The Real Internet Architecture

Past, Present, and Future Evolution

Pamela Zave, Jennifer Rexford

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Princeton University Press
01 December 2024

Computer networking & communications; Computer architecture & logic design

A new way to understand the architecture of today's Internet, based on an innovative general model of network architecture that is rigorous, realistic, and modular.

This book meets the long-standing need for an explanation of how the Internet's architecture has evolved since its creation to support an ever-broader range of the world's communication needs. The authors introduce a new model of network architecture that exploits a powerful form of modularity to provide lucid, insightful descriptions of complex structures, functions, and behaviors in today's Internet. Countering the idea that the Internet's architecture is 'ossified' or rigid, this model

which is presented through hundreds of examples rather than mathematical notation

encompasses the Internet's original or 'classic' architecture, its current architecture, and its possible future architectures.

For practitioners, the book offers a precise and realistic approach to comparing design alternatives and guiding the ongoing evolution of their applications, technologies, and security practices. For educators and students, the book presents patterns that recur in many variations and in many places in the Internet ecosystem. Each pattern tells a compelling story, with a common problem to be solved and a range of solutions for solving it. For researchers, the book suggests many directions for future research that exploit modularity to simplify, optimise, and verify network implementations without loss of functionality or flexibility.

By: Pamela Zave, Jennifer Rexford
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780691255804
ISBN 10: 0691255806
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Pamela Zave is a researcher in the computer science department of Princeton University, having previously held positions at Bell Labs, AT&T Labs, and the University of Maryland. Jennifer Rexford is Provost, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor in Engineering, and professor of computer science at Princeton University. She is the coauthor of Web Protocols and Practice: HTTP/1.1, Networking Protocols, Caching, and Traffic Measurement.