Networks for Pervasive Services: Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet

by Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos

Overview

Readers will progress from an understanding of what the Internet is now towards an understanding of the motivations and techniques that will drive its future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789400736108
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	07/14/2013
Series:	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering , #92
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Ch 1 On the Way to the Pervasive Web.- Ch 2 The Network, as We Know It.- Ch 3 Six Problems for the Service Provider.- Ch 4 Spontaneous Networks.-
Ch 5 Reactive Networks.- Ch 6 Proactive Networks.- Ch 7 Content-aware Networks.- Ch 8 Distribution-efficient Networks.- Ch 9  Discovering Virtual Resources.- Ch 10 A Peek at the Future Internet.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“In this book, Antonio Liotta and George Exarchakos have successfully tackled the challenge of explaining in easy to understand terms how the Internet works today and how it could be upgraded. The first two chapters of the book deal with how the Internet works today. The next seven chapters deal with how it could be upgraded … . I strongly recommend the book to non networking specialists who are not ‘dummies,’ but have a keen interest in the Internet and its evolution.” (Roch Glitho, IEEE Communications Magazine, February, 2012)

“This book presents the old and well-known concepts so that readers can understand them. This is helpful, since no computer network expert knows all of the concepts. … The book is quite instructive and timely, and presents all concepts, both new and existing. … an interesting read for students, or for those who are interested in computer networks but don’t have the technical knowledge. Professionals and researchers in the computer networking field will also find the book interesting, as it offers new ideas and discussions.” (Kalinka Castelo Branco, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)

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