Networking and Online Games

Grenville Armitage, Mark Claypool, Philip Branch

232 pages, parution le 27/04/2006

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Résumé

The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protocol) networks is essential for ISP (Internet Service Provider) engineers to develop appropriate IP services. Correspondingly, knowledge of the underlying network's capabilities is vital for game developers.

Networking and Online Games concisely draws together and illustrates the overlapping and interacting technical concerns of these sectors. The text explains the principles behind modern multiplayer communication systems and the techniques underlying contemporary networked games. The traffic patterns that modern games impose on networks, and how network performance and service level limitations impact on game designers and player experiences, are covered in-depth, giving the reader the knowledge necessary to develop better gaming products and network services. Examples of real-world multiplayer online games illustrate the theory throughout.

Networking and Online Games:

Provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge guide to the development and service provision needs of online, networked games.
Contrasts the considerations of ISPs (e.g. predicting traffic loads) with those of game developers (e.g. sources of lag/jitter), clarifying coinciding requirements.
Explains how different technologies such as cable, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and wireless, etc., affect online game-play experience, and how different game styles impose varying traffic dynamics and requirements on the network.
Discusses future directions brought by emerging technologies such as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone Service), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), Wireless LANs, IP service Quality, and NAPT/NAT (Network Address Port Translation/Network Address Translation)
Illustrates the concepts using high-level examples of existing multiplayer online games (such as Quake III Arena, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, and Half-Life 2).

Networking and Online Games will be an invaluable resource for games developers, engineers and technicians at Internet Service Providers, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Multimedia Engineering.

L'auteur - Grenville Armitage

Grenville Armitage

has been involved in IP- and ATM-related research for more than nine years. An active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), he has co-authored several protocols and standards documents. His focus during the past few years has been on IP over ATM, IP multicast, IPv6, Integrated Services, Differentiated Services, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) issues and protocol development.

Sommaire

Early Online and Multiplayer Games
Recent Online and Multiplayer Games
Basic Internet Architecture
Network Latency, Jitter and Loss.
Latency Compensation Techniques
Playability versus Network Conditions and Cheats
Broadband Access Networks
Where Do Players Come from and When?
Online Game Traffic Patterns
Future Directions
Setting Up Online FPS Game Servers
Conclusion

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Grenville Armitage, Mark Claypool, Philip Branch
Parution	27/04/2006
Nb. de pages	232
Format	17 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	600g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470018576
ISBN13	978-0-470-01857-6