Communication Networks

__NOTOC__ {{DISPLAYTITLE:Communication Networks}} Preface Signals and Systems Advanced Communication Systems The purpose of this open book project is to provide a free text book about electrical (digital or analog) communication networks. It will be an accompaniment to the Communication Systems book, but will focus more on real-world implementation and less on mathematical theory. See the introduction section for more details. This book needs help. This is a wiki, so you can help edit it. Table of Contents Introduction Authors Licensing Networks History of Networking Network Basics Network Topologies Cellular Networks Duplex Networks Analog Networks Circuit Switching Networks Cable Television Network Radio Communications Physical Medium and Digital Communications Local Loop Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Cable Digital Networks Parallel vs Serial Channels OSI Reference Model Error Control, Flow Control, Medium Access Control (MAC) Ethernet and Link Switching Internet Wireless Internet Hybrid Networks Analog and Digital Telephony Analog and Digital Radio Analog and Digital TV Routing and Packet Switching IP Tables Routing Network Protocols and Applications Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Ping and Traceroute TCP and UDP Protocols Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT) Protocols Domain Name System (DNS) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Ethereal (packet sniffer) Network APIs Berkeley Socket API Advanced Channels Multipathing Fading Channels Resources Glossary Resources computer engineering electrical engineering C 50% es:Transporte de información y redes fr:Réseaux TCP/IP