Analysis of Computer Networks [Hardcover]

This textbook presents the mathematical theory and techniques necessary for analyzing and modeling high-performance global networks, such as the Internet. The three main building blocks of high-performance networks are links, switching equipment connecting the links together and software employed at the end nodes and intermediate switches. This book provides the basic techniques for modeling and analyzing these last two components. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: Markov chains and queuing analysis, traffic modeling, interconnection networks and switch architectures and buffering strategies.

Probability.- Random Processes.- Markov Chains.- Markov Chains at Equilibrium.- Reducible Markov Chains.- Periodic Markov Chains.- Queuing Analysis.- Modeling Traffic Flow Control Protocols.- Modeling Error Control Protocols.- Modeling Medium Control Protocols.- Modleing IEEE 802.11 (Wifi) Protocol.- Modeling IEEE 802.16 (WiMAZ) Protocol.- Modeling of Wireless Fading Channels.- Software Defined radio (SDR).- Modeling Network Traffic.- Scheduling Algorithms.

Readers looking for all of the classical modelsused to predict the behavior of computer networks may be interested in thisbook. Gebali presents the material, interesting for a teacher or a graduatestudent, in a single volume that can also be used by a specialist as arefresher on theory. & this book can be used as a good appendix to an academiccourse on network behavior modeling, to learn the fundamentals in a solid way.(Piotr Cholda, Computing Reviews, October, 2015)

Dr. Fayez Gebali is currently the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Victoria. Previously he has been the Associate Dean (undergraduate programs) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Victoria. He is also a professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Before that he was a Research Associate with Dr. M.I. Elmasry in the Department olƒ¼