JAMES P. G. STERBENZ is Senior Network Scientist and Manager at BBN Technologies. Involved in high-speed technology research and development for many years, he has held leadership positions as chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking and the IFI Protocols for High-Speed Networks international steering committee.JOSEPH D. TOUCH is Director of the Postel Center for Experimental Networking in the Computer Networks Division of Information Sciences Institute and Research Assistant Professor at USC. He was co-chair of the International Workshop on Protocols for High-Speed Networks.

• Networkng Council Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Fundamentals and Design Principles. Network Architecture and Topology. Network Control and Signaling. Network Components. End Systems. End-to-End Protocols. Networked and Applications. Future Directions and Conclusion. References. Appendix A: Axioms and Principles. Appendix B: Acronyms. Index.

JAMES P. G. STERBENZ is Senior Network Scientist and Manager at BBN Technologies. Involved in high-speed technology research and development for many years, he has held leadership positions as chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking and the IFI Protocols for High-Speed Networks international steering committee.JOSEPH D. TOUCH is Director of the Postel Center for Experimental Networking in the Computer Networks Division of Information Sciences Institute and Research Assistant Professor at USC. He was co-chair of the International Workshop on Protocols for High-Speed Networks.

• Networkng Council Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Fundamentals and Design Principles. Network Architecture and Topology. Network Control and Signaling. Network Components. End Systems. End-to-End Protocols. Networked and Applications. Future Directions and Conclusion. References. Appendix A: Axioms and Principles. Appendix B: Acronyms. Index.

JAMES P. G. STERBENZ is Senior Network Scientist and Manager at BBN Technologies. Involved in high-speed technology research and development for many years, he has held leadership positions as chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking and the IFI Protocols for High-Speed Networks international steering committee.JOSEPH D. TOUCH is Director of the Postel Center for Experimental Networking in the Computer Networks Division of Information Sciences Institute and Research Assistant Professor at USC. He was co-chair of the International Workshop on Protocols for High-Speed Networks.

• Networkng Council Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Fundamentals and Design Principles. Network Architecture and Topology. Network Control and Signaling. Network Components. End Systems. End-to-End Protocols. Networked and Applications. Future Directions and Conclusion. References. Appendix A: Axioms and Principles. Appendix B: Acronyms. Index.