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Overview
"This new, fully updated Second Edition of Practical Data Communications is an indispensable guide for IT managers, computer scientists, system engineers, or any professional who must design or maintain data communication networks. Professionals will find it useful as a reference for precise terminology applications and practices in the field. The book stresses explanation and concepts rather than theory with current practice as the underlying theme." Roger Freeman emphasizes generalized data networks and their protocols rather than limiting the scope of the work by concentrating on proprietary systems. While most resources in the field forgo description of the underlying digital networks, discussion of PSTN as well as SONET and SDH is included here in order to allow readers to better take advantage of services available from the public network. Written to facilitate an understanding of data communications that emphasizes practical applications rather than theory, Practical Data Communications, Second Edition serves as an excellent tutorial for students or professionals with only basic understanding of the subject.Emphasizing practical applications rather than theory, this comprehensive tutorial and reference explores this fast growing segment of the telecommunications field with simple explanations, detailed drawings, and step-by-step discussions of each topic.
Synopsis
Data communication is the movement of encoded data by electronic means. It is the fastest growing segment of the telecommunications industry and is involved in almost every facet of life today. Written by bestselling telecommunications expert Roger Freeman, this updated edition provides a complete overview of data communications and a comprehensive guide to its practical aspects. Both a tutorial and a practical reference for the design and operation of data networks, this is the most comprehensive and detailed book available on data communications.
Booknews
A 45-year veteran of telecommunication system design and operation and a prolific writer of technical books about them, Freeman shifts away from the focus of the 1995 first edition to write primarily for information technologists rather than electrical engineers, and emphasizes the software that makes a data circuit work rather than the electrical data signal itself. He discusses generalized data networks and their protocols rather than proprietary systems, and describes the underlying digital network in order to allow readers to take better advantage of services available from the public network. His work provides a tutorial for students or professionals with only a basic understanding of the field. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
Booknews
A 45-year veteran of telecommunication system design and operation and a prolific writer of technical books about them, Freeman shifts away from the focus of the 1995 first edition to write primarily for information technologists rather than electrical engineers, and emphasizes the software that makes a data circuit work rather than the electrical data signal itself. He discusses generalized data networks and their protocols rather than proprietary systems, and describes the underlying digital network in order to allow readers to take better advantage of services available from the public network. His work provides a tutorial for students or professionals with only a basic understanding of the field. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)From the Publisher
"Among other valued contributions, the book will serve as a single source of this field s specialized acronyms, terminology, basic concepts and practices." (Choice, Vol. 39, No. 5, January 2002)"...very well written in a style I found easy to read and understand
...an excellent reference.(CVU - The Journal of the ACCU)