Introduction -- Transport protocols state of the art -- Semantic modeling of transport protocols and services -- Model-driven design methodology of transport mechanisms and functions -- Model-driven specification and validation of error control transport mechanisms and functions -- Model-driven specification and validation of congestion control transport mechanisms and functions -- Specification and validation of QoS-oriented transport mechanisms and functions -- Architectural frameworks for a QoS-oriented transport protocol -- Service-oriented and component-based transport protocol -- Adaptive transport protocol -- Autonomic transport protocol -- Conclusions -- Perspectives -- FPTP implementation and evaluation -- Bibliography -- Index
