Internetworking Technological Foundations and Applications
This book is supposed to serve as a comprehensive and instructive guide through the new world of digital communication. On the physical layer optical and electrical cabling technology are described as well as wireless communication technologies. On the da
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Te c h n o l o g i c a l Foundations and Applications
X.media.publishing is an application-oriented series that specializes in the presentation and publication of multimedia as well as digital and print media.
Christoph Meinel Harald Sack
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Internetworking Technological Foundations and Applications
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Christoph Meinel Hasso Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering Potsdam Germany
ISSN 1612-1449 ISBN 978-3-642-35391-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35392-5
Harald Sack Hasso Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering Potsdam Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-35392-5
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Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013947814 Translation from the German language edition: Internetworking. Technische Grundlagen und Anwendungen. Ó Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012. Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
What should still be something pretty amazing seems just like a part of everyday life to a lot of people. In recent decades, the old dream driving human development toward a mobility spanning time and space has become unprecedented reality. And this without a single physical law being b
