Next-Generation Internet

Byrav Ramamurthy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL). He is a recipient of the UNL CSE Department Student Choice Outstanding Teaching Award, the author of Design of Optical WDM Networks (2000), and a co-author of Secure Group Communications over Data Networks (2004). His research areas include optical networks, wireless/sensor networks, network security, distributed computing, and telecommunications. George N. Rouskas is a Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He has received several research and teaching awards, including an NSF CAREER Award, the NCSU Alumni Outstanding Research Award, and he has been inducted into the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers. He is the author of the book Internet Tiered Services (2009) and his research interests are in network architectures and protocols, optical networks and performance evaluation. Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. Prior to this, he was a Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and also conducted research at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Labs. He has previously edited three books and holds three patents in wireless networking. His research interests include wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, optical networks, and performance evaluation.

• Part I. Enabling Technologies: 1. Optical layer switching paradigms D. Cuda, R. Gaudino, G. Gavilanes Castillo and F. Neri; 2. Broadband access networks: current and future directions A. Reaz, L. Shi and B. Mukherjee; 3. The optical control plane and a novel unified control place architecture for IP/WDM networks G. Ellinas, A. Hadjiantonis, N. Antoniades, M. A. Ali and A. Khalil; 4. Cognitive routing protocols and architecture S. Ju and J. B. Evans; 5. Grid networking A. Ravula and B. Ramamurthy; Part II. Network Architectures: 6. HIP: host identity protocol P. Nikander, A. Gurtov and T. R. Henderson; 7. Contract switching for managing inter-domain dynamics M. Yuksel, A. Gupta, K. Kar and S. Kalyanaraman; 8. PHAROS project I. Baldine, A. W. Jackson, J. Jacob, W. E. Leland, J. H. Lowry, W. C. Milliken, P. P. Pal, S. Ramanathan, K. A. Rauschenbach, C. A. Santivanez and D. M. Wood; 9. Network services and data-path customization T. Wolf; 10. SILO architecture R. Dutta and I. Baldine; Part III. Protocols and Practice: 11. Separating routing policy from mechanism in the network layer J. Griffioen, K. L. Calvert, O. Ascigil and S. Yuan; 12. Multipath BGP: motivations and solutions F. Valera, I. van Beijnum, A. Garcia-Martinez and M. Bagnulo; 13. Explicit congestion control: charging, fairness and admission management F. Kelly and G. Raina; 14. Kansei: a software infrastructure for resource management and programmer support across wireless sensor network fabrics M. Sridharan, W. Zeng, W. Leal, X. Ju, R. Ramnath, H. Zhang and A. Arora; 15. Router design including buffering and queuing strategies for the next generation Internet D. Wischik; 16. Stochastic NUM and wireless scheduling Y. Yi and M. Chiang; 17. Network coding in bi-directed and peer-to-peer networks Z. Li, H. Xu and B. Li; 18. Network economics and pricing J. Musacchio, G. Schwartz and J. Walrand.

"For those who are particularly involved in pushing Internet technology to the next generation, this book is an excellent starting point. Recommended." - CHOICE