Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT, and Cloud, 1st edition

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional (October 27, 2015) © 2016

  • William Stallings
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Foundations of Modern Networking is a comprehensive and unified survey of modern networking technology and applications for today's technical professionals, business professionals, and students. Using the same teaching approach that has earned him 13 "Computer Science Textbook of the Year" Awards, Dr. Stallings imparts a thorough understanding of SDN technology: how it works, how it is deployed, and how enterprises of all sizes can use it to deliver superior Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE).

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  • Chapter 1: Elements of Modern Networking
  • Chapter 2: Requirements and Technology
  • Chapter 3: SDN: Background and Motivation
  • Chapter 4: SDN Data Plane and OpenFlow
  • Chapter 5: SDN Control Plane
  • Chapter 6: SDN Application Plane
  • Chapter 7: Network Functions Virtualization: Concepts and Architecture
  • Chapter 8: NFV Functionality
  • Chapter 9: Network Virtualization
  • Chapter 10: Quality of Service
  • Chapter 11: QoE: User Quality of Experience
  • Chapter 12: Network Design Implications of QoS and QoE
  • Chapter 13: Cloud Computing
  • Chapter 14: The Internet of Things: Components
  • Chapter 15: The Internet of Things: Architecture and Implementation
  • Chapter 16: Security
  • Chapter 17: The Impact of the New Networking on IT Careers
  • Appendix A: References
  • Glossary

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