Wide area network performance and optimization : practical strategies for success / Robert Lloyd-Evans.
By: Lloyd-Evans, Robert
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BookSeries: Data communications and networks series.Publisher: Harlow, England : Addison-Wesley, 1996Description: xii, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0201422700.Subject(s): Wide area networks (Computer networks)DDC classification: 004.67 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00077686 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the practical aspects of optimising the performance of wide area networks, examining the parameters that can be adjusted for each of the major data communication protocols, showing what effect each has and how to obtain the desired results.
Bibliography: (pages 324-328) and index.
Introduction -- Requirement Analysis -- Analog Links -- Digital Circuit Switch Networks -- X.25 Networks -- Other Packet Switch Networks -- LAN/WAN Interworking -- Networked Applications -- Cell Relay Networks -- Emerging Technologies -- Network Management and Analysis -- Public Network Issues -- Conclusions -- Mathematical Appendix.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
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Author notes provided by Syndetics
Robert Lloyd-Evans received his M.A. in natural sciences, and Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry from Cambridge University.He is a network consultant with Hi-Spec Communications, Ltd. in Broadstone, Dorset, UK.
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