THE NETWORK BOOK

Abstract

Among others, the Network Book describes in details the network applications such as Web and Email and network services such as file service provided by Network File Server(NFS) and directory service provided by Domain Name Server(DNS); the design and implementation of client-server computing using Sockets and remote procedure call(RPC) mechanisms; the architecture and design of communication protocols; the operations of the transport layer provided by TCP and UDP; the packet routing layer as provided by IP and routing mechanisms and protocols (RIP, BGP); the physical layer of LANs and media technologies (Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, bridging); the physical layer of WANs (modulation, multiplexing, T1) and emerging switched networks (switched Ethernets, ATM).

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Introduction
2. A Driver's-Ed Introduction to Networks
3. Anatomy of the Internet

I. The Application Layer Environment

1. The Application Layer Architecture
2. Building Applications With Sockets
   • The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
   • Project Example: NetCast (Spring 1997, Project 1)
   • UNIX Network Programming
   • VTN, Virtual Transport Network (Spring 1998, Project 1)
   • MAMA: Mobile Agent Mgmt Architecture (Spring 1999, Project 1)
3. Naming, Addressing & DNS
4. Electronic Mail
5. Client-Server Computing Using Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
   1. Project Example : BDS, A Basic Directory Server Architecture (Spring 1997, Project 2)
   2. eXpresso: Lightweight Secure Email
   3. Java RMI : Remote Method Invocation
   4. JINI System Architecture c
6. Overview of WWW Technologies
   1. Performace & Scalability of the World Wide Web
7. The ISO/OSI Applications Model
8. Application Layer Concluding Notes

II. The Transport Layer: UDP, TCP

1. The Transport Layer
2. Data Transfer Protocols
3. TCP Flow & Congestion Control

III. The network Layer: IP, Addressing, Routing

1. The Network Layer
2. Routing Algorithms
3. Routing Information Protocols
4. Network Layer Scalability and IPv6
5. Introduction to Active Networks
6. An Overview of Netscript

IV. The Physical Layer: LANs, WANs, Switching

• Introduction to the Physical Layer
• The Evolution of LAN Technologies

V. Advanced Topics

• The Economics of Networks
• Introduction to Network Management
• ATM Technologies
• Trends, Challenges & Research Directions

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