Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3/E
James F. Kurose, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

ISBN-10: 0321227352
ISBN-13: 9780321227355

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 848 pp
Status: Out of Print

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Revised to reflect the rapid changes in the field of networking, Computer Networking provides a top-down approach to this study by beginning with applications-level protocols and then working down the protocol stack. An early emphasis is placed on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces to allow readers to get their "hands-dirty" with protocols and networking concepts in the context of applications they will use in the industry.

Networking today is much more (and far more interesting) than standards specifying message formats and protocol behaviors. Professors Kurose and Ross focus on describing emerging principles in a lively and engaging manner and then illustrate these principles with examples drawn from Internet architecture.

  • Uses a five-layered model for the Internet (with a top-down approach), a popular approach that focuses on only the key layers that are covered in most courses.
  • Focuses on a specific motivating example of a network-the Internet-as well as introducing students to protocols in a more theoretical context.
  • Principles and Practice boxes throughout the book demonstrate real-world applications of the principles studied.
  • Includes material on application programming development, along with numerous, exciting programming assignments.

  • New chapter on wireless and mobility, including more insight into 802.11 and expanded coverage of ad hoc networking.
  • Major updates to routing, forwarding, peer-to-peer and overlay networks, and security.
  • New Hands-on Labs that use the Ethereal packet sniffer, and can be performed at any computer connected to the Internet.
  • New short "interlude" on "putting it all together" that follows the coverage of application, transport, network, and datalink layers ties together the various components of Internet architecture and identifying aspects of the architecture that have made the Internet so successful.
  • New and updated interviews with networking heavyweights and visionaries to provide students with motivational insights from experts.



1. Computer Networks and the Internet.

What is the Internet?

The Network Edge.

Case History: Search for Extraterrestrial Life.

The Network Core.

Network Access and Physical Media

ISPs and Internet Backbones.

Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks.

Protocol Layers and Their Service Models.

History of Computer Networking and the Internet.



2. Application Layer.

Principles of Application Layer Protocols.

The Web and HTTP.

File Transfer:FTP.

Electronic Mail in the Internet.

DNS-The Internet's Directory Service.

Socket Programming with TCP.

Socket Programming with UDP.

Building a Simple Web Server.

Content Distribution.



3. Transport Layer.

Introduction and Transport-Layer Services.

Multiplexing and Demultiplexing.

Connectionless Transport: UDP.

Principles of Reliable Data Transfer.

Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP.

Principles of Congestion Control.

TCP Congestion Control.



4. Networking Layer & Routing.

Introduction and Network Service Model.

Routing Principles.

Hierarchical Routing.

The Internet Protocol.

Routing and the Internet.

What's Inside a Router.

IPv6.

Multicast Routing.

Mobility and the Network Layer.



5. Link Layer.

Data Link Layer: Introduction and Services.

Error Detection and Correction Techniques.

Multiple Access Protocols.

LAN Addresses and ARP.

Ethernet.

Hubs, Bridges and Switches.

Wireless Links.

PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

Frame Relay.



6. Wireless & Mobility.

Introduction to Wireless and Mobility.

Wi-fi.

Mobility Principles.

Cellular Telephony.

Mobile IP.

Ad hoc Networks.

Moving Beyond the Link Layer-An Interlude.



7. Multimedia.

Multimedia Networking Applications.

Streaming Stored Audio and Video.

Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An INternet Phone Example.

Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications.

Beyond Best-Effort.

Scheduling and Policing Mechanisms.

Integrated Services.

RSVP.

Differentiated Services.



8. Security.

What is Network Security?

Principles of Cryptography.

Authentication.

Integrity.

Key Distribution and Certification.

Access Control: Firewalls.

Attacks and Countermeasures.

Security in Many Layers: Case Studies.



9. Network Management.

What is Network Management?

The Infrastructure for Network Management.

The Internet Network-Management Framework.

ASN.1.



Appendix.


Lab: Building a Multi-Thread Web Server in Java.


Lab: Building a Mail User Agent in Java.


Lab: Implementing a Distributed, Asynchronous Distance Vector Routing.


Lab: Video Streaming Using RTP and RTSP.


RTP and RTSP.

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