Networks for Pervasive Services Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet [Paperback]

Despite being the beating heart of our globalized digital society, the internet has not had a software upgrade since the early 1990s. This book argues for an overhaul and presents simple, effective protocols for building complex, self-organizing networks.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. On the Way to the Pervasive Web
1.1 The Net, a Tool for Everyone 1.2 The Inexorable Transformation of Internet applications 1.3 The Applications Mutiny 1.4 Everything on the Move 1.5? New Interaction Paradigms Emerge 1.6 The Scent of Pervasive Applications 1.7? The Billion Dollar Question.- References.
2 The Network, as We Know It
2.1 The Multiple Facets of Networks 2.2 Networks from the Eyes of an Ordinary User 2.3 Invite a Programmer to Understand Whats in the Cloud 2.4 A Network Engineer to Turn a Switch into a Router 2.5 The Computer Science of a Router 2.6 Simple Math to Stabilize the Net 2.7 Life of a Commuter 2.8 The Three Fundamental Principles.- References.
3 Six Problems for the Service Provider
3.1 The Net has Ossified 3.2 Problem 1: Not Truly Ubiquitous 3.3 Problem 2: The Unresponsive Net 3.4 Problem 3: Too Much, Too Stale Signaling 3.5 Problem 4: Lack of Parallelism 3.6 Problem 5: Data Agnosticism 3.7 Problem 6: Inadequate Net-search Engine 3.8 Concluding Remarks.- References.
4 Spontaneous Networks
4.1 The Gift of Ubiquity 4.2 Spontaneous Connectivity 4.3 The Hidden-terminal Problem 4.4 The Exposed-terminal Problem 4.5 Preventive Measures to Avoid Collision 4.6 Path Discovery in a Volatile Network 4.7 The KISS Approach.- References.
5 Reactive Networks
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