
Computer Networks
A Systems Approach
Description
Key Features
- Completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, including P2P, wireless, security, and applications
- Increased focus on application layer issues where innovative and exciting research and design is currently the center of attention
- Free downloadable network simulation software and lab experiments manual available
Readership
Table of Contents
In Praise of Computer Networks
Recommended Reading List
Dedication
Foreword
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
1. Foundation
1.1 Applications
1.2 Requirements
1.3 Network Architecture
1.4 Implementing Network Software
1.5 Performance
Summary
Further Reading
2. Getting Connected
2.1 Perspectives on Connecting
2.2 Encoding (NRZ, NRZI, MANCHESTER, 4B/5B)
2.3 Framing
2.4 Error Detection
2.5 Reliable Transmission
2.6 Ethernet and Multiple Access Networks (802.3)
2.7 Wireless
Summary
Further Reading
3. Internetworking
3.1 Switching and Bridging
3.2 Basic Internetworking (IP)
3.3 Routing
3.4 Implementation and Performance
3.5 Summary
Further Reading
4. Advanced Internetworking
4.1 The Global Internet
4.2 Multicast
4.3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
4.4 Routing among Mobile Devices
4.5 Summary
Further Reading
5. End-to-End Protocols
5.1 Simple Demultiplexer (UDP)
5.2 Reliable Byte Stream (TCP)
5.3 Remote Procedure Call
5.4 Transport for Real-Time Applications (RTP)
Summary
Further Reading
6. Congestion Control and Resource Allocation
6.1 Issues in Resource Allocation
6.2 Queuing Disciplines
6.3 TCP Congestion Control
6.4 Congestion-Avoidance Mechanisms
6.5 Quality of Service
6.6 Summary
Further Reading
7. End-to-End Data
7.1 Presentation Formatting
7.2 Multimedia Data
7.3 Summary
Further Reading
8. Network Security
8.1 Cryptographic Building Blocks
8.2 Key Predistribution
8.3 Authentication Protocols
8.4 Example Systems
8.5 Firewalls
Summary
Further Reading
9. Applications
9.1 Traditional Applications
9.2 Multimedia Applications
9.3 Infrastructure Services
9.4 Overlay Networks
9.5 Summary
Further Reading
Solutions to Select Exercises
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 920
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2011
- Published: March 2, 2011
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN: 9780123850607
About the Authors
Larry Peterson

Affiliations and Expertise
Bruce Davie
