Computer Networks -- A Top-Down Approach to the Internet (Second Edition)

Author: JamesFKurose
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book employs a modern, top-down approach to teaching computer networks. This method starts with application layer protocols and progresses downward through the protocol stack, emphasizing application layer examples and application programming interfaces from the outset. This allows readers to "get their hands dirty" early on, learning and implementing protocols within the context of everyday applications. The top-down approach to studying layered architecture helps readers focus on the network services they need and then learn how to provide these services. The content of the second edition has been updated to reflect the rapid changes in the field of networking in recent years. It includes new and expanded material on various topics such as network security, mobility, mobile IP, peer-to-peer networks, content distribution networks, SIP, Bluetooth, and more. Additionally, it includes more end-of-chapter exercises and lab exercises. This book combines theory and practice, illustrating principles with examples extracted from the Internet to make the discussion vivid and engaging. It is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and first-year graduate courses in computer science and electronic engineering departments. For network professionals who wish to understand how the Internet actually works, this book is an excellent reference. This book employs a modern, top-down approach to teaching computer networks. This method starts with application layer protocols and progresses downward through the protocol stack, emphasizing application layer examples and application programming interfaces from the outset. This allows readers to "get their hands dirty" early on, learning and implementing protocols within the context of everyday applications. The top-down approach to studying layered architecture helps readers focus on the network services they need and then learn how to provide these services. The content of the second edition has been updated to reflect the rapid changes in the field of networking in recent years. It includes new and expanded material on various topics such as network security, mobility, mobile IP, peer-to-peer networks, content distribution networks, SIP, Bluetooth, and more. Additionally, it includes more end-of-chapter exercises and lab exercises. This book combines theory and practice, illustrating principles with examples extracted from the Internet to make the discussion vivid and engaging. It is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and first-year graduate courses in computer science and electronic engineering departments. For network professionals who wish to understand how the Internet actually works, this book is an excellent reference.