Wide-Area Data Network Performance Engineering / Edition 1

by Robert G. Cole, Ravi Ramaswamy

Overview

As customers migrate en masse from private lines to frame relay/ATM technologies, the need for effective multi-protocol wide-area networks increases dramatically. With this new book, network designers and engineers get the help they need to ensure that hardware, software, and data transport devices deliver the expected level of performance in this challenging environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890065693
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/28/1999
Series:	Artech House Telecommunications Library Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.35(w) x 9.26(h) x 1.36(d)

About the Author

Robert Cole is a Technical Manager with AT&T Laboratories and received his BSc. in Professional Physics from the University of Miami and his Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemical Physics from Iowa State University. Ravi Ramaswamy is a District Manager with AT&T Managed Network Solutions. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Probability from the University of Rochester in New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Background. High Speed Networking. SNA Internetworking in a Multiprotocol Environment. WAN Performance Analysis - Basic Concepts and Familiar Formulae. Frame Relay Performance Characteristics. Computing Delay and Throughput Metrics in TCP/IP and Novell Networks. Multiprotocol SNA Networks - Designing and Optimizing Performance. Case Studies. Conclusions. Appendices. References.

Editorial Reviews

Discusses three aspects of performance engineering in wide-area data network engineering: protocol and application details, deterministic models of packet flows, and queuing theory. Treatment is technical in nature, and effort has been taken to explain technical terms. Complex mathematics is relegated to appendices. For those responsible for designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting performance problems in data networks, as well as those responsible for capacity planning, performance assurance, and application testing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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