Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking) - Softcover

Peterson, Larry L.; Davie, Bruce S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128103515 ISBN 13: 9780128103517

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2018

Synopsis

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, discusses the key principles of computer networking. It focuses on the underlying concepts and technologies that make the Internet work.
Topics covered 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; end-to-end data; network security; and network applications such as e-mail and the Web, IP telephony and video streaming, and peer-to-peer file sharing. 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 network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking.

• 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

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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.

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From the Back Cover

This best-selling and classic book teaches you the key principles of computer networks with examples drawn from the real world of network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, the authors explain various protocols and networking technologies. Their systems-oriented approach encourages you to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions. Whatever your perspective, whether it be that of an application developer, network administrator, or a designer of network equipment or protocols, you will come away with a "big picture" understanding of how modern networks and their applications are built.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0128103515
• ISBN 13: 9780128103517
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 920