Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source for Communications Fundamentals, Data Networking and the Internet, and Next-Generation Networks

Chapter 11. Next-Generation Network Services

This chapter investigates traditional Internet services, as well as new generations of applications and the network platforms that support those applications. It discusses virtual private networks (VPNs), security, various uses of Voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and developments in the streaming media arena and emerging applications.