Chapter 8: Internet Operation

Network Classes Class A: Few networks, each with many hosts All addresses begin with binary 0 Class B: Medium networks, medium hosts All addresses begin with binary 10 Class C: Many networks, each with few hosts

Internet Addressing 32-bit global Internet address Includes network and host identifiers Dotted decimal notation – (binary) – (decimal)

Subnets & Subnet Masks Allows for subdivision of internets within an organization Each LAN can have a subnet number, allowing routing among networks Host portion is partitioned into subnet and host numbers

Subnet Mask Calculations

Subnetworking Example

Internet Routing Protocols Responsible for receiving and forwarding packets between interconnected networks Must dynamically adapt to changing network conditions Two key concepts –Routing information –Routing algorithm

Autonomous Systems Key characteristics –Set of routers and networks managed by single organization –group of routers exchanging information via a common routing protocol –connected (in a graph-theoretic sense); that is, there is a path between any pair of nodes Interior Router Protocol (IRP) passes information between routers in an AS (Autonomous systems) Exterior Router Protocol (ERP) passes information between routers in different AS

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Preferred ERP for the Internet BGP-4 is the current version Three functional procedures –Neighbor acquisition –Neighbor reachability –Network reachability

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Widely used as IRP in TCP/IP networks Uses link state routing algorithm Routers maintain topology database of AS –Vertices Router Network –Transit –Stub –Edges Connecting router vertices Connecting router vertex to network vertex

Autonomous System Example

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol Widely used interior protocol to TCP/IP networks Computes a route through the network that incurs the least cost User can configure the cost as a function of: -delay -data rate -cost

The “Need for Speed” and Quality of Service (QoS) Image-based services on the Internet (i.e., the Web) have led to increases in users and traffic volume –Resulting need for increased speed –Lack of increased speed reduced demand QoS provides for varying application needs in Internet transmission

Emergence of High-Speed LANs Until recently, internal LANs were used primarily for basic office services Two trends in the 1990s changed this –Increased power of personal computers –MIS recognition of LAN value for client/server and intranet computing Effect has been to increase volume of traffic over LANs

Corporate WAN Neds Greater dispersal of employee base Changing application structures –Increased client/server and intranet –Wide deployment of GUIs –Dependence on Internet access More data must be transported off premises and into the wide area

Digital Electronics Major contributors to increased image and video traffic DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) –Increased storage means more information to transmit Digital cameras –Camcorders –Still Image Cameras

QoS on the Internet Elastic Traffic –Can adjust to changes in delay and throughput access –Examples: File transfer, , web access Inelastic Traffic –Does not adapt well, if at all, to changes –Examples: Real-time voice, audio and video

Requirements of Inelastic Traffic Throughput –Minimum value may be required Delay –Services like market quotes are delay-sensitive Delay variation –Real-time applications, like teleconferencing, have upper bounds on delay variation Packet loss –Applictions vary in the amount of packet loss allowable

Application Delay Sensitivity

Differentiated Services Provide QoS on the basis of user needs rather than data flows IP packets labeled for differing QoS treatment Service level agreement (SLA) established between the provider (internet domain) and the customer prior to the use of DS. Provides a built-in aggregation mechanism. Implemented in routers by queuing and forwarding packets based on the DS octet. Routers do not have to save state information on packet flows.

DS Service: Performance Parameters Service performance parameters Constraints on ingress/egress points Traffic profiles Disposition of excess traffic

Service Level Agreements (SLA) Contract between the network providor and customer that defines sepecific aspects of the service provided. Typically includes: -Service description -Expected performance level -Monitoring and reporting process

SLA Example MCI Internet Dedicated Service 100% availability Average round trip transmissions of ≤ 45 ms with the U.S. Successful packet delivery rate ≥ 99.5% Denial of Service response within 15 minutes Jitter performance will not exceed 1 ms between access routers

IP Performance Metrics Three Stages of Metric Definitions -Singleton -Sample -Statistical Active techniques require injecting packets into the network Passive techniques observe and extract metrics