Bibliography
Primary text::
Mischa Schwartz, Telecommunication Networks- Past, Present, and Future, 1997
Other suggested readings: (More to be provided in class)
John V. Pavlik (1997). New Media Technology: Cultural and Commercial Perspectives. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2nd Edition.
W.Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Prentice-Hall, 6th ed., 2000 (earlier editions ok as well)
Bibliography in Schwartz text above
Relevant Columbia Web sites: CTR, Comet, Advent, CS dept.
Current journals on telecommunications, such as
  - IEEE Communications Magazine
  - IEEE Networks
  - IEEE Personal Communications Magazine
  - Data Communications (trade journal) and its successor, Network Magazine (search both)
Material Placed on Reserve (as of 1/25/00):
In Engineering Library, 422 Mudd Bldg (hours), except as noted below.
1. Books
Hauben and Hauben, Netizens: chapters 5-8, on history of the Internet
W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, 5th and 6th eds. : selected material on technology
M. Schwartz, Computer Communication Design and Analysis, 1977, chapter 2 for historical material on packet switching (examples of networks)
M. Schwartz, Telecommunication Networks, 1987, chaps. 1 and 3 for material on networks; portions of chaps. 8 and 9 on Aloha protocol and LANs
M. Schwartz, Information Transmission, Modulation, and Noise, 4th ed., 1990, selected material on technology and LANs: Secs. 1-1 to 1-3; Figs. 3-2, 3-3, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-32, Sec. 3-9, Sec. 5-1, Figs. 5-10, 5-12, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-20, 5-22
(In Science/Math. Library, Math. Bldg)
Janet Abbate, Inventing the Internet, 1999
2. Documents, papers (Note: Most of the journals referenced are available in the Library as well.)
History
Henry H. Abbott, Memorandum re Nike Zeus Data Network, plus portion of article on the Arpanet after 20 years.
B. M. Leiner et al, The Past and Future History of the Internet, Communications of the ACM, Feb. 1997, vol. 40, no. 2
Current Access Technologies ( DSL, cable modems, etc.)
Special report, High-Speed Data Races Home, Scientific American, Oct. 1999 (series of brief articles, each on a different access technology)
Stefan Knight, The Role of ADSL in Internet Access, IEEE Computer Magazine, July 1999
Amitava Dutta-Roy, A Second Wind for Wiring, IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 1999
Amitava Dutta-Roy, Fixed Wireless Routes for Internet Access, IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 1999
Amitava Dutta-Roy, Cable, it's not just for TV, IEEE Spectrum, May 1999
Internet: Electronic commerce, impact of possible regulation, as learning tool, online investing, etc.
Electronic Commerce, R. Aaron and R. Skillen, eds, special issue, IEEE Communications Magazine, Sept. 1999
Eszeter Hargittai, Radio's Lessons for the Internet, Communications of the ACM, Jan. 2000, vol. 43, no. 1
Elliot Soloway et al, K-12 and the Internet, Communications of the ACM, Jan. 2000, vol. 43, no. 1
Special report, Technology 2000: Communications, The Internet, Computing, Consumer Electronics, IEEE Spectrum, Jan. 2000
Lucas Introna and Helen Nissenbaum, Defining the Web: The Politics of search Engines, IEEE Computer Magazine, Jan. 2000
Sixto Ortiz, Jr., E-mail Protection Advances with New Technologies, IEEE Computer Magazine, Jan. 2000
Prabhudev Konana et al, The Implications of Online Investing, Communications of the ACM, Jan. 2000, vol. 43, no.1
State of the Internet: Roundtable 5.0, IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 1999: roundtable discussion with some leading figures involved with Internet applications
Wireless Networking
Malcolm W. Oliphant, The Mobile Phone meets the Internet, IEEE Spectrum, Aug. 1999
Charles Severance, IEEE 802.11: Wireless is Coming Home, IEEE Computer Magazine, Nov. 1999
Amitava Dutta-Roy, Networks for Homes, IEEE Spectrum, Dec. 1999
Barry Miller, Satellites Free the Mobile Phone, IEEE Specrum, March 1998
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