Hardware and Networks -- Introduction to On-Line Systems -- Basic Communications Theory -- Communications

Lines -- Multiplexers, Statiscal Multiplexers, Concentrators, and Front-End Processors -- Network

Configurations -- Terminals and Personal Computers -- Modems and Interfaces -- Local Area Networks -- Digital

PBX -- Error Detection -- Network Delays : Loop Delay -- Protocols and Arrchitectures -- Introduction to

Networks Protocols -- The International Standards Organization´s Open System Interconnection -- Introduction

to Lines Protocols : Half-Duplex Point-to-Point -- Half-Duplex Multipoint -- Half-Duplex Performance Analysis

: Examples -- Introduction to Full-Duplex Protocols -- Introduction to HDLC/SDLC (High-Level Data Link

Control/Synchronous Data Link Control) -- HDLC Data Transfer -- HDLC Network Examples -- Network Desing

Summary Common Carrier Networks -- Communications Carrier Facilities -- Digital Data Networks and ISDN --

Packet-Switching : CCITT Recommendation X25 -- Planning and Management -- System Planning Considerations --

Network Management -- Queuing and Statiscal Calculations -- Basic Statistics -- Introduction to Queuing Theory

Incluye bibliografía p. (253-254)