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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5/E
James F. Kurose, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

ISBN-10: 0136079679
ISBN-13: 9780136079675

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2010
Format: Cloth; 864 pp
Published: 03/23/2009
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Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fifth 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 have revised and modernized treatment of some key chapters to 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.

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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.

New To This Edition

New homework problems enhance all of the chapters.

Chapter 7 (Network Security) includes new pedagogic insight for IPsec and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and a new lab on IPsec.

P2P section provides a new subsection on Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) and major enhancements to BitTorrent material.

Substantially updated coverage of Access Networks.

New section on VLANs

New finite-state machine description of reliable data transfer for TCP.

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet

Chapter 2 Application Layer

Chapter 3 Transport Layer

Chapter 4 The Network Layer

Chapter 5 The Link Layer and Local Area Networks

Chapter 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks

Chapter 7 Multimedia Networking

Chapter 8 Security in Computer Networks

Chapter 9 Network Management

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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 4/E
Kurose & Ross
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth; 880 pp | Out of Print
ISBN-10: 0321497708 | ISBN-13: 9780321497703
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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.
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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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Companion Website for Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5/E
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