High-Speed Networks TCP/IP and ATM Design Principles

As networking speeds continue to increase into the gigabit range, an integrated view of the many technical design issues is needed. This text meets that need by providing comprehensive technical coverage of both TCP/IP based and ATM high speed networks. High-Speed Networks: TCP/IP and ATM Design will be useful to professionals and computer science students. The text includes excellent learning aids such as exercises, recommended reading lists, and a review of the math essential for understanding the issues related to high-speed network performance and design.

This comprehensive, integrated book presents integrated, up-to-date coverage of the key issues in the design of high-speed TCP/IP and ATM networks. It reviews network protocols, network fundamentals, TCP/IP architecture and ATM protocol architecture. Based on ATM nets, the book discusses packet, cell and frame relay networks. It also focuses on transportation, network level traffic modeling, analysis and management. Performance modeling and estimation is covered with respect to queuing, throughput, buffer and delay requirements. This is followed by modeling and analysis approaches for self-similar traffic. Specific chapters address end-to-end system traffic management, performance parameters, throughput techniques and link/transport level flow control issues. Other chapters survey IP switching and routing approaches, including distance vector, path vector, link-state and multicast. Finally, the text investigates lossless and lossy compression techniques.