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Computer Networks ISE

A Systems Approach

  • 4th Edition - March 1, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie
  • Language: English

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Description

Computer Networks ISE, Fourth Edition, is the only introductory computer networking book written by authors who have had first-hand experience with many of the protocols discussed in the book, who have actually designed some of them as well, and who are still actively designing the computer networks today.

This newly revised edition continues to provide an enduring, practical understanding of networks and their building blocks through rich, example-based instruction. The authors' focus is on the why of network design, not just the specifications comprising today's systems but how key technologies and protocols actually work in the real world to solve specific problems. The new edition makes less use of computer code to explain protocols than earlier editions.

Moreover, this new edition shifts the focus somewhat higher in the protocol stack where there is generally more innovative and exciting work going on at the application and session layers than at the link and physical layers.

Key features

  • Completely updated with NEW sidebars discussing successes/failures of previously deployed networks
  • Thorough companion website with downloadable OpNet network simulation software and lab experiments manual
  • Expanded coverage of topics of utmost importance to today's networking professionals, e.g., security, wireless, multimedia applications

Readership

Networking professionals and upper level undergraduate and graduate students in CS, EE, and CSE programs. Sales from each of these market segments is approximately equal

Table of contents

1. Foundation2. Direct Link Networks3. Packet Switching4. Internetworking5. End-to-End Protocols6. Congestion Control and Resource Allocation7. End-to-end Data8. Security9. Applications

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 1, 2007
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Larry L. Peterson

Larry Peterson is the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at Princeton University, where he served as Chair from 2003-2009. His research focuses on the design, implementation, and operation of Internet-scale distributed systems, including the widely used PlanetLab and MeasurementLab platforms. He currently serves as the CTO of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), where he works on open source software at the intersection of access networks and the edge cloud. Professor Peterson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE, the 2010 recipient of the IEEE Kobayashi Computer and Communication Award, and the 2013 recipient of the ACM SIGCOMM Award. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University in 1985.
Affiliations and expertise
Open Networking Foundation

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Bruce S. Davie

Bruce Davie is VP and CTO for VMware, APJ. He joined VMware as part of the Nicira acquisition, and was Networking CTO until 2017. He has over 30 years of industry experience, and was a Cisco Fellow prior to joining Nicira. He has contributed to many networking standards and authored several networking textbooks. Bruce received his Ph. D. in computer science from the University of Edinburgh in 1988 and is an ACM Fellow.
Affiliations and expertise
VMware, APJ