High Performance Networking
Subtitle: IFIP TC-6 Eighth International Conference on High Performance Networking (HPN'98) Vienna, Austria, September 21-25, 1998
By: edited by Harmen R. As
Series: IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing -- 8; IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing -- 8
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 699
ISBN-13: 9781475753974; 9780387353883
Subjects: Multimedia systems; Computer Communication Networks; Computer science; Data structures (Computer science)
Description: High Performance Networking is a state-of-the-art book that deals with issues relating to the fast-paced evolution of public, corporate and residential networks. It focuses on the practical and experimental aspects of high performance networks and introduces novel approaches and concepts aimed at improving the performance, usability, interoperability and scalability of such systems. Among others, the topics covered include: Java applets and applications; distributed virtual environments; new internet streaming protocols; web telecollaboration tools; Internet, Intranet; real-time services like multimedia; quality of service; mobility. High Performance Networking comprises the proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on High Performance Networking, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and was held at Vienna Univrsity of Technology, Vienna, Austria, in September 1998. High Performance Networking is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on high performance networking, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.
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