Includes bibliographical references (p. 791-820) and index.

Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet 1.1 What Is the Internet? 1.2 The Network Edge 1.3 The Network Core 1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks 1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models 1.6 Networks Under Attack 1.7 History of Computer Networking and the Internet 1.8 Summary Chapter 2 Application Layer 2.1 Principles of Network Applications 2.2 The Web and HTTP 2.3 File Transfer: FTP 2.4 Electronic Mail in the Internet 2.5 DNS--The Internet's Directory Service 2.6 Peer-to-Peer Applications 2.7 Socket Programming with TCP 2.8 Socket Programming with UDP 2.9 Summary Chapter 3 Transport Layer 3.1 Introduction and Transport-Layer Services 3.2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing 3.3 Connectionless Transport: UDP 3.4 Principles of Reliable Data Transfer 3.5 Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP 3.6 Principles of Congestion Control 3.7 TCP Congestion Control 3.8 Summary Chapter 4 The Network Layer 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks 4.3 What's Inside a Router? 4.4 The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet 4.5 Routing Algorithms 4.6 Routing in the Internet 4.7 Broadcast and Multicast Routing 4.8 Summary Chapter 5 The Link Layer and Local Area Networks 5.1 Link Layer: Introduction and Services 5.2 Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques 5.3 Multiple Access Protocols 5.4 Link-Layer Addressing 5.5 Ethernet 5.6 Link-Layer Switches 5.7 PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol 5.8 Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer 5.9 Summary Chapter 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Wireless Links and Network Characteristics 6.3 WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs 6.4 Cellular Internet Access 6.5 Mobility Management: Principles 6.6 Mobile IP 6.7 Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks 6.8 Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-layer Protocols 6.9 Summary Chapter 7 Multimedia Networking 7.1 Multimedia Networking Applications 7.2 Streaming Stored Audio and Video 7.3 Making the Best of the Best-Effor

Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fourth 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 bring the issues of network security to the forefront and 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.