ch. 1. An introduction to multimedia communications and networking -- ch. 2. Network protocol architectures -- ch. 3. Channel impairments -- ch. 4. Cable transmission mediums -- ch. 5. Wireless transmission mediums -- ch. 6. Source coding and transmission techniques -- ch. 7. Advanced transmission techniques to support current and emergent multimedia services -- ch. 8. Cellular communications -- ch. 9. Transport networks -- ch. 10. Data link layer -- ch. 11. Network layer -- ch. 12. Transport layer -- ch. 13. Services and applications -- ch. 14. Network security.