Advanced lectures on networking
Subtitle: Networking 2002 tutorials
By: Enrico Gregori, Giuseppe Anastasi, Stefano Basagni, eds.
Contributors: Gregori, Enrico, 1955-; Anastasi, Giuseppe, 1963-; Basagni, Stefano, 1965-; International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference (2002 : Pisa, Italy)
Series: Lecture notes in computer science -- 2497.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Computer networks -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This book presents the revised version of seven tutorials given at the NETWORKING 2002 Conference in Pisa, Italy in May 2002. The lecturers present a coherent view of the core issues in the following areas: - peer-to-peer computing and communications - mobile computing middleware - network security in the multicast framework - categorizing computing assets according to communication patterns - remarks on ad-hoc networking - communication through virtual technologies - optical networks.
Notes: Rev. version of 7 tutorials given at the Networking 2002 Conference, Pisa, Italy, May 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Peer to peer : peering into the future / Jon Crowcroft, Ian Pratt; title: Mobile computing middleware / Cecilia Mascolo, Licia Capra, Wolfgang Emmerich; title: Network security in the multicast framework / Refik Molva, Alain Pannetrat; title: Categorizing computing assets according to communication patterns / Dieter Gantenbein, Luca Deri; title: Remarks on ad hoc networking / Stefano Basagni; title: Communications through virtual technologies / Fabrizio Davide ... [et al.]; title: A tutorial on optical networks / George N. Rouskas, Harry G. Perros.