High‎-Performance Data Network Design contains comprehensive coverage of network design‎,‎ performance‎,‎ and availability‎.‎ Tony Kenyon provides the tools to solve medium‎- to large‎-scale data network design problems from the ground up‎.‎ He lays out a practical and systematic approach that integrates network planning‎,‎ research‎,‎ design‎,‎ and deployment‎,‎ using state‎-of‎-the‎-art techniques in performance analysis‎,‎ cost analysis‎,‎ simulation‎,‎ and topology modeling‎.‎ The proliferation and complexity of data networks today is challenging our ability to design and manage them effectively‎.‎ A new generation of Internet‎,‎ e‎-commerce‎,‎ and multimedia applications has changed traditional assumptions on traffic dynamics‎,‎ and demands tight quality of service and security guarantees‎.‎ These issues‎,‎ combined with the economics of moving large traffic volumes across international backbones‎,‎ mean that the demands placed on network designers‎,‎ planners‎,‎ and managers are now greater than ever before‎.‎ High‎-Performance Data Network Design is a ‎"‎must have‎"‎ for anyone seriously involved in designing data networks‎.‎ Together with the companion volume‎,‎ Data Networks‎:‎ Routing‎,‎ Security‎,‎ and Performance Optimization‎,‎ this book gives readers the guidance they need to plan‎,‎ implement‎,‎ and optimize their enterprise infrastructure‎.‎ · Provides real insight into the entire design process · Includes basic principles‎,‎ practical advice‎,‎ and examples of design for industrial‎-strength enterprise data networks · Integrates topics often overlooked‎-backbone optimization‎,‎ bottleneck analysis‎,‎ simulation tools‎,‎ and network costing