This book provides all the ingredients necessary for a full understanding of the increasingly important discipline of Internet Measurement - ranging from its role in the different layers of architecture to the various applications where it plays a critical role. This book and its subject help to build foundational knowledge for other areas of internet and computing courses particularly in regard to internet security,whose subject matter depend upon information derived from this source. Students studying courses that look at web applications or P2P file-sharing applications will find this book provides crucial information for their subject areas.
本書特色
1 . The opening chapters describe the architecture, network layers and movement of traffic around the Internet and provide the requisite background for the material in the book.
2 . The second section describes the three key axes to be measured: infrastructure,traffic and applications. It examines challenges faced,such as data visibility,statistical difficulties and the practical problems of dealing with large volumes of data. It also presents solutions-methods,tools and state of the art technology.
3 . The final section of the book presents a set of case studies and points towards fruitful directions for ongoing and future work.