Computer Networking : A Top-down Approach
by Kurose, James F.; Ross, Keith W.Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Addison Wesley
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Summary
Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fourth Edition ofComputer Networkingcontinues with an early emphasis on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, encouraging a hands-on experience with protocols and networking concepts. With this edition, Kurose and Ross bring the issues of network security to the forefront, along with integration of the most current and relevant networking technologies. 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. For all readers interested in computer networking technologies.
Author Biography
Keith Ross is the Leornard J. Shustek Distinguished Chair Professor in Computer Science at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.
Table of Contents
| Computer Networks and the Internet | |
| What Is the Internet? | |
| The Network Edge | |
| The Network Core | |
| Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks | |
| Protocol Layers and Their Service Models | |
| Networks Under Attack | |
| History of Computer Networking and the Internet | |
| Summary | |
| Application Layer | |
| Principles of Network Applications | |
| The Web and HTTP | |
| File Transfer: FTP | |
| Electronic Mail in the Internet | |
| DNS-The Internetrsquo;s Directory Service | |
| Peer-to-Peer Applications | |
| Socket Programming with TCP | |
| Socket Programming with UDP | |
| Summary | |
| 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 | |
| Summary | |
| The Network Layer | |
| Introduction | |
| Virtual Ci | |
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