Principles of Broadband Switching and Networks (Hardcover)

Principles of Broadband Switching and Networking explains the design and analysis of switch architectures suitable for broadband integrated services networks, emphasizing packet-switched interconnection networks with distributed routing algorithms. The text examines the mathematical properties of these networks, rather than specific implementation technologies. Although the pedagogical explanations in this book are in the context of switches, many of the fundamental principles are relevant to other communication networks with regular topologies.

After explaining the concept of the modern broadband integrated services network and why it is necessary in today’s society, the book moves on to basic switch design principles, discussing two types of circuit switch design—space domain and time domain—and packet switch design. Throughput improvements are illustrated by some switch design variations such as Speedup principle, Channel-Grouping principle, Knockout principle, and Dilation principle.

Moving seamlessly into advanced switch design principles, the book covers switch scalability, switch design for multicasting, and path switching. Then the focus moves to broadband communications networks that make use of such switches. Readers receive a detailed introduction on how to allocate network resources and control traffic to satisfy the quality of service requirements of network users and to maximize network usage. As an epilogue, the text shows how transmission noise and packet contention have similar characteristics and can be tamed by comparable means to achieve reliable communication.

Principles of Broadband Switching and Networking is written for senior undergraduate and first-year postgraduate students with a solid background in probability theory.

一本權威的介紹關於寬頻綜合服務網絡中交換和傳輸角色的書籍

《寬頻交換和網絡原理》解釋了適用於寬頻綜合服務網絡的交換架構的設計和分析，強調具有分佈式路由算法的分組交換互連網絡。本書關注這些網絡的數學特性，而不是具體的實現技術。雖然本書的教學解釋是在交換機的背景下進行的，但許多基本原則也適用於其他具有規則拓撲的通信網絡。

在解釋現代寬頻綜合服務網絡的概念以及為什麼在當今社會中它是必要的之後，本書轉向基本的交換機設計原則，討論了兩種類型的電路交換設計-空間域和時間域-以及分組交換設計。通過一些交換機設計變體（如加速原則、通道分組原則、淘汰原則和擴展原則）來說明吞吐量的改進。

接著無縫地轉入高級交換機設計原則，本書涵蓋了交換機的可擴展性、用於多播的交換機設計以及路徑交換。然後，焦點轉向利用這些交換機的寬頻通信網絡。讀者將詳細介紹如何分配網絡資源和控制流量，以滿足網絡用戶的服務質量要求並最大限度地利用網絡。作為結語，本書展示了傳輸噪聲和分組競爭具有相似的特性，並且可以通過相似的手段來實現可靠的通信。

《寬頻交換和網絡原理》適用於具有堅實概率論基礎的高年級本科生和一年級研究生。