Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Sixth Edition, explores the key principles of computer networking, using real world examples from network and protocol design. Using the Internet as the primary example, this best-selling classic textbook explains various protocols and networking technologies. The systems-oriented approach encourages students to think about how individual network components fit into a larger, complex system of interactions. This sixth edition contains completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, as provided by numerous contributors via a unique open source model developed jointly by the authors and publisher.
Hallmark features of the book are retained, including chapter problem statements, which introduce issues to be examined; shaded sidebars that elaborate on a topic or introduce a related advanced topic; What’s Next? discussions that deal with emerging issues in research, the commercial world, or society; and exercises. This book is intended primarily for graduate or upper-division undergraduate classes in computer networking. It will also be useful for industry professionals retraining for network-related assignments, as well as for network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking.
Key Features
- Features completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to students and networking professionals
- Includes coverage of WiFi and cellular communication, security and cryptography, multimedia, and other applications
- Includes expanded guidelines for instructors who prefer to teach networking using a "top-down" approach
- Features chapter problem statements which introduce issues to be examined and shaded sidebars that elaborate on topics and introduce related ones
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I like the approach authors have used to explain the concepts.
Very good reference that I always use
this is a fine textbook for the course
Network concepts well presented. The included figures and example makes it easy for students to understand essential notions. Up to date.
It is a quality networking book. It provides very useful information about computer communication and networks.
This book provides a necessary update that includes PONs and 5G RANs, VLANs, Cloud, QUIC, TCP CUBIC, HTTP/2, gRPC, Cloud Services, and more. The "systems approach" is not abandoned, and continues to be the guiding principle behind all the explanations in the book. Highly recommended!
There are certainly significant improvements over the 5th edition. Sections on cellular network architectures, switch implementation (esp. white-box switches), and sdn are very useful and relevant for today's networking courses.