High Speed Networks and Internets 2 Edition  (English, Hardcover, Stallings William)

Published in the year 2002, this second edition of High-Speed Networks And Internets: Performance And Quality Of Service provides the readers with key insights into the design issues of high-speed TCP/IP networks.

Summary Of The Book

High-Speed Networks And Internets: Performance And Quality Of Service deals with a number of design issues present in ATM and high-speed TCP/IP networks till date. The author has presented the readers with up-to-date insights into TCP performance and next-gen Internet protocols, some of which include RTP, MPLS, RSVP and Ipv6.

This book has been divided into seven parts containing 21 chapters in total. Some chapters include Interior Routing Protocols, Overview of Information Theory, Exterior Routing Protocols and Multicast, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Stallings has also included a number of tables and figures to explain the concepts better. At the end of each chapter, the readers are provided with a list of problems to test their understanding. He has also provided the readers with an extensive glossary, commonly used acronyms, and a bibliography. Stallings has included a companion website for this second edition, comprising PDF documents, PowerPoint slides, and links to relevant sites.

Through the course of this book, the readers are also guided into the fundamentals of mathematics needed for comprehending issues pertaining to high-speed network design and performance. Stallings also deals with congestion in data networks, frame relay, packet-switching, IP-based internets, and ATM networks. The book also includes the latest on gigabit ethernet, compression, and gigabit networks. This second edition of High-Speed Networks And Internets: Performance And Quality Of Service is ideal for advanced students and professionals to remain up-to-date with the trends in the networking field. This book is targeted towards students of undergraduate or graduate courses in networking.

About William Stallings

William Stallings is a consultant and author.

Stallings has also written Operating Systems - Internals and Design Principles, Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Data and Computer Communications and Computer Organization and Architecture.

Stallings completed his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame and then went on to obtain his doctoral degree in Computer Science from MIT. Through the course of his two-decade long career, Stallings has served a technical manager, technical contributor, and executive for a number of high-technology companies. Currently, he serves as an independent consultant, some of his clients being software development companies, government research organizations, and computer and networking manufacturers. He has been awarded The Best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook of the Year award ten times by the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.