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Computer and Communication Networks
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Computer and Communication Networks

by Nader F. Mir
November 2006
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
16h 37m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 7. Routing and Internetworking

This chapter focuses on the networking structure of larger networks. One of the most important functions in computer networking, especially in wide area networks, is routing packets. In packet-switched networks, this function includes procedures through which a packet uses certain algorithms to find all the necessary paths from its source to its destination. In this chapter, we look at routing algorithms and protocols both within one WAN (intradomain networking, or intranetworking) and beyond it (interdomain networking, or internetworking). This chapter covers the following main topics:

Network-layer routing

Classification of routing algorithms:

least-cost-path algorithms

non-least-cost-path routing ...

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