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High-Speed Networks TCP/IP and ATM Design Principles

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Fortunately, this is not the typical High Speed Newtworks book. Unlike most authors, Stallings goes as deep as required. Beginning with descriptions for ATM and high speed LANs, the book explain how to modelate and estimate the actual network performance, by using statistics models. (An overview of probability and stochastic processes is included).

The mechanisms for improve the network performance (as different queueing strategies), and managing network congestion are explained.

Some IP related topics (routinng protocols, RSVP, Multicast)are also included.

Part 7 (optional for most readers) is concerned with compression and information theory (JPEG and MPEG algorithms are explained).

As you see, a serious book, not a "bubbleware" book.

if u want to study high speed networking then please dont buy this book and waste your money. there are many other books which cover the same areas in equal detail. this book will not only confuse you but it will also muddle the existing concepts that u had in mind... stallings is a good writer.. he has written good books in the past.. but this time he has not come up to the level which is expected from him.

This is a copy from the famous book of Stallings "data and computer networks".

Even the diagrams are the same, but this book does have a tremendous amoubt of numerical computations, so you can satisfy the mathematicians in you. Now that I have had a course in data communication where the other book I mentioned above was used, I understand this book.

This book is definitly not to be the 1st book on datacom, definitely the 2nd. This is an extremely boring book though, it does not invite you to read it, even though it has some very interesting topics in it.

The author aims for a neat look and straightforward diagrams
but as soon as i got to chapter 4, i am confused. I am not an industry expert but ATM doesn't seem a viable long term technology. If other people think the same way, why does the book
describes it in a positive way ?? The rest of the book then goes
more into theory and normal networking concepts that you can
learn from a probably cheaper, "normal speed networking book" ?
Overall, if you already have a networking book, let's say
from Tannenbaum or Comer than i don't think this book is a viable
"second networking book" option.

Cheers, Zoltan

This is an excellent under-the-hood book for grad students with a strong background in math (calculus, matrices, graphs, probability). It is not for the average undergraduate, nor the average networking specialist, nor the average telco employee. That being said, if you are in one of those three categories and can pick up a copy of this book cheaply here on Amazon.com (I just saw a used copy for 50 cents - a very good deal, indeed!), go ahead and buy it; you will find that the mathless parts of the book are understandable and will strengthen your understanding of high-speed network design principles.

Mr. Stallings gave us the best explanation about the networking technology for the IP and ATM based on the endpoint communication control, network communication control including congestion control, routing algorithm and compression method etc. He explains the technology in most detail and ignores the unimportant things in time. It is a good book for networking studier.