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Computer Networks A Systems Approach

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ISBN-10: 0123705487

ISBN-13: 9780123705488

Edition: 4th 2007

Authors: Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie

List price: $103.00
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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. The authors' use pseudocode where appropriate and resort to C code only when it adds significantly to the explanation of a protocol or its implementation. The goals of this new edition include removing or reducing the coverage of…    
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Book details

List price: $103.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 4/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 848
Size: 7.52" wide x 9.25" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 3.542
Language: English

Larry L. Peterson is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He has been involved in the design and evaluation of several network protocols, as well as the x-kernel and Scout operating systems. He is Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, has served on program committees for SOSP, SIGCOMM, OSDI, and ASPLOS, and is a member of the Internet's End-to-End Research Group. Bruce Davieleads an architecture group at Cisco Systems, Inc. working on the development of MPLS and QoS capabilities for IP networks. This research and application includes protocol design and specification, and standardization efforts at the IETF. Davie was previously chief scientist at Bell…    

Larry L. Peterson is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He has been involved in the design and evaluation of several network protocols, as well as the x-kernel and Scout operating systems. He is Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, has served on program committees for SOSP, SIGCOMM, OSDI, and ASPLOS, and is a member of the Internet's End-to-End Research Group. Bruce Davieleads an architecture group at Cisco Systems, Inc. working on the development of MPLS and QoS capabilities for IP networks. This research and application includes protocol design and specification, and standardization efforts at the IETF. Davie was previously chief scientist at Bell…    

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