High performance networking VII : proceedings of the IFIP TC6 Seventh International Conference on High Performance Networks (HPN '97), 28th April - 2nd May 1997, White Plains, New York, USA /

This book deals with issues relating to the fast-paced evolution of public, corporate and residential networks. It focuses on the practical and experimental aspects of high performance networks, and introduces novel approaches and concepts aimed at improving the performance, usability, inoperability...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	IFIP TC6 International Conference on High Performance Networks White Plains, N.Y., SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Tantawy, Ahmed N., 1952- (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media, [1997]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	International Federation for Information Processing (Series)
Subjects:	Computer networks > Congresses. Computer science. Signal, Image and Speech Processing. Computer networks. Electronic books. Conference proceedings.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	This book deals with issues relating to the fast-paced evolution of public, corporate and residential networks. It focuses on the practical and experimental aspects of high performance networks, and introduces novel approaches and concepts aimed at improving the performance, usability, inoperability and scalability of such systems. Among others, the topics covered include the evolution of LAN and WAN systems (e.g. future of Internet and WWW), high bandwidth applications, new communications media, high performance protocols, ATM, quality of service requirements, broadhead service platforms, and middleware and very large scale networking.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780387352794 0387352791
ISSN:	1868-4238