About the Book
For courses in Business Data Communication and Networking.
An introduction to computer networking grounded in real-world examples In
Computer Networks, Tanenbaum et al. explain how networks work from the inside out. They start with the physical layer of networking, computer hardware and transmission systems, then work their way up to network applications. Each chapter follows a consistent approach: The book presents key principles, then illustrates them utilizing real-world example networks that run through the entire book -- the Internet, and wireless networks, including Wireless LANs, broadband wireless, and Bluetooth. The
6th Edition is updated throughout to reflect the most current technologies, and the chapter on network security is rewritten to focus on modern security principles and actions.
Tutorial videos on key networking topics and techniques are available to students on the companion website.
Instructors are supported with a
Solutions Manual to end-of-chapter exercises featured in the book
, Lecture PowerPoint slides, and extracted
art and figures featured in the book.
About the Author: About our authors
Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a Professor of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a fellow of IEEE and ACM and a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He recently won a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant of 2.5 million to do research on highly reliable computer systems. Tanenbaum has also authored or coauthored the following titles: Structured Computer Organization, 5th Edition; Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, 3rd Edition; and Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, 2nd Edition, all published by Prentice Hall.
Nick Feamster is Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Center for Data and Computing (CDAC) at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on many aspects of computer networking and networked systems, with a focus on network operations, network security, and censorship-resistant communication systems. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT in 2005, and his S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2000 and 2001, respectively. He was an early-stage employee at Looksmart (acquired by AltaVista), where he wrote the company's first web crawler; and at Damballa, where he helped design the company's first botnet-detection algorithm. Nick is an ACM Fellow. He received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his contributions to data-driven approaches to network security. His early work in Software Defined Networking won the USENIX Test of Time Award for its influence on Software Defined Networking; he created the first online course on this topic and was also one of the first instructors in Georgia Tech's online Masters in Computer Science program. Nick is an avid distance runner, having completed 20 marathons, including Boston, New York and Chicago.
David J. Wetherall is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. He hails from Australia and has worked in the area of networking for the past 2 decades. His research is focused on Internet protocols, wireless networks and security. Wetherall's work has been recognized with a Sloan Fellowship, the IEEE Bennett Prize and the ACM SIGCOMM Test-of-Time Award.
