Open System LANs and Their Global Interconnection

Chapter 1-Introduction to LANs and WANs 1.1 Historic Background to LANs 1.2 Historic Background to WANs 1.3 Interconnection Between LANs and WANs 1.4 The FutureChapter 2-OSI-Open Systems Interconnection 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Benefits of OSI 2.3 The Origins of OSI 2.4 How OSI does the Trick 2.5 Who's Who 2.6 The OSI Model 2.7 The Significance of the Transport Layer 2.8 The Higher Layers 2.9 The Standard Applications 2.10 OSI Services 2.11 OSI Functional StandardsChapter 3-LAN Standards 3.1 Introduction 3.2 MAC Constraints and Design Considerations 3.3 Physical Layer Design Considerations 3.4 Standardized LANs 3.5 CSMA/CD (Ethernet) 3.6 Token Ring 3.7 Token Bus 3.8 Slotted Ring 3.9 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) 3.10 MAC Bridging 3.11 MAC Service DefinitionChapter 4-Data Link Control Standards 4.1 Introduction to the Data Link Layer 4.2 Data Link Control in WANs and LANs 4.3 Connection-Mode and Connectionless-Mode Services 4.4 HDLC-High Level Data Link Control Procedures 4.5 Operation of the ProtocolsChapter 5-Network Control Standards 5.1 Introduction to the Network Layer 5.2 The Network Service Definition 5.3 Connection-Mode and Connectionless-Mode 5.4 Network Protocols 5.5 X.25 Packet Level Protocol (PLP) Standard-ISO 8208 5.6 Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol ISO 8473 5.7 Use of ISO 8473 Network Protocol in LANs 5.8 Use of X.25 (Connection-mode) in LANs and WANs 5.9 Relaying, Addressing and Routeing 5.10 Frame RelaysChapter 6-Transport Control Standards 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Connection-Mode Transport Service Definition 6.3 The Connection-mode Transport Protocol 6.4 The Network Connection Management Subprotocol 6.5 The Connectionless-mode Transport Protocol 6.6 Transport RelaysChapter 7-The Functional Standards and Proprietaiy Competitors 7.1 Introduction 7.2 OSI Functional Standards 7.3 TCP/IP-An Important non-OSI Family of Protocols 7.4 PC Local Area NetworksChapter 8-Management 8.1 Introduction 8.2 OSI Management Model 8.3 Management Information Model 8.4 Systems Management 8.5 LAN Management 8.6 Bridge Management 8.7 Simple Network Management Protocol 8.8 CMOTChapter 9-Structured Building Cabling 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Architecture 9.3 The Local Cabling Zone 9.4 Saturated vs Dedicated Cabling 9.5 Local Access Connection 9.6 Nodes 9.7 The Information Trunk 9.8 Transmission Technologies 9.9 Supporting LAN Standards 9.10 Integrated Services Local Networks 9.11 Standards ActivitiesChapter 10-The Future 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks 10.3 Integrated Services LANs and MANs 10.4 EvolutionAppendix 1-AbbreviationsAppendix 2-StandardsIndex