Communication Networks: A First Course

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Summary: 1 star is too much for this book
Review: As a network professional for the past 6 years, this book was a world of help to me. It was well written and very informative on many aspects of networks today. If you don't or sisn't understand the concepts in this book you need to find another career path. Kudos to Walrand.

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Summary: as bignners we need mercy !!
Review: as bignners in the field we need something to understand not to suffer with .. we need something that can build our base not to destroy our encourage and our interest to go deep in the field of networking .. SO I ADD MY OPINION TO THE OTHERS AS WELL :(

Rating:
Summary: as bignners we need mercy !!
Review: as bignners in the field we need something to understand not to suffer with .. we need something that can build our base not to destroy our encourage and our interest to go deep in the field of networking .. SO I ADD MY OPINION TO THE OTHERS AS WELL :(

Rating:
Summary: Informative, good pace and valuable to network beginners
Review: Excellent read. The explanations were clear with lots of examples. Teaches network basics as well as intermediate topics. Includes historical facts and future projections.
Highly recommended for beginners and refreshers.

Rating:
Summary: Informative, good pace and valuable to network beginners
Review: Excellent read. The explanations were clear with lots of examples. Teaches network basics as well as intermediate topics. Includes historical facts and future projections.
Highly recommended for beginners and refreshers.

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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!
Review: this book is absolutely worthless. i actually took a communication class with the author of this book at UC Berkeley, and it is hard for me to decide who's worse: the book or prof. walrand. the entire class hated the book, even the TA's were not able to help us understand it because they didn't understand the book either. this is absolutely the worst book i've ever read. the prof knew the whole class hated him, so he didn't even dare to show up during the finals.
any other book in networking would be better.

Rating:
Summary: Bent over a table
Review: This is a very good book. It strives to give students of networking a broad view of modern communications, along with
the elements of networks. As it also strives to pack all this
into 336 pages, it can be fairly "to-the-point" at certain places. But intelligent readers can fill in the gaps. The book
is not designed to convey the details of say, transport control
but the basics, the most essential points. It succeeds to some
extent on that front. Heartily recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Get ready to slash your wrists!
Review: This is one of the worst texts I've ever read! The author writes as though the reader totally understands every complex example presented. This is amazing because some parts are very simple and easy to understand. The calculations and formulas are almost to impossible to comprehend. Don't waste your time with this book! There are better, more comprehesive communication networks books out there. This text is by NO means "A First Course"!

Rating:
Summary: Get ready to slash your wrists!
Review: This is one of the worst texts I've ever read! The author writes as though the reader totally understands every complex example presented. This is amazing because some parts are very simple and easy to understand. The calculations and formulas are almost to impossible to comprehend. Don't waste your time with this book! There are better, more comprehesive communication networks books out there. This text is by NO means "A First Course"!