Gigabit Networking
Language: English
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 1993
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- Title
- Gigabit Networking
- Author
- Partridge, Craig
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Professional
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0201563339
- ISBN 13
- 9780201563337
We are fast entering the age of gigabit networking, where information ispassed along wide area and local area networks at speeds surpassing onebillion bits per second. With improvements in fiber optic signalling and thedevelopment of inexpensive high-performance computers, both thecapability and the demand for gigabit networking are here.
- As a networking professional who needs to prepare for the immediatefuture of computer networking, you will find Gigabit Networking afascinating and practical look at the advances that are making high-speednetworking a reality. Key technologies, important protocols, applications,and the practical issues involved in implementing gigabit networks are alladdressed. The book covers in detail such topics as:
- - Fiber optics (written for non-engineers)
- - Cell and non-cell networking, including Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- - Exciting applications that utilize gigabit networking
- - Integrating gigabit networking into existing systems
- - Adapting today's protocols for gigabit networking
In addition to the current status of the technology, Gigabit Networking looks ahead to the ongoing research that will shape the future of gigabit networking.
This important book will bring you up to date on the state of gigabitnetworking, and will give you the knowledge you need to launch yourselfinto the age of truly high-speed networking.
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About the Author
Craig Partridge is a recognized authority on gigabit networking. He currently is a chief scientist at BBN Technologies (part of GTE Corporation), the networking company that built the ARPAnet and has played an active role in developing the Internet. He is editor-in-chief of IEEE Network Magazine, as well as a professor at Stanford University and an instructor for INTEROP.
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