INTERNET AND ITS PROTOCOLS: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH

Key Features Provides comprehensive, in-depth, and comparative coverage of the Internet Protocol (both IPv4 and IPv6) and its many related technologies. Written for developers, operators, and managers, and designed to be used as both an overview and a reference. Discusses major concepts in traffic engineering, providing detailed looks at MPLS and GMPLS and how they control both IP and non-IP traffic. Covers protocols for governing routing and transport, and for managing switches, components, and the network as a whole, along with higher-level application protocols. Offers thoughtful guidance on choosing between protocols, selecting features within a protocol, and other service- and performance-related decisions. Description The view presented in The Internet and Its Protocols is at once broad and deep. It covers all the common protocols and how they combine to create the Internet in its totality.