1. 5: Link Layer Part-2 5-1 Link Layer r 5.1 Introduction and services r 5.2 Error detection and correction r 5.3Multiple access protocols r 5.4 Link-Layer Addressing r 5.5 Ethernet r 5.6 Hubs and switches r MPLS r A Day in The Life

2. 5: Link Layer Part-2 5-2 Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) r initial goal: speed up IP forwarding by using fixed length label (instead of IP address) to do forwarding m borrowing ideas from Virtual Circuit (VC) approach m but IP datagram still keeps IP address! PPP or Ethernet header IP header remainder of link-layer frame MPLS header label Exp S TTL 20 3 1 5

3. 5: Link Layer Part-2 5-3 MPLS capable routers r a.k.a. label-switched router r forwards packets to outgoing interface based only on label value (don’t inspect IP address) m MPLS forwarding table distinct from IP forwarding tables r signaling protocol needed to set up forwarding m RSVP-TE m forwarding possible along paths that IP alone would not allow (e.g., source-specific routing) !! m use MPLS for traffic engineering r must co-exist with IP-only routers

4. 5: Link Layer Part-2 5-4 R1 R2 D R3 R4 R5 0 1 0 0 A R6 in out out label label dest interface 6 - A 0 in out out label label dest interface 10 6 A 1 12 9 D 0 in out out label label dest interface 10 A 0 12 D 0 1 in out out label label dest interface 8 6 A 0 0 8 A 1 MPLS forwarding tables

5. 5: DataLink Layer 5-5 Synthesis: a day in the life of a web request r journey down protocol stack complete! m application, transport, network, link r putting-it-all-together: synthesis! m goal: identify, review, understand protocols (at all layers) involved in seemingly simple scenario: requesting www page m scenario: student attaches laptop to campus network, requests/receives www.google.com

6. 5: DataLink Layer 5-6 A day in the life: scenario Comcast network 68.80.0.0/13 Google’s network 64.233.160.0/19 64.233.169.105 web server DNS server school network 68.80.2.0/24 browser web page

7. 5: DataLink Layer 5-7 A day in the life… connecting to the Internet r connecting laptop needs to get its own IP address, addr of first-hop router, addr of DNS server: use DHCP router (runs DHCP) DHCP UDP IP Eth Phy DHCP UDP IP Eth Phy DHCP r DHCP request encapsulated in UDP, encapsulated in IP, encapsulated in 802.1 Ethernet r Ethernet frame broadcast (dest: FFFFFFFFFFFF ) on LAN, received at router running DHCP server r Ethernet demux’ed to IP demux’ed, UDP demux’ed to DHCP

8. 5: DataLink Layer 5-8 A day in the life… connecting to the Internet r DHCP server formulates DHCP ACK containing client’s IP address, IP address of first-hop router for client, name & IP address of DNS server router (runs DHCP) DHCP UDP IP Eth Phy DHCP UDP IP Eth Phy DHCP r encapsulation at DHCP server, frame forwarded (switch learning) through LAN, demultiplexing at client Client now has IP address, knows name & addr of DNS server, IP address of its first-hop router r DHCP client receives DHCP ACK reply

9. 5: DataLink Layer 5-9 A day in the life… ARP (before DNS, before HTTP) r before sending HTTP request, need IP address of www.google.com: DNS DNS UDP IP Eth Phy DNS r DNS query created, encapsulated in UDP, encapsulated in IP, encasulated in Eth. In order to send frame to router, need MAC address of router interface: ARP r ARP query broadcast, received by router, which replies with ARP reply giving MAC address of router interface r client now knows MAC address of first hop router, so can now send frame containing DNS query ARP query Eth Phy ARP ARP reply

10. 5: DataLink Layer 5-10 A day in the life… using DNS DNS UDP IP Eth Phy DNS r IP datagram containing DNS query forwarded via LAN switch from client to 1 st hop router r IP datagram forwarded from campus network into comcast network, routed (tables created by RIP, OSPF, IS-IS and/or BGP routing protocols) to DNS server r demux’ed to DNS server r DNS server replies to client with IP address of www.google.com Comcast network 68.80.0.0/13 DNS server DNS UDP IP Eth Phy DNS

11. 5: DataLink Layer 5-11 A day in the life… TCP connection carrying HTTP HTTP TCP IP Eth Phy HTTP r to send HTTP request, client first opens TCP socket to web server r TCP SYN segment (step 1 in 3-way handshake) inter- domain routed to web server r TCP connection established! 64.233.169.105 web server SYN TCP IP Eth Phy SYN SYNACK r web server responds with TCP SYNACK (step 2 in 3- way handshake)

12. 5: DataLink Layer 5-12 A day in the life… HTTP request/reply HTTP TCP IP Eth Phy HTTP r HTTP request sent into TCP socket r IP datagram containing HTTP request routed to www.google.com r IP datgram containing HTTP reply routed back to client 64.233.169.105 web server HTTP TCP IP Eth Phy r web server responds with HTTP reply (containing web page) HTTP r web page finally (!!!) displayed

13. 5: DataLink Layer 5-13 Chapter 5: Summary r principles behind data link layer services: m error detection, correction m sharing a broadcast channel: multiple access m link layer addressing r instantiation and implementation of various link layer technologies m Ethernet m switched LANS, VLANs m virtualized networks as a link layer: MPLS r synthesis: a day in the life of a web request