Content networking : architecture, protocols, and practice /

As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users. This book is unique in that it addresses the topic of content networking exclusively and comprehensively, tracing the evolution from traditional web caching to today'...

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Main Authors: Hofmann, Markus
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Beaumont, Leland R
Published: Morgan Kaufmann,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Morgan Kaufmann series in networking
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558608344
Summary: As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users. This book is unique in that it addresses the topic of content networking exclusively and comprehensively, tracing the evolution from traditional web caching to today's open and vastly more flexible architecture. With this evolutionary approach, the authors emphasize the field's most persistent concepts, principles, and mechanisms--the core information that will help you understand why and how content delivery works today, and apply that knowledge in the future. +
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344) and index.
ISBN: 1423708180
9781423708186
9781558608344
1558608346
Index Number: TK5105
CLC: TP393
Contents: Introduction -- Content Transport -- Caching Techniques for Web Content -- Caching Techniques for Streaming Media -- Navigating Content Networks -- Peer-to-Peer Content Networks -- Interactive Content Delivery-Instant Messaging -- Beyond Web Surfing-Content Services -- Building Content Networks -- Standards Efforts -- Summary and Outlook.