Computer Networks: A Systems Approach

Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie

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Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Fitting It All In Your Head
  • Neither Top-Down Nor Bottom-Up
  • Putting it All Together
• Part I: Foundation
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Requirements
  • 1.2 Network Architecture
  • 1.3 Network Protocols
  • 1.4 Resource Sharing
  • 1.5 Performance
• Chapter 2: Network Applications
  • 2.1 Anatomy of an Application
  • 2.2 World Wide Web
  • 2.3 Electronic Mail
  • 2.4 Adaptive Streaming
• Chapter 3: Network Technology
  • 3.1 Communication Links
  • 3.2 Packet Switches
  • 3.3 Circuit Switching
• Part II: Inside the Network
• Chapter 4: Routing
  • 4.1 Design Issues
  • 4.2 Spanning Tree Protocol
  • 4.3 Link-State Routing
  • 4.4 Distance Vector Routing
  • 4.5 Routing in Datacenters
• Chapter 5: Mediating Access
  • 5.1 Design Issues
  • 5.2 Managing Spectrum
  • 5.3 Wi-Fi
  • 5.4 Mobile Cellular Network
  • 5.5 Passive Optical Network
• Chapter 6: Federating Networks
  • 6.1 Design Issues
  • 6.2 Heterogeneity
  • 6.3 Scale
• Chapter 7: Interdomain Routing
  • 7.1 Design Issues
  • 7.2 Sharing Routes and Routing Policy
  • 7.3 Securing Route Information
• Chapter 8: Allocating Capacity
  • 8.1 Design Issues
  • 8.2 Packet Schedulers
  • 8.3 Active Queue Management
  • 8.4 Service Differentiation
  • 8.5 Traffic Engineering
• Chapter 9: Virtualizing Networks
  • 9.1 Design Issues
  • 9.2 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
  • 9.3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
  • 9.4 Virtual Networks for Datacenters
  • 9.5 Microsegmentation
• Chapter 10: Operating Networks
  • 10.1 Design Issues
  • 10.2 Host Configuration
  • 10.3 Network Configuration
  • 10.4 Monitoring and Telemetry
  • 10.5 Feature Velocity
• Part III: Edge of the Network
• Chapter 11: Naming
  • 11.1 Design Issues
  • 11.2 Domain Naming System
  • 11.3 Application Naming Schemes
• Chapter 12: Reliable Byte Stream
  • 12.1 Design Issues
  • 12.2 Segments
  • 12.3 Connection Establishment
  • 12.4 Sliding Window
  • 12.5 Triggering Transmission
  • 12.6 Adaptive Retransmission
  • 12.7 Record Boundaries
  • 12.8 TCP Extensions
• Chapter 13: Congestion Control
  • 13.1 Design Issues
  • 13.2 Loss-Based Algorithms
  • 13.3 Delay-Based Algorithms
  • 13.4 Domain-Specific Variants
• Chapter 14: Secure Channels
  • 14.1 Design Issues
  • 14.2 Cryptographic Building Blocks
  • 14.3 Key Distribution
  • 14.4 Session Establishment
  • 14.5 Record Protocol
  • 14.6 Performance Issues
• Chapter 15: Message Transactions
  • 15.1 Design Issues
  • 15.2 Remote Procedure Call
  • 15.3 Optimizing RPC
  • 15.4 Remote DMA
  • 15.5 Optimizing Ethernet for RDMA
  • 15.6 Argument Marshalling
• Chapter 16: Overlay Networks
  • 16.1 Design Issues
  • 16.2 Content Distribution Networks
  • 16.3 Teleconferencing
  • 16.4 Peer-to-Peer Networks
• Chapter 17: Real-Time Streaming
  • 17.1 Design Issues
  • 17.2 Coding and Compression
  • 17.3 Transport Protocol
  • 17.4 Session Control
  • 17.5 Scaling Real-time Applications
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