Analysis of computer and communication networks
By: Fayez Gebali
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media; Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 669
ISBN-13: 9780387744360
Subjects: Telecommunication; Mathematical models; Queuing theory; Switching systems; Evaluation; Network performance (Telecommunication); Markov processes
Other titles: Computer and communication networks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Probability.- Random Processes.- Markov Chains.- Markov Chains at Equilibrium.- Reducible Markov Chains.- Periodic Markov Chains.- Queuing Analysis.- Modeling Error Control Protocols.- Modeling Medium Access Control Protocols.- Modeling Network Traffic.- Scheduling Algorithms.- Switches and Routers.- Interconnection Networks.- Switch Modeling.- Examples of Switches.- Appendix A: Summation of Series.- Appendix B: Solving Difference Equations.- Appendix C: Finding s(n) Ung the Z-Transform.- Appendix D: Vectors and Matrices.- Appendix E: Using MATLAB.- Appendix F: Database Design.