IP ROUTING PROTOCOLS RIP, OSPF, BGP, PNNI, AND CISCO ROUTING PROTOCOLS

• Main Author: Black, Uyless (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Jersey Prentice Hall 2000; © 2000
• Subjects: TCP\IP(Computer network protocol); Routers(Computer networks)
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 This book is one in a series of books called, "Emerging Communications Technologies." As the name of the book implies, the focus is on how routes are discovered and used in the Internet. The subject matter of this book is vast and my approach is to provide a system view of the topic. In consonance with the intent of this series, this general survey also has considerable detail but not to the level of detail needed to design a routing protocol, or to configure a bridge or router. For that, I leave you to your project team and the various specifications that establish the standards for routing operations. This book is considered to be at an intermediate-to-advanced level. As such, it assumes the reader has a background in data communications. I hope you find this book a valuable addition to your library. Use of Appendices The subject of internetworking and route discovery is built on many concepts, and several supporting IEEE, ISO, and Internet protocols and standards. For those readers that are familiar with these subjects, I have not encumbered the main body of the book with a description of these systems. From previous experience, I also know that a substantial number of my readers will not have full knowledge of some (perhaps all) of these supporting and underlying operations. I also know that some of the readers are well-versed in these underlying, supporting protocols. I have provided several tutorials on these subjects and have included them in the appendices to this book. I suggest you take a look at the appendices before you start reading the book, and then study those topics in which you need more information. On occasion, I will refer to an appendix to alert you to some required background information for a subject under discussion. If appropriate, I will refer you directly to a figure or a table to enable you to do a quick check to determine if you should divert to the specific material in the appendix before proceeding further. With this approach, I hope meet the needs of readers with various levels of experience and knowledge.