Computer Communications and Networks

The Computer Communications and Networks series is a range of textbooks, monographs and handbooks. It sets out to provide students, researchers and non-specialists alike with a sure grounding in current knowledge, together with comprehensible access to the latest developments in computer communications and networking.

Emphasis is placed on clear and explanatory styles that support a tutorial approach, so that even the most complex of topics is presented in a lucid and intelligible manner.

Also in this series:

An Information Security Handbook
John M.D. Hunter
1-85233-180-1

Multimedia Internet Broadcasting: Quality, Technology and Interface
Andy Sloane and Dave Lawrence (Eds)
1-85233-283-2

The Quintessential PIC Microcontroller
Sid Katzen
1-85233-309-X

Information Assurance: Surviving in the Information Environment
Andrew Blyth and Gerald L. Kovacich
1-85233-326-X

UMTS: Origins, Architecture and the Standard
Pierre Lescuyer (Translation Editor: Frank Bott)
1-85233-676-5

OSS for Telecom Networks
Kundan Misra: An Introduction to Network Management
1-85233-808-3

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Taylor, Ian J.

From P2P to Web Services and Grids. - (Computer communications and networks)

004.3'6

ISBN 1852338695

A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

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