Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (5th Edition) 5th Edition

by James F. Kurose (Author),‎ Keith W. Ross (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0136079679

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Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fifth Edition of Computer Networking continues with an early emphasis on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, encouraging a hands-on experience with protocols and networking concepts. With this edition, Kurose and Ross have revised and modernized treatment of some key chapters to integrate the most current and relevant networking technologies.

Networking today involves much more than standards specifying message formats and protocol behaviors—and it is far more interesting. Professors Kurose and Ross focus on describing emerging principles in a lively and engaging manner and then illustrate these principles with examples drawn from Internet architecture.

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James Kurose teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research interests include network protocols and architecture, network measurement, sensor networks, multimedia communication, and modeling and performance evaluation. He received his PhD from Columbia University.

Keith Ross is a professor of computer science at Polytechnic University. He has worked in peer-to-peer networking, Internet measurement, video streaming, Web caching, multi-service loss networks, content distribution networks, voice over IP, optimization, queuing theory, optimal control of queues, and Markov decision processes. Professor Ross received his PhD in Computer and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Hardcover: 864 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 5 edition (March 31, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0136079679
ISBN-13: 978-0136079675
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 240 customer reviews
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Ryan Acebo

Not good for an introductory course, good for network-level software design

April 27, 2015

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I think it's worth starting off by saying that I'm not going to be too detail specific. I rented this as part of an introductory networking course. Unfortunately, the course and the book don't really work well together. Some aspects of networking are really detailed and thorough - especially when discussing how to build the network layer into software, but when trying to understand the concepts, this book misses pretty significantly. I found myself flipping through several pages looking for the meat of the topic. ("Is there a page missing? Why did it end there?") This could be a good reference book, however some of the core examples are too specific to certain transient solutions or technologies. I liked that the book was organized into the network layers, but there was still some cherry-picking of the details that should have had more content. This has been mentioned in another review as well.

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AMC

Quite good

February 16, 2013

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I have the International Edition and so can only speak for that. This is the recommended text for our Data Comm course and and I find that the book does a good job given the fact I have zero background in this area. The lecturer also used the slides prepared by the authors so everything tied in nicely. If you do get the book, I would recommend that you check out the student's resources at the publisher's website. There are useful animations that enhance understanding of the material and the one that sticks in my mind concerns routing, MAC addresses and IP addresses. One final note, if you wish to learn subnetting painlessly you will need more material. My advice is to download the 3Com paper referenced by the authors, I read it and it was like a light was switched on.

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Andrew

Accessible and informative

June 1, 2015

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As a 3rd year computer science student with little experience with networks prior to the course that used this textbook, I found it very accessible. The textbook outlines and then defines the five layers of networking: application, transport, network, link-layer and physical, chapter-by-chapter. In addition, there are chapters that cover network security, network management and wireless networks. The textbook provides a great deal of information interlaced with an appropriate amount of humor. I would fully recommend this book for learning networking topics, for those without a significant understanding of networking concepts.

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Kenneth Simpson

Best Networking book there is.

June 30, 2017

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I am student at the University of Massachusetts and I had James Kurose, the co-author of this book, as the professor for my computer networking class. Not only was the class excellent, but the book was also. Everything is explained very clearly and proficiently. The book is not math-based which makes it much easier reading and great as an introductory book. There are lots of concrete analogies and examples used in the book to help the reader understand the more complex concepts. Since taken the class I've read through computer networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and although that it is a good book I would not recommend it for those who are just being introduced to the world of networking.
The online supplementary content that comes with the book is also very beneficial and complement the book well.

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Susan

but it's good to simply have that kind of knowledge

September 7, 2016

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The reason why I don't give it 5 star is because this book is so expensive.

I bought this book for a computer science course, "Computer Networking". This book helped me to pass the class, after all most of the instructor's lecture notes were extracted from this book. In other words, by reading the half of this book's content, one do not need to take a course about networking in computer science.

After reading this book, I have a sort of clear idea about the network protocols and architecture, not on the practical level, but it's good to simply have that kind of knowledge.

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Clayton Michael

Cover photo is NOT the only difference

September 14, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

The book is fine but this listing says the content is identical to the American version and that only the cover is different which is not true. There are many differences between the two versions, like the chapter questions and which pages things are located on. A more accurate description would say they are based on the same material and have many similarities. This book cannot be used interchangeably with the American version.

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