This important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental developments in testing theory and...

SS7/C7 is a signaling network and protocol that is used worldwide to bring telecommunications networks, both fixed-line and cellular, to life. Setting up phone calls, providing cellular roaming and messaging, and converged voice/data services, such as Internet Call Waiting, are only a few of the vast number of ways that...

As the means by which Internet destinations are communicated between subscribers and service providers, BGP-4 provides a critical function for Internet operations. Whether associated with Internet service providers or enterprise networks that depend heavily on the Internet, a background in BGP-4 is essential. Moving beyond...

• Comprehensive review of the operational mechanics of today's leading routing protocols, including IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and RIP-2
• Detailed explanation of IP addressing, including classful and classless addresses, subnetting,...

• Distinguish the differences between link-state and distance vector protocols, and classfull and classless routing

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Quality of Service (QoS) has already proven itself as the enabling technology for the convergence of voice, video, and data networks. As business needs evolve, so do the demands for QoS. The need to protect critical applications via QoS mechanisms in business networks has escalated over the past few years, primarily due to...

A+ Exam Cram 2 is a study skill enhancement and tutorial, designed to focus on exactly what students need to get A+ certified, with coverage of exams 220-221 and 220-222. It details all the new exam objectives and items in the following areas: Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT version 4.0. Because the A+ certification is a core competency...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition gives readers the ability and understanding necessary to create and administer a network. The book shows the reader how to physically connect computers and other devices to a network and access peripherals such as printers over the...