High-Speed Networks and Internet Performance and Quality of Service (Second Edition)

Author: (American) Stollings, translated by Qi Wangdong and others
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is suitable for both students and professionals. For professionals interested in high-speed networking, it can serve as a foundational reference book for self-study. As a textbook, it is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. The book discusses many advanced topics while also briefly covering essential ones. The sections after Part 1 and Part 2 are independent of each other. If used as a textbook for a shorter course, a few sections can be omitted. The teaching order between sections can be arranged freely. High-speed networks are now not only the protagonists in local area network markets but also in wide area network markets. This book provides a comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date overview of the design techniques for high-speed networks and the TCP/IP internet. A key feature of the book is its discussion of high-speed networks and the internet centered around two critical design issues: performance and quality of service. The book is divided into seven parts, including protocols and network fundamentals, various high-speed networks, performance modeling and estimation, congestion control and traffic management, internet routing, quality of service in IP networks, and compression. It is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and engineering or communication engineering, as well as for network researchers or engineering professionals as a foundational reference book.