Book Details
Author : Jim Kurose, Keith Ross
Publisher's : Pearson
Edition : 6th
Published on : March 5, 2012
ISBN-10 : 0132856204
ISBN-13 : 978-0132856201
Language : English
No of Page : 864
Book Formate : PDF
File Size : 8.06 MB
Compression : 7z

About the Author :
James Kurose teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research interests include network protocols and architecture, network measurement, sensor networks, multimedia communication, and modeling and performance evaluation. He received his PhD from Columbia University.

Keith Ross is a professor of computer science at Polytechnic University. He has worked in peer-to-peer networking, Internet measurement, video streaming, Web caching, multi-service loss networks, content distribution networks, voice over IP, optimization, queuing theory, optimal control of queues, and Markov decision processes. Professor Ross received his PhD in Computer and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Book Description :
The subject of computer networking is enormously complex, involving many concepts, protocols, and technologies that are woven together in an intricate manner. To cope with this scope and complexity, many computer networking texts are organized around the “layers” of a network architecture. With a layered organization, students can see through the complexity of computer networking—they learn about the distinct concepts and protocols in one part of the architecture while seeing the big picture of how all parts fit together.

Our book broke new ground 12 years ago by treating networking in a top-down manner—that is, by beginning at the application layer and working its way down toward the physical layer. The feedback we received from teachers and students alike have confirmed that this top-down approach has many advantages and does indeed work well pedagogically. First, it places emphasis on the application layer (a “high growth area” in networking). Second, teaching networking applications near the beginning of the course is a powerful motivational tool. Students are thrilled to learn about how networking applications work—applications such as e-mail and the Web, which most students use on a daily basis. Once a student understands the applications, the student can then understand the network services needed to support these applications. The student can then, in turn, examine the various ways in which such services might be provided and implemented in the lower layers. Third, it enables instructors to introduce network application development at an early stage. Students not only see how popular applications and protocols work, but also learn how easy it is to create their own network applications and application-level protocols.

Although we dropped the phrase “Featuring the Internet” from the title of this book with the fourth edition, this doesn’t mean that we dropped our focus on the Internet! We continue to use the Internet’s architecture and protocols as primary vehicles for studying fundamental computer networking concepts. Of course, we also include concepts and protocols from other network architectures. But the spotlight is clearly on the Internet, a fact reflected in our organizing the book around the Internet’s five-layer architecture.

Our textbook also stresses underlying networking principles. The combination of using the Internet to get the student’s foot in the door and then emphasizing fundamental issues and solution approaches will allow the student to quickly understand just about any networking technology.

Each new copy of this textbook includes six months of access to a Companion Web site for all book readers at http://www.pearsonhighered.com/kurose-ross. The companion web site includes many important pedagogical features including, Java applets, interactive quizes, video notes, interactive exercises, retired sections from previous editions, programming assignments, and Wireshark labs.

What’s new in the Sixth Edition?
We believe one important reason for our book’s popularity is that each new edition offers a fresh and timely approach to computer networking instruction. Since the Fifth Edition, released in 2009, the field of computer networking has continued to evolve, with new advances taking places in all five layers, as well in network security and in management. Jim and I felt that a new edition was greatly in need to capture all these recent developments.

The changes and additions in the Sixth Edition are quite substantial, more so than in other recent editions of our textbook. Jim and I are really excited about these changes, and we think you will be too.