Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Preface -- Audience -- Changes in the Fourth Edition -- Approach -- Pedagogy and Features -- Road Map and Course Use -- Exercises -- Supplemental Materials and Online Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- 1 Foundation -- Problem: Building a Network -- 1.1 Applications -- 1.2 Requirements -- 1.2.1 Connectivity -- 1.2.3 Support for Common Services -- 1.3 Network Architecture -- 1.3.2 OSI Architecture -- 1.4 Implementing Network Software -- 1.4.1 Application Programming Interface (Sockets) -- 1.4.2 Example Application -- 1.4.3 Protocol Implementation Issues -- 1.5 Performance -- 1.5.1 Bandwidth and Latency -- 1.5.2 Delay × Bandwidth Product -- 1.5.3 High-Speed Networks -- 1.5.4 Application Performance Needs -- 1.6 Summary -- Open Issue: Ubiquitous Networking -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 2 Direct Link Networks -- Problem: Physically Connecting Hosts -- 2.1 Hardware Building Blocks -- 2.1.1 Nodes -- 2.1.2 Links -- 2.2 Encoding (NRZ, NRZI, Manchester, 4B/5B) -- 2.3.3 Clock-Based Framing (SONET) -- 2.4 Error Detection -- 2.4.1 Two-Dimensional Parity -- 2.4.3 Cyclic Redundancy Check -- 2.5.1 Stop-and-Wait -- 2.5.3 Concurrent Logical Channels -- 2.6 Ethernet (802.3) -- 2.6.1 Physical Properties -- 2.7 Rings (802.5, FDDI, RPR) -- 2.7.1 Token Ring Media Access Control -- 2.7.2 Token Ring Maintenance -- 2.8 Wireless -- 2.8.1 Bluetooth (802.15.1) -- 2.8.2 Wi-Fi (802.11) -- 2.8.3 WiMAX (802.16) -- 2.8.4 Cell Phone Technologies -- 2.9 Summary -- Open Issue: Sensor Networks -- Further Reading -- 3 Packet Switching -- Problem: Not All Networks Are Directly Connected -- 3.1.1 Datagrams -- 3.1.2 Virtual Circuit Switching -- 3.2 Bridges and LAN Switches -- 3.2.2 Spanning Tree Algorithm -- 3.2.3 Broadcast and Multicast -- 3.3 Cell Switching (ATM).

3.3.1 Cells -- 3.3.2 Segmentation and Reassembly -- 3.3.3 Virtual Paths -- 3.4 Implementation and Performance -- 3.5 Summary -- Open Issue: The Future of Switching -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 4 Internetworking -- Problem: There Is More Than One Network -- 4.1 Simple Internetworking (IP) -- 4.1.1 What Is an Internetwork? -- 4.1.3 Global Addresses -- 4.1.4 Datagram Forwarding in IP -- 4.1.5 Address Translation (ARP) -- 4.1.6 Host Configuration (DHCP) -- 4.1.7 Error Reporting (ICMP) -- 4.1.8 Virtual Networks and Tunnels -- 4.2 Routing -- 4.2.1 Network as a Graph -- 4.2.2 Distance Vector (RIP) -- 4.2.3 Link State (OSPF) -- 4.2.4 Metrics -- 4.2.5 Routing for Mobile Hosts -- 4.2.6 Router Implementation -- 4.3 Global Internet -- 4.3.1 Subnetting -- 4.3.2 Classless Routing (CIDR) -- 4.3.3 Interdomain Routing (BGP) -- 4.3.5 IP Version 6 (IPv6) -- 4.4 Multicast -- 4.4.1 Multicast Addresses -- 4.4.2 Multicast Routing (DVMRP, PIM, MSDP) -- 4.5 Multiprotocol Label Switching -- 4.5.1 Destination-Based Forwarding -- 4.5.2 Explicit Routing -- 4.5.3 Virtual Private Networks and Tunnels -- 4.6 Summary -- Open Issue: Deployment of IPv6 -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 5 End-to-End Protocols -- Problem: Getting Processes to Communicate -- 5.1 Simple Demultiplexer (UDP) -- 5.2.1 End-to-End Issues -- 5.2.2 Segment Format -- 5.2.3 Connection Establishment and Termination -- 5.2.4 Sliding Window Revisited -- 5.2.5 Triggering Transmission -- 5.2.6 Adaptive Retransmission -- 5.2.7 Record Boundaries -- 5.2.8 TCP Extensions -- 5.2.9 Alternative Design Choices -- 5.3 Remote Procedure Call -- 5.3.2 RPC Implementations (SunRPC, DCE) -- 5.4 Transport for Real-Time Applications (RTP) -- 5.4.1 Requirements -- 5.4.2 RTP Details -- 5.4.3 Control Protocol -- 5.5 Performance -- 5.6 Summary -- Open Issue: Application-Specific Protocols -- Further Reading -- Exercises.

6 Congestion Control and Resource Allocation -- Problem: Allocating Resources -- 6.1 Issues in Resource Allocation -- 6.1.1 Network Model -- 6.1.2 Taxonomy -- 6.1.3 Evaluation Criteria -- 6.2 Queuing Disciplines -- 6.2.2 Fair Queuing -- 6.3 TCP Congestion Control -- 6.3.1 Additive Increase/Multiplicative Decrease -- 6.3.3 Fast Retransmit and Fast Recovery -- 6.4 Congestion-Avoidance Mechanisms -- 6.4.1 DECbit -- 6.4.3 Source-Based Congestion Avoidance -- 6.5.1 Application Requirements -- 6.5.2 Integrated Services (RSVP) -- 6.5.3 Differentiated Services (EF, AF) -- 6.5.4 Equation-Based Congestion Control -- 6.6 Summary -- Open Issue: Inside versus Outside the Network -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 7 End-to-End Data -- Problem: What Do We Do with the Data? -- 7.1.1 Taxonomy -- 7.1.3 Markup Languages (XML) -- 7.2 Data Compression -- 7.2.1 Lossless Compression Algorithms -- 7.2.2 Image Compression (JPEG) -- 7.2.3 Video Compression (MPEG) -- 7.2.4 Transmitting MPEG over a Network -- 7.2.5 Audio Compression (MP3) -- 7.3 Summary -- Open Issue: Computer Networks Meet Consumer Electronics -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 8 Network Security -- Problem: Security Attacks -- 8.1 Cryptographic Tools -- 8.1.1 Principles of Ciphers -- 8.1.2 Symmetric-Key Ciphers -- 8.1.3 Public-Key Ciphers -- 8.1.4 Authenticators -- 8.2 Key Predistribution -- 8.2.1 Predistribution of Public Keys -- 8.2.2 Predistribution of Symmetric Keys -- 8.3 Authentication Protocols -- 8.3.1 Originality and Timeliness Techniques -- 8.3.2 Public-Key Authentication Protocols -- 8.3.3 Symmetric-Key Authentication Protocols -- 8.3.4 Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement -- 8.4 Secure Systems -- 8.4.1 Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) -- 8.4.2 Secure Shell (SSH) -- 8.4.3 Transport Layer Security (TLS, SSL, HTTPS) -- 8.4.4 IP Security (IPsec) -- 8.4.5 Wireless Security (802.11i) -- 8.5 Firewalls.

8.5.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Firewalls -- 8.6 Summary -- Open Issue: Denial-of-Service Attacks -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- 9 Applications -- Problem: Applications Need Their Own Protocols -- 9.1 Traditional Applications -- 9.1.1 Electronic Mail (SMTP, MIME, IMAP) -- 9.1.3 Name Service (DNS) -- 9.1.4 Network Management (SNMP) -- 9.2 Web Services -- 9.2.1 Custom Application Protocols (WSDL, SOAP) -- 9.2.2 A Generic Application Protocol (REST) -- 9.3 Multimedia Applications -- 9.3.1 Session Control and Call Control (SDP, SIP, H.323) -- 9.3.2 Resource Allocation for Multimedia Applications -- 9.4 Overlay Networks -- 9.4.1 Routing Overlays -- 9.4.2 Peer-to-Peer Networks (Gnutella, BitTorrent) -- 9.4.3 Content Distribution Networks -- 9.5 Summary -- Open Issue: New Network Architecture -- Further Reading -- Exercises -- Solutions to Select Excercises -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.