High Performance Communication Networks 2E (Paperback, 2nd)

Overview: History of Communication Networks. Networking Principles. Future Networks. Network Services and Layered Architectures: Applications. Information Exchange. Network Services. High- Performance Networks. Network Elements. Basic Network Mechanisms. Layered Architecture. Open Data Network Model. Network Bottlenecks. Packet-Switched Networks: OSI and IP Models. Ethernet (IEEE 802.3). Token Ring (IEEE 802.5). FDDI. DQDB. Frame Relay. SMDS. Summary of Packet-Switched Networks. Internet . Circuit-Switched Networks: Performance of Circuit-Switched Networks. SONET. Dense Wave-Division Multiplexing. Fiber to the Home. Digital subscriber line. Intelligent Networks. CATV. Asynchronous Transfer Mode: Main Features of ATM. ATM Header Structure. ATM Adaptation Layer. Management and Control. BISDN. Internetworking with ATM. Control of Networks: Objectives and Methods of Control. Circuit-Switched Networks. Datagram Networks. ATM Networks. Control of Networks: Mathematical Background: Markov Chains. Circuit-Switched Networks. Datagram Networks. ATM Networks. Network Economics: The Derived Demand for Network Services. Internet Service Providers. Network Charges: Theory and Practice.A Billing and Provisioniong System for Internet Connections. Pricing a Single Resource. Pricing for ATM Services. Optical Networks: Optical Links. Subcarrier Multiplexing. WDM Systems. Optical Networks. Switching: Switch Performance Measures. Time- and Space-Division Switching. Modular Switch Designs. Packet Switching. Distributed Buffe. Shared Buffer. Output Buffer. Input Buffer. Toward a Global Multimedia Network: Attributes of the Global Network. Technology Areas. Challenges.