In network design, the gap between theory and practice is woefully broad. This book narrows it, comprehensively and critically examining current network design models and methods. You will learn where mathematical modeling and algorithmic optimization have been under-utilized. At the opposite extreme, you will learn where they tend to fail to contribute to the twin goals of network efficiency and cost-savings. Most of all, you will learn precisely how to tailor theoretical models to make them as useful as possible in practice.
Throughout, the authors focus on the traffic demands encountered in the real world of network design. Their generic approach, however, allows problem formulations and solutions to be applied across the board to virtually any type of backbone communication or computer network. For beginners, this book is an excellent introduction. For seasoned professionals, it provides immediate solutions and a strong foundation for further advances in the use of mathematical modeling for network design.
. Written by leading researchers with a combined 40 years of industrial and academic network design experience.
Features
. Considers the development of design models for different technologies, including TCP/IP, IDN, MPLS, ATM, SONET/SDH, and WDM
. Discusses recent topics such as shortest path routing and fair bandwidth assignment in IP/MPLS networks
. Addresses proper multi-layer modeling across network layers using different technologies for example, IP over ATM over SONET, IP over WDM, and IDN over SONET.
. Covers restoration-oriented design methods that allow recovery from failures of large-capacity transport links and transit nodes.
. Presents, at the end of each chapter, exercises useful to both students and practitioners."

Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures, Second Edition, explores network routing and how it can be broadly categorized into Internet routing, circuit-switched routing, and telecommunication transport network routing. The book systematically considers these routing paradigms, as well as their interoperability, discussing how algorithms, protocols, analysis, and operational deployment impact these approaches and addressing both macro-state and micro-state in routing. Readers will learn about the evolution of network routing, the role of IP and E.164 addressing and traffic engineering in routing, the impact on router and switching architectures and their design, deployment of network routing protocols, and lessons learned from implementation and operational experience. Numerous real-world examples bring the material alive.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2007, held in San Jose, USA, October 31 - November 2, 2007 in the course of the 3rd International Week on Management of Networks and Services, Manweek 2007.

The 16 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on p2p and future internet, internet secutiry management, service management and provisioning, QoS management and multimedia as well as management for wireless networks.