DATA COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES For Fixed and Wireless Networks This page intentionally left blank DATA COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES For Fixed and Wireless Networks Aftab Ahmad KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK,BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBookISBN: 0-306-47793-9 Print ISBN: 1-4020-7328-3 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers NewYork, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht All rights reserved No part of this eBook maybe reproducedor transmitted inanyform or byanymeans,electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: http://kluweronline.com and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://ebooks.kluweronline.com NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS As an aid to instructors interested in teaching this book as a course, exercises suitable for use in a classroom setting are available by contacting the author at [email protected]. This page intentionally left blank To my parents This page intentionally left blank