Advanced Computer Network  (English, Paperback, Prof. Dayanand Ambawade Dr. Deven Shah Prof. Mahendra Mehra Prof. Mayank Agarwal)

The Advanced CompuThe Advanced Computer Network book covers most of the key network technologies, services, and protocols that are frequently used in current networks [SS-1]. The book helps you to understand Optical Networking Standards - SONET/SDH and DWDM; Packet Switching Protocols - X.25, SMDS, and ATM; Protocols and Interfaces in TCP/IP suite; Internet Routing Protocols - RIP, OSPF, BGP, MOSPF, and DVMRP; Network Management Protocol - SNMP; Traffic Engineering and Capacity Planning; Protocols and Standards for Multimedia over Internet - RTP, RSVP, G.729, G.723, and H.323; Network Security Standards - DMZ, NAT, Prot forwarding, Proxy Server, and Packet Filtering; and Backbone Network Design.

About The Author
Prof. Dayanand Ambawade is working as the Head of Electronics & Telecommunication department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. His research area includes network architecture, protocols and their performance analysis, and traffic management. He is also interested in installation of Linux systems and integrating with Windows systems[SS-3] , connecting heterogeneous networks with Samba, setting up necessary network services (DNS, SQUID, LDAP, DHCP, FTP, Telnet, Apache/PHP, and Mail), adding users to the Development Group Server with proper permissions, writing necessary scripts for the automation of taking weekly and daily backups.

Dr. Deven Shah is working as the Head of IT department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. He is pioneer in creating private cloud in the college.[SS-2] His project on Cloud Computing got recognition from the Department of Science, Govt. of India. His project ideas have surfaced in top 20 best projects of IBM Great Mind Challenge for the last 4 years. He has been regarded as the best faculty by IBM in 2007. He has also received the prestigious IBM Drona Award in 2009. His research area includes security and Web engineering. He has also authored several books on the same topics. He is a certified vulnerability assessor and developed various courses using open source technology.

Prof. Mahendra Mehra is presently working as a lecturer in Information Technology department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. He holds a degree in information technology from SPIT. His area of interest includes Linux, computer networks, information security, and clustering. He has published several research papers against his name in valued international journals and conferences. His BE project was accepted as an international conference paper in the prestigious ISA conference held in Seoul, South Korea. He is a technical blogger and can be followed at www.techieassist.blogspot.com .

Prof. Mayank Agarwal is currently pursuing his PhD in information security from IIT, Guwahati. He holds a degree in information technology from SPIT. His area of interest includes Linux, information security, exploring various utilities and software, and Linux clustering. He has published several research papers against his name in valued international journals and conference. His BE project was accepted as an international conference paper in the prestigious ISA conference held in Seoul, South Korea. He is a technical blogger and can be followed at www.simplepctricks.blogspot.com .

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Table of Contents
Introduction
    Optical Networking
    ATM: The WAN Protocol
    Packet Switching Protocols
    Protocols and Interfaces in Upper Layers of TCP/IP
    Routing in the Internet
    Other Routing Techniques
    Traffic Engineering Basics
    Quality of Service
    Multimedia over Internet
    Enterprise Network Security
    Backbone Network Design
    Index