Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach, Global Edition

By (author) James Kurose; By (author) Kurose James; By (author) Ross Keith
Description

This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed.

A top-down, layered approach to computer networking.

Unique among computer networking texts, the 8th Edition of the popular Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach builds on the authors’ long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a layered approach in a “top-down manner.” The text works its way from the application layer down toward the physical layer, motivating students by exposing them to important concepts early in their study of networking. Focusing on the Internet and the fundamentally important issues of networking, this text provides an excellent foundation for students in computer science and electrical engineering, without requiring extensive knowledge of programming or mathematics. The 8th Edition has been updated to reflect the most important and exciting recent advances in networking, including the importance of software-defined networking (SDN) and the rapid adoption of 4G/5G networks and the mobile applications they enable.

Table of contents
Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet     
1.1    What Is the Internet?    
    1.1.1    A Nuts-and-Bolts Description    
    1.1.2    A Services Description    
    1.1.3    What Is a Protocol?    
1.2    The Network Edge     
    1.2.1    Access Networks     
    1.2.2    Physical Media     
1.3    The Network Core     
    1.3.1    Packet Switching     
    1.3.2    Circuit Switching     
    1.3.3    A Network of Networks     
1.4    Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks     
    1.4.1    Overview of Delay in Packet-Switched Networks     
    1.4.2    Queuing Delay and Packet Loss     
    1.4.3    End-to-End Delay     
    1.4.4    Throughput in Computer Networks     
1.5    Protocol Layers and Their Service Models     
    1.5.1    Layered Architecture     
    1.5.2    Encapsulation     
1.6    Networks Under Attack     
1.7    History of Computer Networking and the Internet     
    1.7.1    The Development of Packet Switching: 1961—1972     
    1.7.2    Proprietary Networks and Internetworking: 1972—1980     
    1.7.3    A Proliferation of Networks: 1980—1990     
    1.7.4    The Internet Explosion: The 1990s     
    1.7.5    The New Millennium     
1.8    Summary     
Homework Problems and Questions     
Wireshark Lab     

Chapter 2: Application Layer     
2.1    Principles of Network Applications     
    2.1.1    Network Application Architectures     
    2.1.2    Processes Communicating     
    2.1.3    Transport Services Available to Applications     
    2.1.4    Transport Services Provided by the Internet     
    2.1.5    Application-Layer Protocols     
    2.1.6    Network Applications Covered in This Book     
2.2    The Web and HTTP     
    2.2.1    Overview of HTTP     
    2.2.2    Non-Persistent and Persistent Connections     
    2.2.3    HTTP Message Format     
    2.2.4    User-Server Interaction: Cookies     
    2.2.5    Web Caching     
    2.2.6    HTTP/2
2.3    Electronic Mail in the Internet     
    2.3.1    SMTP     
    2.3.2    Mail Message Formats     
    2.3.3    Mail Access Protocols     
2.4    DNS–The Internet’s Directory Service     
    2.4.1    Services Provided by DNS     
    2.4.2    Over