(ebook) Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Global Edition 7th Edition > eBook

For courses in Networking/Communications. Motivate your students with a top-down, layered approach to computer networking Unique among computer networking texts, the 7th Edition of the popular Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach builds on the author’s long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a layered approach in a “top-down manner.” The text works its way from the application layer down toward the physical layer, motivating students by exposing them to important concepts early in their study of networking. Focusing on the Internet and the fundamentally important issues of networking, this text provides an excellent foundation for students in computer science and electrical engineering, without requiring extensive knowledge of programming or mathematics. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed. 

1. Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet
2. 1.1. What Is the Internet?
3. 1.1.1. A Nuts-and-Bolts Description
4. 1.1.2. A Services Description
5. 1.1.3. What Is a Protocol?
6. 1.2. The Network Edge
7. 1.2.1. Access Networks
8. 1.2.2. Physical Media
9. 1.3. The Network Core
10. 1.3.1. Packet Switching
11. 1.3.2. Circuit Switching
12. 1.3.3. A Network of Networks
13. 1.4. Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks
14. 1.4.1. Overview of Delay in Packet-Switched Networks
15. 1.4.2. Queuing Delay and Packet Loss
16. 1.4.3. End-to-End Delay
17. 1.4.4. Throughput in Computer Networks
18. 1.5. Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
19. 1.5.1. Layered Architecture
20. 1.5.2. Encapsulation