1. Overview of Data Communications and Networking
PART I
Overview of Data Communications and Networking

2. Overview

3. Chapters
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Network Models

4. Chapter 1
Introduction

5. 1.1 Data Communication
Components
Data Representation
Direction of Data Flow

6. Figure 1.1 Five components of data communication

7. Figure Simplex

8. Figure Half-duplex

9. Figure Full-duplex

10. 1.2 Networks
Distributed Processing
Network Criteria
Physical Structures
Categories of Networks

11. Figure 1.5 Point-to-point connection

12. Figure 1.6 Multipoint connection

13. Figure 1.7 Categories of topology

14. Figure 1.8 Fully connected mesh topology (for five devices)

15. Figure Star topology

16. Figure Bus topology

17. Figure Ring topology

18. Figure 1.12 Categories of networks

19. Figure LAN

20. Figure 1.13 LAN (Continued)

21. Figure MAN

22. Figure WAN

23. 1.3 The Internet
A Brief History
The Internet Today

24. Figure Internet today

25. 1.4 Protocols and Standards
Standards Organizations
Internet Standards