Description
Book SynopsisFocuses on the design of network protocols, which are used in the transfer of information from one computer system to another. A typical protocol will allow the computers to identify each other, include information about the time the data is sent, the rate at which information is sent, and an error checking capability.
Table of ContentsHow to Specify Network Protocols.
First Protocol Examples.
Network Processes.
More on Processes.
Transmission Errors.
Connections.
Data Transfer and Multiplexing.
Error Detection.
Error Recovery.
Flow Control.
Maintaining Topology Information.
The Abstraction of Perfect Channel.
Routing.
Switching.
Congestion Control.
The Abstraction of Virtual Neighborhood.
Naming and Name Resolution.
Security.
Data Compression.
Broadcast and Multicast.
Application Structures.
Applications.
Ring Networks.
Broadcast Networks.
Protocol Layers and Hierarchies.
Exercises.
Bibliography.
Indexes.
