Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

For courses in Networking/Communications

Motivates readers with a top-down, layered approach to computer networking

Unique among computer networking texts, the Seventh Edition of the popular Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach builds on the author’s long tradition of teaching this complex subject  through a layered approach in a “top-down manner.” The text works its  way from the application layer down toward the physical layer,  motivating readers by exposing them to important concepts early in their  study of networking. Focusing on the Internet and the fundamentally  important issues of networking, this text provides an excellent  foundation for readers interested in computer science and electrical  engineering, without requiring extensive knowledge of programming or  mathematics. The Seventh Edition has been updated to reflect the most important and exciting recent advances in networking.