{"product_id":"network-congestion-control-managing-internet-traffic-hardback-9780470025284","title":"Network Congestion Control; Managing Internet Traffic (Hardback) 9780470025284","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNetwork Congestion Control\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eManaging Internet Traffic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Welzl (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470025284, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.676 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"…a good supplement to the companion toolbox…\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews.com\u003c\/i\u003e, May 19, 2006)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the Internet becomes increasingly heterogeneous, the issue of congestion control becomes ever more important.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn order to maintain good network performance, mechanisms must be provided to prevent the network from being congested for any significant period of time. Michael Welzl describes the background and concepts of Internet congestion control, in an accessible and easily comprehensible format. Throughout the book, not just the how, but the why of complex technologies including the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Active Queue Management are explained. The text also gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in congestion control research and an insight into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNetwork Congestion Control:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents comprehensive, easy-to-read documentation on the advanced topic of congestion control without heavy maths.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAims to give a thorough understanding of the evolution of Internet congestion control: how TCP works, why it works the way it does, and why some congestion control concepts failed for the Internet.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the Chiu\/Jain vector diagrams and introduces a new method of using these diagrams for analysis, teaching \u0026amp; design.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElaborates on how the theory of congestion control impacts on the practicalities of service delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an appendix with examples\/problems to assist learning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an accompanying website with Java tools for teaching congestion control, as well as examples, links to code and projects\/bibliography.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis invaluable text will provide academics and researchers in computer science, electrical engineering and communications networking, as well as students on advanced networking and Internet courses, with a thorough understanding of the current state and future evolution of Internet congestion control. Network administrators and Internet service and applications providers will also find \u003ci\u003eNetwork Congestion Control\u003c\/i\u003e a comprehensive, accessible self-teach tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Who should read this book?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Contents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Congestion control principles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 What is congestion?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Congestion collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Controlling congestion: design considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Implicit feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Source behaviour with binary feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Stability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Rate-based versus window-based control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 RTT estimation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Traffic phase effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 Queue management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.11 Scalability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.12 Explicit feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.13 Special environments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.14 Congestion control and OSI layers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.15 Multicast congestion control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.16 Incentive issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.17 Fairness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.18 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Present technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introducing TCP.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 TCP window management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 TCP RTO calculation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 TCP congestion control and reliability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Concluding remarks about TCP.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Random Early Detection (RED).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 The ATM‘Available Bit Rate’ service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Experimental enhancements.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Ensuring appropriate TCP behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Maintaining congestion state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Transparent TCP improvements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Enhancing active queue management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Congestion control for multimedia applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Better-than-TCP congestion control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Congestion control in special environments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Internet traffic management – the ISP perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The nature of Internet traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Traffic engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Quality of Service (QoS).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Putting it all together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The future of Internet congestion control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Small deltas or big ideas?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Incentive issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Tailor-made congestion control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: Teaching congestion control with tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 CAVT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1.1 Writing script.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1.2 Teaching with CAVT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1.3 Internals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 \u003ci\u003ens.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.1 Using \u003ci\u003ens\u003c\/i\u003e for teaching: the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.2 Using \u003ci\u003ens\u003c\/i\u003e for teaching: the solution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.3 NSBM.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.4 Example exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B: Related IETF work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1 Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2 Working groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.3 Finding relevant documents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C: List of abbreviations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52256244564248,"sku":"9780470025284","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470025284.jpg?v=1781274512","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/network-congestion-control-managing-internet-traffic-hardback-9780470025284","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}