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Networks for Pervasive Services

Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet

  • Pinpoints the shortcomings of today's Internet, giving an outlook for the Future Internet research
  • Includes over a hundred illustrated scenarios which make advanced networking concepts accessible to a broader readership
  • Presents simple yet effective protocols for the construction of complex, self-organizing networks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE, volume 92)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. On the Way to the Pervasive Web

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Network, As We Know It

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 15-38
  4. Six Problems for the Service Provider

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 39-50
  5. Spontaneous Networks

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 51-63
  6. Reactive Networks

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 65-78
  7. Proactive Networks

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 79-93
  8. Content-Aware Networks

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 95-109
  9. Distribution–Efficient Networks

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 111-131
  10. Discovering Virtual Resources

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 133-144
  11. A Peek at the Future Internet

    • Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos
    Pages 145-155
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 157-161

About this book

Readers will progress from an understanding of what the Internet is now towards an understanding of the motivations and techniques that will drive its future.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“In this book, Antonio Liotta and George Exarchakos have successfully tackled the challenge of explaining in easy to understand terms how the Internet works today and how it could be upgraded. The first two chapters of the book deal with how the Internet works today. The next seven chapters deal with how it could be upgraded … . I strongly recommend the book to non networking specialists who are not ‘dummies,’ but have a keen interest in the Internet and its evolution.” (Roch Glitho, IEEE Communications Magazine, February, 2012)

“This book presents the old and well-known concepts so that readers can understand them. This is helpful, since no computer network expert knows all of the concepts. … The book is quite instructive and timely, and presents all concepts, both new and existing. … an interesting read for students, or for those who are interested in computer networks but don’t have the technical knowledge. Professionals and researchers in the computer networking field will also find the book interesting, as it offers new ideas and discussions.” (Kalinka Castelo Branco, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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