This interesting publication provides an improvement in organization and coverage of the subject over current textbooks.  It includes those topics related to advanced network architectures, such as IP switching, differentiated and integrated services.

The fully comprehensive text is written in a way that it can serve as a basic reference for a professional audience interested in the field of networking and as a textbook suitable for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course in data communication and networking.

The authors have used a layered architectural model to organize the subject matter and take a unique top-down approach to the material. 

• Provides thorough coverage of networks, including network applications, communication protocols at different layers, network security, and data compression
  
  
  
  
• Focuses on high-speed network protocols which are gaining increased popularity both in wide and local area network environments
  
  
  
  
• Includes an up-to-date survey of recent developments in high-speed networks
  
  
  
  
• Discusses the design approaches commonly used to address the central problems of how to support multimedia and real-time traffic, the need to control congestion, and the need to support different levels of quality of service (QoS)
  
  

This is a textbook for telecommunications and computer networks for the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate courses, as well as a reference book for the current networking professionals and practitioners.  It will also serve as a reference book for the current networking professionals and practitioners.  Managers and policy makers in the networking technology may also find it useful for reference.