Networking Based on the powerpoint presentation of Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Third Edition, J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross, Addison- Wesley, ISBN:

Internet structure: network of networks  roughly hierarchical  at center: “tier-1” ISPs (e.g., UUNet, BBN/Genuity, Sprint, AT&T), national/international coverage m treat each other as equals Tier 1 ISP Tier-1 providers interconnect (peer) privately

Tier-1 ISP: e.g., Sprint Sprint US backbone network

Internet structure: network of networks  “Tier-2” ISPs: smaller (often regional) ISPs m Connect to one or more tier-1 ISPs, possibly other tier-2 ISPs Tier 1 ISP NAP Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP pays tier-1 ISP for connectivity to rest of Internet  tier-2 ISP is customer of tier-1 provider Tier-2 ISPs also peer privately with each other, interconnect at NAP

Tier-2 ISP: e.g., Abilene (Internet2)

Internet structure: network of networks  “Tier-3” ISPs and local ISPs m last hop (“access”) network (closest to end systems) Tier 1 ISP NAP Tier-2 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP Tier 3 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP Local and tier- 3 ISPs are customers of higher tier ISPs connecting them to rest of Internet

Internet structure: network of networks  a packet passes through many networks! Tier 1 ISP NAP Tier-2 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP Tier 3 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP

How do loss and delay occur? packets queue in router buffers  packet arrival rate to link exceeds output link capacity  packets queue, wait for turn A B packet being transmitted (delay) packets queueing (delay) free (available) buffers: arriving packets dropped (loss) if no free buffers

Four sources of packet delay  1. nodal processing: m determine output link A B propagation transmission nodal processing queueing  2. queueing m time waiting at output link for transmission m depends on congestion level of router

Delay in packet-switched networks 3. Transmission delay:  time to send bits into link = L/R 4. Propagation delay:  time to travel down link A B propagation transmission nodal processing queueing

“Real” Internet delays and routes  What do “real” Internet delay & loss look like?  Traceroute program: provides delay measurement from source to router along end-end Internet path towards destination. For all i: m sends three packets that will reach router i on path towards destination m router i will return packets to sender m sender times interval between transmission and reply. 3 probes

Packet loss  queue (aka buffer) preceding link in buffer has finite capacity  when packet arrives to full queue, packet is dropped (aka lost)  lost packet may be retransmitted by previous node, by source end system, or not retransmitted at all

Protocol “Layers” Networks are complex!  many “pieces”: m hosts m routers m links of various media m applications m protocols m hardware, software Question: Is there any hope of organizing structure of network? Or at least our discussion of networks?

Organization of air travel  a series of steps ticket (purchase) baggage (check) gates (load) runway takeoff airplane routing ticket (complain) baggage (claim) gates (unload) runway landing airplane routing

Organization of air travel : a different view Layers: each layer implements a service m via its own internal-layer actions m relying on services provided by layer below ticket (purchase) baggage (check) gates (load) runway takeoff airplane routing ticket (complain) baggage (claim) gates (unload) runway landing airplane routing

Layered air travel: services Counter-to-counter delivery of person+bags baggage-claim-to-baggage-claim delivery people transfer: loading gate to arrival gate runway-to-runway delivery of plane airplane routing from source to destination

Distributed implementation of layer functionality ticket (purchase) baggage (check) gates (load) runway takeoff airplane routing ticket (complain) baggage (claim) gates (unload) runway landing airplane routing Departing airport arriving airport intermediate air traffic sites airplane routing

Why layering? Dealing with complex systems:  explicit structure allows identification, relationship of complex system’s pieces  modularization eases maintenance, updating of system

Internet protocol stack  application: supporting network applications m HTTP,FTP, SMTP  transport: host-host data transfer m TCP, UDP  network: routing of datagrams from source to destination m IP, routing protocols  link: data transfer between neighboring network elements m PPP, Ethernet  physical: bits “on the wire” application transport network link physical

Layering: logical communication application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical network link physical

Layering: logical communication application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical network link physical data E.g.: transport  take data from app  add addressing, and other info  send packet to peer  wait for peer to respond  analogy: post office data transport ack

Layering: physical communication application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical application transport network link physical network link physical data

Protocol layering and data Each layer takes data from above  adds header information to create new data unit  passes new data unit to layer below application transport network link physical application transport network link physical source destination M M M M H t H t H n H t H n H l M M M M H t H t H n H t H n H l message segment datagram frame

Internet History  1983: deployment of TCP/IP  1982: SMTP protocol defined  1983: DNS defined for name-to-IP- address translation  1985: FTP protocol defined  1988: TCP congestion control  new national networks: Csnet, BITnet, NSFnet, Minitel  100,000 hosts connected to confederation of networks : new protocols, a proliferation of networks

Internet History  early 1990s: Web m hypertext m HTML, HTTP: Berners- Lee m 1994: Mosaic, later Netscape m late 1990’s: commercialization of the Web Late 1990’s – 2000’s:  more killer apps: instant messaging, peer2peer file sharing (e.g., Naptser)  network security to forefront  est. 50 million host, 100 million+ users  backbone links running at Gbps 1990, 2000’s: commercialization, the Web, new apps