| Starting with various aspects of quality of service and the evolution of IP networks, this book covers the improvement of addressing in IP version 6, enhanced security, and the adaptation of video for the Internet and voice over IP. New generations of IP networks are discussed including the future of pervasive networks, wi-fi, the control of mobility and improved quality of service, sensor networks, inter-vehicle communication, and optical networks.
Packet-switched networks form a very complex and difficult to control world. With circuit switching networks, if all circuits are busy, the network cannot accept additional clients. With networks that move information in packets, the limit where they stop accepting new clients is vague. The primary objective of IP network control is to determine that limit. Other major objectives are: avoiding congestion when a node is completely blocked, putting in place security components, managing client mobility, etc. |
