• Assessment testing to focus and direct your studies...

devices, but few provide a quick and portable solution for networking professionals. This book is designed to provide a quick-and-easy reference guide for a wide range of commonly used features that can be configured on...

• QoS fundamentals and the need for IP QoS
• The Differentiated Services QoS architecture and its enabling QoS functionality...

Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving world of telecommunications. Providing an in-depth, one-stop reference for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the $1.2 trillion telecommunications industry,...

Many large to mid-size enterprise and private networks are examining the benefits of MPLS. The biggest benefit of migrating to MPLS is the savings that it promises through convergence and additional services. MPLS offers the ability to construct a scalable network that can handle data, voice, and video conferencing. The cry from CTOs around the...

MPLS and VPN...

Almost every busy network backbone has some congested links while others remain underutilized. That's because shortest-path routing protocols send traffic down the path that is shortest without considering other network parameters,...

Never has something cried out for a cookbook quite as much as Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS). IOS is powerful and flexible, but also confusing and daunting. Most tasks can be accomplished in several different ways. And you don't want to spend precious time figuring out which way is best when you're trying to solve a...

• Easy to read and understand, following the style of the best-selling Internet Routing Architectures
• Understand emerging metro Ethernet services such as point-to-point packet-leased line services and multipoint-to-multipoint VPLS
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This book provides a complete overview of connection-oriented networks, discussing both packet-switched and circuit-switched networks, which, though seemingly different, share common...