High-Speed Networks and the Internet--Performance and Quality of Service (Second Edition) - Overseas Computer Textbook

Author: Qi Wangdong
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: High-speed networks are now not only the protagonists in local area networks but also in wide area networks. This book provides a comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date review of the design technologies for high-speed networks and the TCP/IP Internet. The book's feature is its discussion of high-speed networks and the Internet centered around two key 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 senior undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and engineering or communication engineering, as well as for network researchers or engineering design personnel as a foundational reference book.