Front Cover ; Open System LANs and TheirGlobal Interconnection; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1.Introduction to LANs and WANs; 1.1 The Historic Background to Local Area Networks; 1.2 The Historic Background to Wide Area Networks; 1.3 Interconnection Between LANs and WANs; 1.4 The Future; Chapter 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 Services2.11 OSI Functional Standards; Chapter 3.LAN Standards; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 MAC Constraints and Design Considerations; 3.3 Physical Layer Design Considerations; 3.4 Standardised LANs; 3.5 CSMA/CD (Ethernet); 3.6 Token Ring; 3.7 Token Bus; 3.8 Slotted Ring; 3.9 Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI); 3.10 MAC Bridging; 3.11 MAC Service Definition; Chapter 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 LayerControl; 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 Relays; Chapter 6.Transport Control Standards; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Connection-mode Transport Service Definition

6.3 The Connection-mode Transport Protocol6.4NCMS; 6.5 The Connectionless-mode Transport Protocol; 6.6 Transport Relays; Chapter 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 Networks; Chapter 8.OSI Management; 8.1Introduction; 8.2OSI Management Model; 8.3Management Information Model; 8.4Systems Management; 8.5LAN Management; 8.6Bridge Management; 8.7Simple Network Management Protocol; 8.8CMOT; Chapter 9.Structured Building Cabling; 9.1Introduction

9.2Architecture9.3The Local Cabling Zone; 9.4Saturated vs Dedicated Cabling; 9.5Local Access Connection; 9.6Nodes; 9.7The Information Trunk; 9.8Transmission Technologies; 9.9Supporting LAN Standards; 9.10Integrated Services Local Networks; 9.11 Standards Activities; Chapter 10.The Future; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks; 10.3Integrated Services LANs and MANs; 10.4Evolution; Appendix 1 -- Abbreviations; Appendix 2 -- Standards; Index