Explains Internet architecture and its principle protocols for an audience that has some experience in data communications. Chapters cover error recovery operations, local and wide area networks, IP and IMP, TCP and UDP, the point-to-point protocol and the layer 2 tunneling protocol, routing protocols, Internet security, network management, and voice over IP. An expansion of Advanced Features of the Internet an earlier work in the "Advanced Communication Technologies" series. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
UYLESS BLACK is a widely known and respected consultant and lecturer on computer networks and data communications. He is author of all the books in his Prentice Hall Series in Advanced Communications Technologies, including Voice Over IP, IP Routing Protocols, ATM: Foundations for Broadband Networks, and Emerging Communications Technologies. He resides in Front Royal, VA.