Data Communications Books

This book gentley gives realistic uses of our ever increasingtechnologies. It deals with integration of curriculum using thetechnology, providing positive and negative uses. I highly recommend it to teachers at all levels!

The book is a very good material for people that does not know anything about these technologies. Covers most of the broadband technologies which is good because is difficult to find everything in just one book. However in some parts of the book needs more editing work (residential broadband). Finally, the latest edition was on 1997, I think is time to release a new edition Mr. Black

I am a full-time network engineer engaged in the development of a global satellite-based network and a part time university instructor.

This is an exceptionally well-written (understandable), thorough discussion of virtually all engineering aspects of Internet QoS. What I like best about this book is its concise, clear, technically treatment of a wide range of Internet QoS topics. For example, the number of RFCs is overwhelming for DiffServ, IntServ, MPLS, Bandwidth Brokers, Traffic Engineering, Policy-based management, etc.. Worse, these RFCs form a patchwork of information. This book extracts the essence of the RFCs and many technical papers on each of these topics, and presents a coherent picture of the whole field. QoS is very much in-flux and this book further adds value by including an 'on-going research' section at the end of each chapter which I found very helpful. Furthermore, the book has very solid technical and quantitative depth.

I strongly recommmend this book for engineers and technically competent engineering managers. For those lost in the QoS field, it gives all sorts of references to RFCs and papers that allow you to dive into a particular area. QoS is very much in-flux at this time. This book is the best of the QoS books (and I have bought a bunch of them) for those needing a technical understanding of Internet QoS.

This is first in its kind book that tackles enterprise architecture modeling with a holistic approach. Book presents a unified modeling approach for enterprise architecture and simplifies the relationship between architecture domains with a simple Meta model. It also deals with communication and analysis aspect nicely.

This does not provide any details about what architecture development process should be nor it gives any insight on choosing an architecture framework. So set your expectation before buying. AS book title says it is about modeling, communication and Analysis.

Excellent reference source with a good number of examples.
I used this in parallel with the book by Shu Lin and costello. While the second one lacks many examples, this one helped me a lot to check my codes using many of the examples given in the book.

Must be part of your "digital communication" library if you are an Engineer or a Scientist!.

Although Essential Email Standards is intended for the Internet messaging technician, even non-techies like myself can benefit from its exhaustive and comprehensive coverage of all the major Internet protocols and RFCs. Loshin provides the latest information on all the Internet messaging standards, as well as a complete description of the standards making process.

The book is also extremely well organized and laid out, with plenty of diagrams, tables, sidebars, and notes. The only disappointing aspect of the book is the skimpy index at the end. Perhaps this is the publisher's way of encouraging readers to use the CD-ROM and Adobe PDF Reader supplied with the book.

Indeed, searching for key words and phrases with the Adobe Reader is a breeze--you just slide the CD-ROM into your computer, double click the installation file, and away you go. I found one of the RFCs I was looking for by simply clicking one of the hyperlinks embedded in the digital copy of the text.

This review concludes that Essential Email Standards succeeds in making highly technical email standards practical and easily accessible.

This book teaches you what you really need...and that's it. It will not waste your time on non-relevant materials. This book is it

This 'everybody's guide of the Internet' is a very useful to understand the Internet. I recommend it the fundamental guide for learn all programs such like WWW, FTP, email,Telnet,gopher and many others. Youngkil Park Ph.D ykppharm@mail.hitel.net MokpCity/Korea

What separates good study material from not so good material? One thing is for sure the author must have a detailed understanding as well as the ability to convey a concept in the subject they are writing about. What we have here is a good example of how this works.

Having read other books by this author I am pleased to find that his tradition of excellence is still going strong. This book is a scaled down InsideScoop going right to the heart of the matter and giving you the meat of the explanation without any fluff.

There are review questions, diagrams, figures and tips and tricks all through the book. The author has made sure each and every exam objective is covered. I found very few technical errors, and overall this book coupled with the InsideScoop and ExamWise books should have you certified first time around.