Internet End-to-End Performance and Availability : A multi-path overlay networks approach

ISBN-13: 9783639197280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str.

Bui Quang Vinh

Opis

Application-layer overlay networks have recently emerged as a promising platform to deploy additional services over the Internet. A virtual network of overlay nodes can be used to regulate traffic flows of an underlay network, without modifying the underlay network infrastructure. As a result, an opportunity to redeem the inefficiency of IP routing and to improve end-to-end performance and availability of the Internet has arisen, by routing traffic over multiple overlay paths. However, to achieve these by means of overlay networks, a number of challenging issues, including limited knowledge of the underlay network characteristics, fluctuations of overlay path performance, and interactions between overlay and the underlay traffic must be addressed. This monograph is an attempt to tackle some of these issues.

O autorze

Dr. Bui Quang Vinh is currently with the Defence and Security Applications Research Centre (DSARC), University of New South Wales, Australia. He received his PhD. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from the same University. His research interests include computer and communication networks, artificial intelligence, and robotics.