Simulation & Modeling - Software Engineering, General & Miscellaneous Networking & Telecommunications
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Overview
Students of network communications learn about many different network protocols and configurations, but seldom have the opportunity to actively use them and learn first-hand the performance trade-offs involved in designing a network. Network modeling and simulating overcomes this limitation. This book presents six labs that allow students to examine various protocols and the factors that affect their performance. These studies include: effect of packet arrival rate and size on a queue; behavior of various automatic request (ARQ) protocols; performance characteristics of several multiaccess protocols, such as ALOHA, CSMA-CD, and Token Ring; throughput and end-to-end delay in a wide area network using Frame Relay; and link utilization and other metrics in a Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network. This book can be used alone or in conjunction with a text on network communications.Editorials
Booknews
Provides six computer laboratory sessions by which students of network communications can develop a feel for designing networks with complex protocols by changing parameters and seeing the corresponding impact through performance statistics and animations. Can be used alone or in conjunction with a standard text on network communications. The accompanying CD-ROM contains model and support files for each session, and requires the OPNET modeling software. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
August 5, 1998
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pages
116
Format
Applicable
ISBN
9780139157370