This best-selling and classic textbook teaches the key principles of computernetworks with examples drawn from the real world of network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, the authors explain various protocols and networking technologies. Their systems-oriented approach encouragesyour students to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions. This approach is designed to help you give your students a "big picture" understanding of how modern networks and theirapplications are built so that they are prepared for real world applications.New to this edition, the authors offer an alternate pathway through the book to facilitate a "top-down" course approach.
- ISBN: 978-0-12-385138-3
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 884
- Fecha Publicación: 17/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés