Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 4/E
James F. Kurose, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

ISBN-10: 0321497708
ISBN-13: 9780321497703

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 880 pp
Published: 03/23/2007

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Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fourth Edition of Computer Networking continues with an early emphasis on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, encouraging a hands-on experience with protocols and networking concepts. With this edition, Kurose and Ross bring the issues of network security to the forefront and integrate the most current and relevant networking technologies.

Networking today involves much more than standards specifying message formats and protocol behaviors—and it is far more interesting. 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.

  • A balanced presentation focuses on the Internet as a specific motivating example of a network and also introduces students to protocols in a more theoretical context.
  • A chapter on wireless and mobility includes insight into 802.11 and coverage of ad hoc networking.
  • Principles and Practice boxes throughout demonstrate real-world applications of the principles studied.
  • Case History boxes are sprinkled in to help tell the story of the history and development of computer networking.
  • Material on application programming development is included, along with numerous programming assignments.
  • A highly developed art program enhances the descriptions of concepts.
  • A comprehensive Companion Website, which includes additional learning material, links to relevant online resources, and lab material.

  • Each chapter is updated to include state-of-the-art references and examples.
  • Network security is made a more obvious thematic focus, including sections and/or sidebars in each chapter.
  • Major updates on wireless technology appear throughout text.
  • A fully revised section on P2P networking includes new emphasis on P2P content distribution.
  • A new treatment of throughput performance complements the current treatment of delay and loss performance in chapter 1.
  • New Hands-on Labs use the Ethereal packet sniffer and can be performed at any computer connected to the Internet.
  • Many new homework problems enhance all of the chapters.
  • Freshly updated interviews with networking heavyweights and visionaries provide students with motivational insights from experts.
  • Each new copy of this textbook includes six months of prepaid access to the Companion Website at www.aw-bc.com/kurose_ross that includes Hands-on Ethereal Labs, programming labs, Java™ applets, interactive self-assessment quizzes, and links to relevant material.

Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet
1.1 What Is the Internet?
1.2 The Network Edge
1.3 The Network Core
1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks
1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
1.6 Networks Under Attack
1.7 History of Computer Networking and the Internet
1.8 Summary

Chapter 2 Application Layer
2.1 Principles of Network Applications
2.2 The Web and HTTP
2.3 File Transfer: FTP
2.4 Electronic Mail in the Internet
2.5 DNS—The Internet’s Directory Service
2.6 Peer-to-Peer Applications
2.7 Socket Programming with TCP
2.8 Socket Programming with UDP
2.9 Summary

Chapter 3 Transport Layer
3.1 Introduction and Transport-Layer Services
3.2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
3.3 Connectionless Transport: UDP
3.4 Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
3.5 Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP
3.6 Principles of Congestion Control
3.7 TCP Congestion Control
3.8 Summary

Chapter 4 The Network Layer
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks
4.3 What’s Inside a Router?
4.4 The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet
4.5 Routing Algorithms
4.6 Routing in the Internet
4.7 Broadcast and Multicast Routing
4.8 Summary

Chapter 5 The Link Layer and Local Area Networks
5.1 Link Layer: Introduction and Services
5.2 Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques
5.3 Multiple Access Protocols
5.4 Link-Layer Addressing
5.5 Ethernet
5.6 Link-Layer Switches
5.7 PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol
5.8 Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer
5.9 Summary

Chapter 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Wireless Links and Network Characteristics
6.3 WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs
6.4 Cellular Internet Access
6.5 Mobility Management: Principles
6.6 Mobile IP
6.7 Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks
6.8 Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-layer Protocols
6.9 Summary

Chapter 7 Multimedia Networking
7.1 Multimedia Networking Applications
7.2 Streaming Stored Audio and Video
7.3 Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service
7.4 Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications
7.5 Providing Multiple Classes of Service
7.6 Providing Quality of Service Guarantees
7.7 Summary

Chapter 8 Security in Computer Networks
8.1 What Is Network Security?
8.2 Principles of Cryptography
8.3 Message Integrity
8.4 End-Point Authentication
8.5 Securing E-mail
8.6 Securing TCP Connections: SSL
8.7 Network-Layer Security: IPsec
8.8 Securing Wireless LANs
8.9 Operational Security: Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems
8.10 Summary

Chapter 9 Network Management
9.1 What Is Network Management?
9.2 The Infrastructure for Network Management
9.3 The Internet-Standard Management Framework
9.4 ASN.1
9.5 Conclusion

References
Index

James Kurose teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research interests include network protocols and architecture, network measurement, sensor networks, multimedia communication, and modeling and performance evaluation. He received his PhD from Columbia University.

Keith Ross is a professor of computer science at Polytechnic University. He has worked in peer-to-peer networking, Internet measurement, video streaming, Web caching, multi-service loss networks, content distribution networks, voice over IP, optimization, queuing theory, optimal control of queues, and Markov decision processes. Professor Ross received his PhD in Computer and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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