CDN Fundamentals -- Content Delivery Networks: State of the Art, Insights, and Imperatives -- A Taxonomy of CDNs -- Dynamic, Scalable, and Efficient Content Replication Techniques -- Content Delivery and Management -- Caching Techniques on CDN Simulated Frameworks -- Request Redirection for Dynamic Content -- CDN Modeling and Performance -- Economics-Informed Design of CDNs -- CDN Pricing -- Mathematical Models for Resource Management and Allocation in CDNs -- Performance and Availability Benefits of Global Overlay Routing -- Advanced CDN Platforms and Applications -- Dynamic CDN Against Flash Crowds -- Collaborative Media Streaming Services Based on CDNs -- CDN for Live and On-Demand Video Services over IP -- Information Dissemination in Mobile CDNs -- Infrastructures for Community Networks -- Internetworking of CDNs.

Content Delivery Networks enables the readers to understand the basics, to identify the underlying technology, to summarize their knowledge on concepts, ideas, principles and various paradigms which span on broad CDNs areas. Therefore, aspects of CDNs in terms of basics, design process, practice, techniques, performances, platforms, applications, and experimental results have been presented in a proper order. Fundamental methods, initiatives, significant research results, as well as references for further study have also been provided. Comparison of different design and development approaches are described at the appropriate places so that new researchers as well as advanced practitioners can use the CDNs evaluation as a research roadmap. All the contributions have been reviewed, edited, processed, and placed in the appropriate order to maintain consistency so that any reader irrespective of their level of knowledge and technological skills in CDNs would get the most out of it. The book is organized into three parts, namely, Part I: CDN Fundamentals; Part II: CDN Modeling and Performance; and Part III: Advanced CDN Platforms and Applications. The organization ensures the smooth flow of material as successive chapters build on prior ones.