| Broadband Communications: Convergence of Network Technologies 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Tsang, Danny H. K. (Editor), Kühn, Paul J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792386779 ISBN-13: 9780792386773 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Broadband communications is widely recognized as one of the key technologies for building the next generation global network infrastructure to support ever-increasing multimedia applications. This book contains a collection of timely leading-edge research papers that address some of the important issues of providing such a broadband network infrastructure.Broadband Communications represents the selected proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Broadband Communications, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Hong Kong in November 1999.The book is organized according to the eighteen technical sessions of the conference. The topics covered include internet services, traffic modeling, internet traffic control, performance evaluation, billing, pricing, admission policy, mobile network protocols, TCP/IP performance, mobile network performance, bandwidth allocation, switching systems, traffic flow control, routing, congestion and admission control, multicast protocols, network management, and quality of service. It will serve as an essential reference for computer scientists and practitioners. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications - Computers | Networking - Hardware - Technology & Engineering | Electrical |
| Dewey: 621.382 |
| LCCN: 99047427 |
| Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.34" W x 9.52" (2.38 lbs) 684 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Broadband communications is widely recognized as one of the key technologies for building the next generation global network infrastructure to support ever-increasing multimedia applications. This book contains a collection of timely leading-edge research papers that address some of the important issues of providing such a broadband network infrastructure. Broadband Communications represents the selected proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Broadband Communications, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Hong Kong in November 1999. The book is organized according to the eighteen technical sessions of the conference. The topics covered include internet services, traffic modeling, internet traffic control, performance evaluation, billing, pricing, admission policy, mobile network protocols, TCP/IP performance, mobile network performance, bandwidth allocation, switching systems, traffic flow control, routing, congestion and admission control, multicast protocols, network management, and quality of service. It will serve as an essential reference for computer scientists and practitioners. |