Data Communications and Networking – Behrouz A. Forouzan – 3rd Edition

Part 1. Overview of Data Communications and Networking
1. Introduction
2. Protocol Stack and Network Models

Part 2. Physical Layer
3. Signals
4. Digital Transmission
5. Analog Transmission
6. Multiplexing
7. Transmission Media
8. Circuit Switching and Telephone Network
9. High-Speed Digital Access: DSL, Cable Modems, and SONET

Part 3. Data Link Layer
10. Error Detection and Correction
11. Data Link Control and Protocols
12. Point-to-Point Access: PPP
13. Multiple Access
14. Local Area Networks: Ethernet
15. Wireless LANs
16. Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks, and Virtual LANs
17. Cellular Telephone and Satellite Networks
18. Virtual Circuit Switching: Frame Relay and ATM

Part 4. Network Layer 19 Host-to-Host Delivery: Internetworking, Addressing, and Routing
20. Network Layer Protocols: ARP, IPv4, ICMP, IPv6, and ICMPv6
21. Unicast and Multicast Routing: Routing Protocols

Part 5. Transport Layer
22. Process-to-Process Delivery: UDP and TCP
23. Congestion Control and Quality of Service

Part 6. Application Layer
24. Client-Server Model: Socket Interface
25. Domain Name System (DNS)
26. Electronic Mail (SMTP) and File Transfer (FTP)
27. HTTP and WWW
28. Multimedia

Part 7. Security
29. Cryptography
30. Message Security, User Authentication, and Key Management
31. Security Protocols in the Internet