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This fully revised and updated Second Edition of the book continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of data communications and computer networks in an easy to understand style. In this edition, a new chapter on data compression has been included and topics such as analog and digital transmission, data transmission basics, link control protocol, password authentication protocol and wireless application protocol services have been added at appropriate places.

Table of Contents
Foreword.
Preface.
1.Introduction.
2.Communication Media and Data Transmission.
3.Error Detection and Correction.
4.Data Compression.
5.Data Link Control and Protocol Concepts.
6.Local Area Networks.
7.Wide Area Networks.
8.Integrated Services and Routing Protocols.
9.Wireless LANs.
10.Internetworking.
11.TCP Reliable Transport Service.
12.Network Applications.
13.Network Management.
14.Network Security.
Appendix 1: ASCII Code.
Appendix 2: Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Appendix 3: Questions and Answers on Networking.
Appendix 4: Contact Addresses for Various Organizations.
Glossary of Terms.
Bibliography.
Index.