Networks for Pervasive Services [electronic resource] : Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet /
Liotta, Antonio.author.
Exarchakos, George.author.
> Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo (Canada) Since its inception in the 1970s the Internet has become larger, faster and wireless. It is the biggest machine ever built, the "generative" engine of our digital society. However, the software that runs the global network has not seen any substantial upgrade since the early 1990s. It is now evident that the existing mechanisms that transport data around the Internet are no longer adequate for the new breed of Web applications. This book explains why the time is ripe for a complete overhaul in view of the Future Internet. Through a series of simple examples, the authors present a wealth of network mechanisms, starting from those that sustain the Web today. Readers will become familiar with a range of advanced protocols that will make the Internet more ubiquitous, reactive, proactive, information-driven, distribution-efficient and searchable.  This book presents a selection of remarkable research ideas, making them accessible to the non-specialist reader.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ch 1 On the Way to the Pervasive Web -- Ch 2 The Network, as We Know It -- Ch 3  Six Problems for the Service Provider -- Ch 4  Spontaneous Networks -- Ch 5  Reactive Networks -- Ch 6  Proactive Networks -- Ch 7  Content-aware Networks -- Ch 8  Distribution-efficient Networks -- Ch 9  Discovering Virtual Resources -- Ch 10  A Peek at the Future Internet. Index.
> Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo (Canada) Since its inception in the 1970s the Internet has become larger, faster and wireless. It is the biggest machine ever built, the "generative" engine of our digital society. However, the software that runs the global network has not seen any substantial upgrade since the early 1990s. It is now evident that the existing mechanisms that transport data around the Internet are no longer adequate for the new breed of Web applications. This book explains why the time is ripe for a complete overhaul in view of the Future Internet. Through a series of simple examples, the authors present a wealth of network mechanisms, starting from those that sustain the Web today. Readers will become familiar with a range of advanced protocols that will make the Internet more ubiquitous, reactive, proactive, information-driven, distribution-efficient and searchable.  This book presents a selection of remarkable research ideas, making them accessible to the non-specialist reader.
Computer communication systems.
Electrical engineering.
Application software.
Management information systems.
Computer science.
Computer Communication Networks.
Communications Engineering, Networks.
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).
Management of Computing and Information Systems.
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering