marc@uni-paderborn.de (Marc Gumbold) (07/26/90)
In order to keep track with global development in data communications
(esp. high speed) I would like to read some periodicals which provide
understandable (for students :-) information about these topics.
I would be very glad if someone out there could suggest me what I should
read.
I'm rather new on the subjects and am just now trying to understand DQDB
(IEEE 802.6 standard).
Thanks in advance for any reply,
Marc
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Snail: Uni-GH Paderborn, FB17i, 4790 Paderborn, W. Germanycraig@bbn.com (Craig Partridge) (07/26/90)
In article <1990Jul26.090332.4973@uni-paderborn.de> marc@uni-paderborn.de (Marc Gumbold) writes: >In order to keep track with global development in data communications >(esp. high speed) I would like to read some periodicals which provide >understandable (for students :-) information about these topics. > >I would be very glad if someone out there could suggest me what I should >read. Marc: Please understand that I'm biased on this subject (I'm the editor of one of the journals) but for good coverage of data communications intended for folks with at least some interest in research activities like high speed networking, I'd recommend: IEEE Communications Magazine IEEE Transactions on Communications ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review and perhaps IEEE Jour. Selected Areas of Communications There are other notable publications (e.g., Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, and the soon to appear, Journal of Internetworking) and some notable conferences (the top two are probably INFOCOM and SIGCOMM - SIGCOMM Proceedings come with subscription to Computer Communication Review, INFOCOM you have to order each year from IEEE), but I think the three or four journals listed above are the ones most likely to meet your current needs. These should all be in your local technical library, but if you want to subscribe to them yourself (or join the two professional societies that publish them) here's the information: The IEEE journals are published by the IEEE Communication Society. Contact the IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, 08854-4150, USA +1 (201) 981-0060. The ACM SIGCOMM journal is published by the ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Communication (SIGCOMM). To subscribe, contact Association for Computing Machinery, attn: Cynthia Bydlinski, 11 West 42nd St, New York, New York, 10036 USA +1 (212) 869-7440. You can also find an ACM application in any copy of Communications of the ACM (you can become either an ACM member, a SIGCOMM member, or both). If you have any problems getting a SIGCOMM subscription, please let me know. Craig Partridge Editor, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review