Network Routing Techniques

Client server architecture offers a great deal of benefits over monolithic systems, but they come with many disadvantages too. The biggest one is the dependency of the entire network on a central server. This central dependency introduces a single point of failure for the entire network. So, if the main server crashes or is unreachable, the network is no longer operational. There are a few cases where we can achieve our purpose without a central server (It is not always possible to get rid of the central server). A Peer-to-Peer or adhoc network is formed when a collection of multiple nodes/computers offering a similar service come together eliminating the need of a central server. These Peer-to-Peer networks can be used for vast applications like video streaming, file sharing, distributed computation, etc. Further, this book is also targeted at research, development and design engineers from the teams in manufacturing industry, academia and telecommunication industries.