What are the best books on data networks in your opinion?

Question

Books

Hello.
There is Petzold's book "The Secret Language of Computer Science".
Are there similar books on computer networks with a focus on: the electrical basics of data communication and the packet level, when data is collected in packets and transported over a network (which give a clear idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat packets are, what information they contain, everything that allows you to deeply understand and analyze traffic at the packet level). Similar means without unnecessary theory, which is stated simply to be, with excellent examples on the fingers and the movement from simple to complex, exactly as it happened in reality. Not standard reading. For example, this is the OSI model, it has N-layers, the 1st is responsible for, the 2nd ... etc. Let it be deeply technical literature or not - it does not matter. English or Russian - it doesn't matter. The main thing is to convey the essence well. I know about Tanenbaum, about Olifer - too.
In short, the basic principles...
Do you remember Feynman? "If you are a scientist, a quantum physicist, and you cannot explain in a nutshell to a five-year-old child what you are doing, you are a charlatan." It is necessary that the book be written for people, and "not for himself or a narrow circle of his colleagues" (© Gusev Dmitry Alekseevich). These are my two main requirements for literature.
PS If not books, then let them be electronic courses.
It seems like they recommend Cisco' courses in order to understand the topic well. They say they are very detailed.
If so, what are they, what are they talking about? I heard that there are even emulators there so that you can immediately assemble and feel the working model with your hands.
PPS In one of the comments I outlined the essence, but I will briefly repeat myself. There are enough similar questions on the resource. What I'm looking for is the author's original style of presentation, similar to Feynman and Petzold. There are few such works and it is they who are needed, and not the well-known Olifer and Tanenbaum. Those who read and listened to the above authors will understand what it is about.

Answer 1

In short, the basic principles...

Keywords Shannon, Entropy.
And you Werner's book "Coding Fundamentals"
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Answer 2

Choose . For me, Tanenbaum is the very thing, and is written just for people, contains good examples and historical inserts, affects not only the package, but also the synchronization + basic physics of processes. Technical literature will not be read like a bedtime story.

Answer 3

a series of articles on habré "networks for the smallest"
but to the point: read the RFC

Answer 4

If you need a dry residue, read the specifications and standards.

Answer 5

Oilers, all editions

Answer 6

Well, did you find anything else?
From myself I can advise Andrew G. Blank - TCP-IP foundations (2004).
It is, however, in English, but I think now this is not a problem. Quite interestingly written, in my opinion.