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Computer networking : a top-down approach featuring the internet / James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross.

By: Kurose, James F [author].
Contributor(s): Ross, Keith W, 1956- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Pearson/Addison Wesley, [2005]Edition: Third edition.Description: xxiv, 821 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0321269764 (paperback); 9780321269768 (paperback).Subject(s): Internet | Computer networks | Computers and IT | Databases | Computer networking & communicationsDDC classification: 004.678 | 004.6 KUR
Contents:
Computer networks and the internet -- Application layer -- Transport layer -- The network layer -- The link layer and local area networks -- Wireless and mobile networks -- Multimedia networking -- Security in computer networks -- Network management.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Revised to reflect the rapid changes in the field of networking, 'Computer Networks' begins with applications-level protocols and then works down the protocol stack. Professors Kurose and Ross focus on describing the emerging principles in an engaging manner and then illustrate these principles with examples drawn from internet architecture.

Previous ed.: 2003.

Internet access card tipped in.

Bibliography: (pages 763-795) and index.

Computer networks and the internet -- Application layer -- Transport layer -- The network layer -- The link layer and local area networks -- Wireless and mobile networks -- Multimedia networking -- Security in computer networks -- Network management.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Computer Networks and the Internet
  • What is the Internet?
  • The Network Edge
  • Case History: Search for Extraterrestrial Life
  • The Network Core
  • Network Access and Physical Media
  • ISPs and Internet Backbones
  • Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks
  • Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
  • History of Computer Networking and the Internet
  • 2 Application Layer
  • Principles of Application Layer Protocols
  • The Web and HTTP
  • File Transfer:FTP
  • Electronic Mail in the Internet
  • DNS-The Internet's Directory Service
  • Socket Programming with TCP
  • Socket Programming with UDP
  • Building a Simple Web Server
  • Content Distribution
  • 3 Transport Layer
  • Introduction and Transport-Layer Services
  • Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
  • Connectionless Transport: UDP
  • Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
  • Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP
  • Principles of Congestion Control
  • TCP Congestion Control
  • 4 Networking Layer & Routing
  • Introduction and Network Service Model
  • Routing Principles
  • Hierarchical Routing
  • The Internet Protocol
  • Routing and the Internet
  • What's Inside a Router
  • IPv6
  • Multicast Routing
  • Mobility and the Network Layer
  • 5 Link Layer
  • Data Link Layer: Introduction and Services
  • Error Detection and Correction Techniques
  • Multiple Access Protocols
  • LAN Addresses and ARP
  • Ethernet
  • Hubs, Bridges and Switches
  • Wireless Links
  • PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
  • Frame Relay
  • 6 Wireless & Mobility
  • Introduction to Wireless and Mobility
  • Wi-fi
  • Mobility Principles
  • Cellular Telephony
  • Mobile IP
  • Ad hoc Networks
  • Moving Beyond the Link Layer-An Interlude
  • 7 Multimedia
  • Multimedia Networking Applications
  • Streaming Stored Audio and Video
  • Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An INternet Phone Example
  • Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications
  • Beyond Best-Effort
  • Scheduling and Policing Mechanisms
  • Integrated Services
  • RSVP
  • Differentiated Services
  • 8 Security
  • What is Network Security?
  • Principles of Cryptography
  • Authentication
  • Integrity
  • Key Distribution and Certification
  • Access Control: Firewalls
  • Attacks and Countermeasures
  • Security in Many Layers: Case Studies
  • 9 Network Management
  • What is Network Management?
  • The Infrastructure for Network Management
  • The Internet Network-Management Framework
  • ASN.1
  • Appendix
  • Lab: Building a Multi-Thread Web Server in Java
  • Lab: Building a Mail User Agent in Java
  • Lab: Implementing a Distributed, Asynchronous Distance Vector Routing
  • Lab: Video Streaming Using RTP and RTSP
  • RTP and RTSP