QoS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks [Paperback]

David McDysan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | Series: Networking S.

-- Two Big Issues -- Traffic management and Quality of Service are two of the most important issues facing the Internet today. As Internet usage booms, networks are experiencing huge bottlenecks. When QoS and traffic management techniques are applied to the LAN, WAN and Internet, they run smoothly and information flows.
-- First book to market to present the concept of traffic management in an easy to understand and intuitive manner with real life anecdotes and examples. Takes the reader step-by-step through the basic underlying principles of traffic management, through the theory behind traffic management, and applications of traffic management in the LAN, WAN, and Internet.
-- Convergence section -- Explains how to make convergence work -- how to get voice and data to flow without bottling up the network
-- Internet II -- Includes an inside look at how new traffic management techniques will be used in Internet II, the new Internet backbone.
-- Complete -- This is the first book to present the concept of traffic management in an easy to understand and intuitive manner with real life anecdotes and examples, including:
-- service policy and capacity of Internet traffic systems
-- traffic management and QoS, IP, and ATM
-- detailed discussion and tutorial on queuing theory and its relationship to traffic management
-- About QoS -- Short for Quality of Service, a networking term that specifies a guaranteed throughput level. It allows service providers to guarantee to their customers that end-to-end latency will not exceed a specified level.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

One-stop solution to frustrating network traffic jams

Is booming traffic going to bind the Internet and intranets in gridlock? You can bet on it! Fortunately, there are ways to keep data, voice and video flowing.

Using real-life anecdotes and examples, QOS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks, by David McDysan, takes you step-by-step through traffic management principles and applications. You're shown how congestion is created and how to avoid, react, and relieve it to keep traffic moving on the LAN, WAN and Internet. You get a thorough review of routing protocols and how to address capacity requirements and QoS. Mathematical models of service...basic and advanced queuing theory...how to analyze congestion...and network modeling concepts are clearly explained, with easy-to-use, cookbook-style formulas.

Coverage includes a useful and timely discussion of how to make convergence work in an IP or ATM network, plus the new traffic management techniques that will be used in the Internet backbone of the 21st century.

About the Author

David McDysan, Ph.D. is Director of Strategic Planning of ATM Services at MCI. He has served as a member of the ATM Forum and technical committee chairperson. He is recognized as a pioneer and leader in ATM traffic management and is a frequent speaker on the topic at industry conferences. He is a co-author of McGraw-Hill's best-selling ATM Theory and Application (007-045346-3).

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1st edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071349596
• ISBN-13: 978-0071349598
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,028,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book; don't believe Ma, March 1, 2000

By 

hosh (Silicon Vally, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: QoS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks (Paperback)

Excellent organization in a way I have not seen in any other book: 7 parts, each with three chapters that gradually increase in level of difficulty. In depth review of all the basic concepts in probability and queuing. I am half way through it and already think it was worth it, even if the book only had the chapters I have read so far.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent progression, excellent references, November 14, 2000

By 

"hmitchel" (Wayne, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: QoS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks (Paperback)

Dr. McDysan covers some very complicated topics, but starts at the beginning and works up to them, so that the reader can enter the discussion at their comfort level. The treatment is broad, with enough depth to provide the essential flavor, and plenty of references for further research when needed. A good QoS jumpstart that made me the local expert for the day :)

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad content ..., December 23, 1999

By 

The Great Mahershi "mahershi" (QoS Land!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: QoS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks (Paperback)

We will have to wait some time longer for a good book on QoS. This is definitely not "the" book to read. The reasons are:

* This book needs an editor. The language needs to be simplified. (e.g. a sentence in chap 3: packet networks define capacity defined in packet-or-cells per second ... What do I make out of that sentence? And this is just one example.)

* This book needs a better technical review (IPv6 header is termed IPv4 header!)

Essentially, I think, the author started off with a "noble idea" of enlightening us "kids" with some Qos concepts. (I actually bought the book after reading through the table of contents, and the author's brief biography.) The author intended to organize the book well. But, he totally blew it on contents. In the preface the author states that "a central theme of the book is old-fashioned common sense." Then in chapter 3 the author goes on to explain why bandwidth and link capacity are different and instead of explaining in easier language the actual difference between baud, bandwidth, and bits-per-second, the author rambles into data communications theory and does a horrible job of it! He does not do justice either to the math of data communications or to common sense. Again, this is but one example.

So, in summary, this book is definitely not worth wasting your time and money on.