Draft:Outline of computer networking

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer networking:

What type of thing is computer networking?
Computer networking can be described as all of the following:


 * Information theory

History of computer networking

 * Main article: History of computer networking

Wired transmission

 * Public switched telephone network
 * Modems and dialup
 * Dedicated lines — leased lines
 * ISDN
 * DSL
 * Time-division multiplexing(TDM)
 * Packet switching
 * Frame relay
 * PDH
 * Ethernet
 * RS-232
 * RS-485
 * Optical fiber transmission
 * Synchronous optical networking(SONET)
 * Fiber distributed data interface

Wireless transmission
Extreme Short range
 * ZigBee
 * Short range
 * Bluetooth
 * InfraRed(IrDA)
 * Medium range
 * WiFi(IEEE 802.11)
 * WiMax(IEEE 802.16)
 * Long range
 * Satellite
 * MMDS
 * SMDS
 * Mobile phone data transmission (channel access methods)
 * CDMA
 * CDPD
 * GSM
 * TDMA
 * Paging networks
 * DataTAC
 * Mobitex
 * Motient