High-speed networks and internets : performance and quality of service

By: Stallings, WilliamContributor(s): Stallings, WilliamMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi : Pearson Education, c2002Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 715 p. : illISBN: 0130322210; 9788178085784 ; 817808578X ; Subject(s): Computer networks | Telecommunication | Intranets (Computer networks) | Computer networks | TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) | Asynchronous transfer modeDDC classification: 004.69
Contents:
A Brief Networking History -- The Need for Speed and Quality of Service -- Advanced TCP/IP and ATM Networks -- Internet and Web Resources -- Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite -- The Need for a Protocol Architecture -- The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture -- The OSI Model -- Internetworking -- TCP and IP -- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) -- User Datagram Protocol -- The Internet Protocol (IP) -- IPv6 -- High-Speed Networks -- Frame Relay -- Packet-Switching Networks -- Frame Relay Networks -- Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- ATM Protocol Architecture -- ATM Logical Connections -- ATM Cells -- ATM Service Categories -- ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) -- High-Speed LANs -- The Emergence of High-Speed LANs -- Ethernet -- Fibre Channel -- Wireless LANs -- Performance Modeling and Estimation -- Overview of Probability and Stochastic Process -- Probability -- Random Variables -- Stochastic Processes -- Queuing Analysis -- How Queues Behave--A Simple Example -- Why Queuing Analysis -- Queuing Models -- Single-Server Queues -- Multiserver Queues -- Queues with Priorities -- Networks of Queues -- Other Queuing Models -- Estimating Model Parameters -- Self-Similar Traffic -- Self-Similarity -- Self-Similar Data Traffic -- Examples of Self-Similar Data Traffic -- Performance Implications of Self-Similarity -- Modeling and Estimation of Self-Similar Data Traffic -- The Hurst Self-Similarity Parameter -- Congestion and Traffic Management -- Congestion Control in Data Networks and Internets -- Effects of Congestion -- Congestion and Control.
Summary: This is the most comprehensive technical book to address a wide range of design issues of high-speed TCP/IP and ATM networks in print to date. It presents both the professional and advanced student an up-to-date survey of key issues. The Companion Website and the author's Web page offer unmatched support for students and instructors. The book features the prominent use of figures and tables and an up-to-date bibliography
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Originally published: High-speed networks. 1998.

A Brief Networking History --
The Need for Speed and Quality of Service --
Advanced TCP/IP and ATM Networks --
Internet and Web Resources --
Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite --
The Need for a Protocol Architecture --
The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture --
The OSI Model --
Internetworking --
TCP and IP --
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) --
User Datagram Protocol --
The Internet Protocol (IP) --
IPv6 --
High-Speed Networks --
Frame Relay --
Packet-Switching Networks --
Frame Relay Networks --
Asynchronous Transfer Mode --
ATM Protocol Architecture --
ATM Logical Connections --
ATM Cells --
ATM Service Categories --
ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) --
High-Speed LANs --
The Emergence of High-Speed LANs --
Ethernet --
Fibre Channel --
Wireless LANs --
Performance Modeling and Estimation --
Overview of Probability and Stochastic Process --
Probability --
Random Variables --
Stochastic Processes --
Queuing Analysis --
How Queues Behave--A Simple Example --
Why Queuing Analysis --
Queuing Models --
Single-Server Queues --
Multiserver Queues --
Queues with Priorities --
Networks of Queues --
Other Queuing Models --
Estimating Model Parameters --
Self-Similar Traffic --
Self-Similarity --
Self-Similar Data Traffic --
Examples of Self-Similar Data Traffic --
Performance Implications of Self-Similarity --
Modeling and Estimation of Self-Similar Data Traffic --
The Hurst Self-Similarity Parameter --
Congestion and Traffic Management --
Congestion Control in Data Networks and Internets --
Effects of Congestion --
Congestion and Control.

This is the most comprehensive technical book to address a wide range of design issues of high-speed TCP/IP and ATM networks in print to date. It presents both the professional and advanced student an up-to-date survey of key issues. The Companion Website and the author's Web page offer unmatched support for students and instructors. The book features the prominent use of figures and tables and an up-to-date bibliography

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