Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, explores the key principles of computer networking, with examples drawn from the real world of network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, this best-selling and classic textbook explains various protocols and networking technologies. The systems-oriented approach encourages students to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions.
This book has a completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, including P2P, wireless, network security, and network applications such as e-mail and the Web, IP telephony and video streaming, and peer-to-peer file sharing. There is now increased focus on application layer issues where innovative and exciting research and design is currently the center of attention. Other topics include network design and architecture; the ways users can connect to a network; the concepts of switching, routing, and internetworking; end-to-end protocols; congestion control and resource allocation; and end-to-end data.
Each chapter includes a problem statement, which introduces issues to be examined; shaded sidebars that elaborate on a topic or introduce a related advanced topic; What’s Next? discussions that deal with emerging issues in research, the commercial world, or society; and exercises.
This book is written for graduate or upper-division undergraduate classes in computer networking. It will also be useful for industry professionals retraining for network-related assignments, as well as for network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking.
1. Cover image 2. Title page 3. Table of Contents 4. In Praise of Computer Networks 5. Recommended Reading List 6. Copyright 7. Dedication 8. Foreword 9. Foreword to the First Edition 10. Preface 11. 1. Foundation 12. 2. Getting Connected 13. 3. Internetworking 14. 3.1 Switching and Bridging 15. 3.2 Basic Internetworking (IP) 16. 3.3 Routing 17. 3.4 Implementation and Performance 18. 3.5 Summary 19. Further Reading 20. 4. Advanced Internetworking 21. 5. End-to-End Protocols 22. 6. Congestion Control and Resource Allocation 23. 7. End-to-End Data 24. 8. Network Security 25. 9. Applications 26. Solutions to Select Exercises 27. Glossary 28. Bibliography 29. Index
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, explores the key principles of computer networking, with examples drawn from the real world of network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, this best-selling and classic textbook explains various protocols and networking technologies. The systems-oriented approach encourages students to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions.
This book has a completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, including P2P, wireless, network security, and network applications such as e-mail and the Web, IP telephony and video streaming, and peer-to-peer file sharing. There is now increased focus on application layer issues where innovative and exciting research and design is currently the center of attention. Other topics include network design and architecture; the ways users can connect to a network; the concepts of switching, routing, and internetworking; end-to-end protocols; congestion control and resource allocation; and end-to-end data.
Each chapter includes a problem statement, which introduces issues to be examined; shaded sidebars that elaborate on a topic or introduce a related advanced topic; What’s Next? discussions that deal with emerging issues in research, the commercial world, or society; and exercises.
This book is written for graduate or upper-division undergraduate classes in computer networking. It will also be useful for industry professionals retraining for network-related assignments, as well as for network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking.
1. Cover image 2. Title page 3. Table of Contents 4. In Praise of Computer Networks 5. Recommended Reading List 6. Copyright 7. Dedication 8. Foreword 9. Foreword to the First Edition 10. Preface 11. 1. Foundation 12. 2. Getting Connected 13. 3. Internetworking 14. 3.1 Switching and Bridging 15. 3.2 Basic Internetworking (IP) 16. 3.3 Routing 17. 3.4 Implementation and Performance 18. 3.5 Summary 19. Further Reading 20. 4. Advanced Internetworking 21. 5. End-to-End Protocols 22. 6. Congestion Control and Resource Allocation 23. 7. End-to-End Data 24. 8. Network Security 25. 9. Applications 26. Solutions to Select Exercises 27. Glossary 28. Bibliography 29. Index
