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Networkng Council Foreword.<br> <br> Acknowledgments.<br> <br> Introduction.<br> <br> Fundamentals and Design Principles.<br> <br> Network Architecture and Topology.<br> <br> Network Control and Signaling.<br> <br> Network Components.<br> <br> End Systems.<br> <br> End-to-End Protocols.<br> <br> Networked and Applications.<br> <br> Future Directions and Conclusion.<br> <br> References.<br> <br> Appendix A: Axioms and Principles.<br> <br> Appendix B: Acronyms.<br> <br> Index.

JAMES P. G. STERBENZ is Senior Network Scientist and Manager at BBN Technologies. Involved in high-speed technology research and development for many years, he has held leadership positions as chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking and the IFI Protocols for High-Speed Networks international steering committee.<br> JOSEPH D. TOUCH is Director of the Postel Center for Experimental Networking in the Computer Networks Division of Information Sciences Institute and Research Assistant Professor at USC. He was co-chair of the International Workshop on Protocols for High-Speed Networks.

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