Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 4th Edition

Table of Contents

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