Advanced Lectures on Networking

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.

Inhalt

Peer to Peer: Peering into the Future.- Mobile Computing Middleware.- Network Security in the Multicast Framework.- Categorizing Computing Assets According to Communication Patterns.- Remarks on Ad Hoc Networking.- Communications through Virtual Technologies.- A Tutorial on Optical Networks.