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Useful Web SitesA chapter-by-chapter list of related web sites. This includes all active sites listed in the book, plus other useful sites. Suggestions welcome.
Course Support Materials
Student Resource Site:
Help and advice for the long-suffering, overworked student.
Errata sheet: Latest list of errors, updated at most monthly. File name is Errata-BDC4e-mmyy. If you spot any errors, please report them to 
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Figures:
On-line transparency masters of many of the figures from the book in PDF
(Adobe Acrobat) format,.
Tables:
On-line transparency masters of all the tables from the book in PDF format.
Network Design Chapter: A supplementary chapter developed by Richard Van Slyke
of Polytechnic University of Brooklyn. Updated 21 January 2001.
Powerpoint
slides: The "official" set of slides commissioned for use specifically with this book. Developed by Professor Elizabeth Lane Lawley of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
On-line Simulation: Ann Burroughs, an Associate Professor
at Humboldt State University has created two simulations that may help you
visualize some of the concepts in the book. They require ShockWave plug-ins
and a reasonably up-to-date browser.
NOTICE: No password is required for any downloads. Downloading sometimes fails, either because your browser mistakenly assumes a password is needed or for other reasons. If so, try using another browser or an FTP package. If that doesn't work, there might be a problem at your end or at your ISP, perhaps a firewall issue. Then you would need to talk to a system manager on your end..
BDC CoursesInstructors might find this web site for a course taught using this book
useful. We would appreciate hearing about web sites for other courses.
QMCS370 Telecommunications and Teleprocessing. U. of St. Thomas. Includes some useful links and documentation.
ISDS 3790 Network Design and Management. U. of Memphis. Includes course notes, network design project.
INFSCI 1004 Telecommunications. U. of Pittsburgh. Includes PDF notes.
ISQS
6341 Data Communications and Network Management. Texas Tech University. Lots of useful material, including PPT slides, lecture notes, project suggestions, and example project reports.
MIS
405 Business Data Communications. Oakland University, Michigan. Contains
lecture notes and other resources.
MIS474.
Washington State University in Vancouver. Contains lecture notes.
Telecommunications
Management. Taught at McGill. Contains descriptions of projects that
can be assigned to students, plus some useful links.
CIS
130. Taught at City College of San Francisco. Good project ideas.
CSIS465.
Taught at St. Francis Xavier U. in Canada. Useful powerpoint slides and
notes.
MIS-B635
Data Communications & Networking. Taught at St Louis University.
ICSA
411 Data Communications and Computer Networking. Taught at Rochester
Institute of Technology.
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Suggestions, Please
If you have any suggestions for site content, please contact me at . In particular, please pass along links to relevant web sites and links to course pages used by instructors teaching from this book.
Home Page of Bill Stallings
Useful Web
SitesTelecomms History:
Provides a useful historical perspective.
Vendors: Links
to thousands of hardware and software vendors who currently have WWW sites,
as well as a list of thousands of computer and networking companies in a
Phone Directory.
Business Communications
Review: Links to Web pages of vendors that advertise in the magazine.
Includes copies of some articles from past issues.
Telecommunications:
Articles and new product information from past issues, plus an extensive
international listing of industry trade shows. Product listings include
a brief description plus the ability to request product information from
the vendor. A useful search capability can be used to search articles and
product listing by keyword..
Network World:
Information and links to resources about data communications and networking.
Network Computing:
Articles from magazine available plus pointers to advertisers. Site also
includes a hypertext network design manual with useful practical tips for
end-user network design.
Network Magazine: Links to Web pages of vendors, tutorials on technical topics, and other useful information.
IT Professional:
Includes career resources and links related to information technology.
ACM Networker:
Includes on-line copies of magazine articles.
Forbes: Copies of some
articles from past issues are provided.
Business Week:
Copies of some articles from past issues are provided. Also has a considerable
amount of supplemental information.
Networking
Links: Excellent collection of links related to TCP/IP.
IPv6
Page: Contains information about IPv6 and related topics.
OSI History: A brief history
of the origins of the OSI model.
Siemon Company:
Good collection of technical articles on cabling, plus information about
cabling standards.
Wireless Developer
Network: News, tutorials, and discussions on wireless topics
DSL Forum:
Includes a FAQ and technical information about ADSL and other xDSL technology.
Forum specifications.
Cable Data
Com News: Good collection of information on cable modems.
Network
Services and Integration Forum: Discusses current SONET products,
technology, and standards.
SONET: SONET Interoperability
Forum site. Discusses current projects and technology.
ISDN Page: Information on ISDN tariffs, standards status, and links to vendors.
Frame Relay Resource Center: Good source of information on frame relay.
Frame Relay Resource: Good source of tutorials, service providers, and other links.
MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance: An industry forum to promote MPLS and frame relay
ATM
Hot Links: Excellent collection of white papers and links.
ATM Forum: Leading
the effort to expand the functionality of ATM networks.
Cell
Relay Retreat: Contains archives of the cell-relay mailing list, links
to numerous ATM-related documents, and links to many ATM-related web sites.
CDMA Development Group:
A consortium wireless companies active in CDMA wireless systems around the
world.
GSM Association:
Information about GSM technology and services.
3G Americas: A trade group of Western Hemisphere companies supporting TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS. Includes industry news, white papers, and other technical information.
Open Mobile Alliance: Concerned with a range of standards for mobile communications. Includes WAP technical specifications and industry links.
Lloyd
Wood's Satellite Web Page: Good source of information about commercial
satellite technology.
IEEE
802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee: Status and documents for all of the
working groups
Ethernet:
Provides general Ethernet information, technical specifications, an Ethernet
reading list, and an image of inventor Robert Metcalf's original 1976 Ethernet
drawing.
10 Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance: An open forum whose purpose is to promote industry
cooperation in the development of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
IEEE
802.3 Higher Speed Study Group: This group is developing a 10-Gbps Ethernet
standard. The Web site includes an email archive and the documentation developed
so far.
Fibre Channel Industry Association: An industry consortium.
Storage Network Industry
Association: An industry forum of developers, integrators, and IT professionals
who evolve and promote storage networking technology and solutions
Wireless LAN Association:
Gives an introduction to the technology, including a discussion of implementation
considerations, and case studies from users. Links to related sites.
Wi-Fi Alliance: An industry group promoting the interoperabiltiy of 802.11 products with each other and with Ethernet.
EDI-Internet
Integration: Web site of the IETF working group that is developing standards
for carrying EDI over TCP/IP networks, including the Internet.
Enterprise Integration
Council: An organization of vendors, consumers, systems integrators
and others committed to encouraging the maturity of the developing Enterprise
Application Integration technologies market. Includes links to vendors..
Complete Intranet
Resource Site: Wide range of resources useful in research, planning,
design, and implementation of intranets.
On-Line Intranet
Journal: Includes news and features, as well as links to intranet vendors
and other intranet-related sites.
Netscape's
SSL Page: Contains the SSL specification.
TLS
Charter: Latest RFCs and internet drafts for TLS.
MasterCard
SET Site: Latest SET documents, glossary of terms, and application information.
SETCo LLC:
Organization that promotes SET
Simple Web Site: Maintained by the University of Twente. It is a good source of information on SNMP, including pointers to many public-domain implementations and lists of books and articles.
COAST:
Comprehensive set of links to sites related to cryptography and network
security.
IETF Security
Area: Keep up to date on Internet security standardization efforts.
Tom
Dunigan's Security Page: An excellent list of pointers to cryptography
and network security web sites.
IEEE
Technical Committee on Security and Privacy: An excellent list of pointers
to cryptography and network security web sites.