Autore	Armitage Grenville
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina	794.814678
Altri autori (Persone)	ClaypoolMark BranchPhilip
Soggetto topico	Computer games - Programming TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) Internet games
ISBN	1-280-60608-8 9786610606085 0-470-03047-X 0-470-03046-1
Classificazione	54.81
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Networking and Online Games; Contents; Author Biographies; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Online and Multiplayer Games; 2.1 Defining Networked and Multiplayer Games; 2.2 Early Multiplayer Games; 2.2.1 PLATO; 2.2.2 MultiUser Dungeons; 2.2.3 Arcade Games; 2.2.4 Hosted Online Games; 2.3 Multiplayer Network Games; 2.3.1 DOOM - Networked First-Person Shooters Arrive; References; 3 Recent Online and Multiplayer Games; 3.1 Communication Architectures; 3.2 The Evolution of Online Games; 3.2.1 FPS Games; 3.2.2 Massively Multiplayer Games; 3.2.3 RTS Games; 3.2.4 Sports Games 3.3 Summary of Growth of Online Games3.4 The Evolution of Online Game Platforms; 3.4.1 PCs; 3.4.2 Game Consoles; 3.4.3 Handheld Game Consoles; 3.4.4 Summary; 3.5 Context of Computer Games; 3.5.1 Physical Reality; 3.5.2 Telepresence; 3.5.3 Augmented Reality; 3.5.4 Distributed Virtual Environments; References; 4 Basic Internet Architecture; 4.1 IP Networks as seen from the Edge; 4.1.1 Endpoints and Addressing; 4.1.2 Layered Transport Services; 4.1.3 Unicast, Broadcast and Multicast; 4.2 Connectivity and Routing; 4.2.1 Hierarchy and Aggregation; 4.2.2 Routing Protocols 4.2.3 Per-hop Packet Transport4.3 Address Management; 4.3.1 Address Delegation and Assignment; 4.3.2 Network Address Translation; 4.3.3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; 4.3.4 Domain Name System; References; 5 Network Latency, Jitter and Loss; 5.1 The Relevance of Latency, Jitter and Loss; 5.2 Sources of Latency, Jitter and Loss in the Network; 5.2.1 Propagation Delay and the Laws of Physics; 5.2.2 Serialisation; 5.2.3 Queuing Delays; 5.2.4 Sources of Jitter in the Network; 5.2.5 Sources of Packet Loss in the Network; 5.3 Network Control of Lag, Jitter and Loss 5.3.1 Preferential IP Layer Queuing and Scheduling5.3.2 Link Layer Support for Packet Prioritisation; 5.3.3 Where to Place and Trust Traffic Classification; 5.4 Measuring Network Conditions; References; 6 Latency Compensation Techniques; 6.1 The Need for Latency Compensation; 6.2 Prediction; 6.2.1 Player Prediction; 6.2.2 Opponent Prediction; 6.2.3 Prediction Summary; 6.3 Time Manipulation; 6.3.1 Time Delay; 6.3.2 Time Warp; 6.3.3 Data compression; 6.4 Visual Tricks; 6.5 Latency Compensation and Cheating; References; 7 Playability versus Network Conditions and Cheats 7.1 Measuring Player Tolerance for Network Disruptions7.1.1 Empirical Research; 7.1.2 Sources of Error and Uncertainty; 7.1.3 Considerations for Creating Artificial Network Conditions; 7.2 Communication Models, Cheats and Cheat-Mitigation; 7.2.1 Classifying and Naming Methods of Cheating; 7.2.2 Server-side Cheats; 7.2.3 Client-side Cheats; 7.2.4 Network-layer Cheats; 7.2.5 Cheat-mitigation; References; 8 Broadband Access Networks; 8.1 What Broadband Access Networks are and why they Matter; 8.1.1 The Role of Broadband Access Networks; 8.1.2 Characteristics of Broadband Access Networks 8.2 Access Network Protocols and Standards
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910830137303321

Autore	Cannon Robert
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, DC : , : Federal Communications Commission, , 2010
Descrizione fisica	iii, 27 pages : illustrations (some color)
Collana	FCC staff working paper
Soggetto topico	TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) Internet addresses Internet - Management Broadband communication systems
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910711872003321

Autore	Reynders Deon
Edizione	[1st edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; London, : Elsevier, 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (324 p.)
Disciplina	621.38212
Altri autori (Persone)	WrightEdwin, B.Sc.
Collana	Practical
Soggetto topico	TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) Ethernet (Local area network system)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-00298-4 9786611002985 1-4175-0538-9 0-08-047382-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Preface; body; 1. Introduction to communications; 2. Networking fundamentals; 3. Ethernet Networks; 4. Fast and gigabit Ethernet systems; 5. Introduction to TCP/IP; 6. Internet layer protocols; 7. Host-to-host (transport) layer protocols; 8. Application layer protocols; 9. TCP/IP utilities; 10. LAN system components; 11. The Internet; 12. Internet access; 13. The Internet for communications; 14. Security considerations; 15. Process automation; 16. Installing and troubleshooting Ethernet systems; 17. Troubleshooting TCP/IP 18. Satellites and TCP/IPAppendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: Port number allocation; index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456055103321

Autore	Carne E. Bryan <1928->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina	004.6/2
Soggetto topico	TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) Data transmission systems
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-58053-910-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 TCP/IP world? -- Ch. 2 Data communication -- Ch. 3 Local area networks -- Ch. 4 Wide area networks -- Ch. 5
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449944703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, Massachusetts : , : Artech House, , 2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (469 p.)
Disciplina	004.6 621.3821
Altri autori (Persone)	GalisAlex
Collana	Artech House telecommunications library
Soggetto topico	Computer networks - Management TCP/IP (Computer network protocol)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-58053-746-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Programmable networks : background -- 3. Programmable networks' security : background -- 4. Programmable network management and services : background -- 5.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451018403321