Revised to reflect the rapid changes in the field of networking, Comuter Networking provides a top down approach to this study by beginning with application-level protocols and then working down the protocol stack. An early emphasis is placed on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces to allow readers to get their 'hands dirty' with protocols and networking concepts in the context of applications they will use in the industry. Networking today is much more (and far more interesting) than standards specifying message formatgs and protocol behaviors. Professors Kurose and Ross Focus on describing emerging principldes in a lively and engaging manner and then illustrate these principles with examples drawn from Inernet architecture.

Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet
Chapter 2 Application Layer
Chapter 3 Transport Layer
Chapter 4 The Network Layer
Chapter 5 The Link Layer and Local Area Networks
Chapter 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks
Chapter 7 Multimedia Networking
Chapter 8 Security in Computer Networks
Chapter 9 Network Management