Data Communications and Networks: An Engineering Approach
David Harle, James R. Irvine · 2001
From the Publisher: Data Communications and Networks uses a top-down, Internet-focussed approach to tackle the problem of communication system design. An integrated method is taken to networks and data communications, with an emphasis that starts from the top level requirements and works downwards, describing how such requirements are fulfilled by lower layers of the transmission chain. While the book contains sufficient detail to provide an excellent foundation, clarity is paramount and care is taken not to swamp the reader with information to the point where the underlying concepts are obscured.