Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Enabling Technologies: 1. Optical layer switching paradigms D. Cuda, R. Gaudino, G. Gavilanes Castillo and F. Nero; 2. Broadband access networks: current and future directions A. Reaz, L. Shi and B. Mukherjee; 3. The optical control plane and a novel unified control place architecture for IP/WDM networks G. Ellinas, A. Hadjiantonis, N. Antoniades, M. A. Ali and A. Khalil; 4. Cognitive routing protocols and architecture S. Ju and J. B. Evans; 5. Grid networking A. Ravula and B. Ramamurthy; Part II. Network Architectures: 6. HIP: host identity protocol P. Nikander, A. Gurtov and T. R. Henderson; 7. Contract switching for managing inter-domain dynamics M. Yuksel, A. Gupta, K. Kar and S. Kalyanaraman; 8. PHAROS project I. Baldine, A. W. Jackson, J. Jacob, W. E. Leland, J. H. Lowry, W. C. Milliken, P. P. Pal, S. Ramanathan, K. A. Rauschenbach, C. A. Santivanez and D. M. Wood; 9. Network services and data-path customization T. Wolf; 10. SILO architecture R. Dutta and I. Baldine; Part III. Protocols and Practice: 11. Separating routing policy from mechanism in the network layer J. Griffioen, K. L. Calvert, O. Ascigil and S. Yuan; 12. Multipath BGP: motivations and solutions F. Valera, I. van Beijnum, A. Garcia-Martinez and M. Bagnulo; 13. Explicit congestion control: charging, fairness and admission management F. Kelly and G. Raina; 14. Kansei: a software infrastructure for resource management and programmer support across wireless sensor network fabrics M. Sridharan, W. Zeng, W. Leal, X. Ju, R. Ramnath, H. Zhang and A. Arora; 15. Router design including buffering and queuing strategies for the next generation Internet D. Wischik; 16. Stochastic NUM and wireless scheduling Y. Yi and M. Chiang; 17. Network coding in bi-directed and peer-to-peer networks Z. Li, H. Xu and B. Li; 18. Network economics and pricing J. Musacchio, G. Schwartz and J. Walrand.

"With ever-increasing demands on capacity, quality of service, speed, and reliability, current Internet systems are under strain and under review. Combining contributions from experts in the field, this book captures the most recent and innovative designs, architectures, protocols, and mechanisms that will enable researchers to successfully build the next-generation Internet. A broad perspective is provided, with topics including innovations at the physical/transmission layer in wired and wireless media, as well as the support for new switching and routing paradigms at the device and sub-system layer. The proposed alternatives to TCP and UDP at the data transport layer for emerging environments are also covered, as are the novel models and theoretical foundations proposed for understanding network complexity. Finally, new approaches for pricing and network economics are discussed, making this ideal for students, researchers, and practitioners who need to know about designing, constructing, and operating the next-generation Internet"--