmission Mediums. Source Coding and Transmission Techniques. Advanced Transmission Techniques to Support Current and Emergent Multimedia Services. Services and Applications. Transport Layer. Internet Layer: Addressing and Configuration. Internet Layer: Routing and Configuration. Data Link Layer. Structured Cabling System. Transport Networks and Protocols. Cellular Communications and Wireless Standards. Network Security. Appendices. References.

O autorze

Mário Marques da Silva is an associate professor and the director of the Department of Sciences and Technologies at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. He also is a researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações in Lisbon, Portugal. He earned his BSc degree in electrical engineering in 1992, and MSc and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering (telecommunications) in 1999 and 2005, respectively, both from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests include networking and mobile communications, namely Internet protocol (IP) technologies and network security, block transmission techniques, interference cancellation, MIMO systems, and software-defined radio.