High Performance Communication Networks, Second Edition
An advanced textbook surveying high-performance communication networks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS High Performance Communication Networks, Second Edition
High-Performance Communication Networks, Second Edition
Jean Walrand
Pravin Varaiya
University of California, Berkeley
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Walrand, Jean.
High-performance communication networks/Jean Walrand, Pravin Varaiya.
2nd ed.
p. cm. (The Morgan Kaufmann series in networking)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Computer networks. 2. Multimedia systems. 3. High performance computing. 4. Asynchronous transfer mode. 5. Wireless communications systems. I. Varaiya, P.P. (Pravin Pratap) II. Title III. Series
TK5105.5.W353 2000
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