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The Network Layer
Chapter 5
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Network Layer Design Issues
• Store-and-forward packet switching
• Services provided to transport layer
• Implementation of connectionless service
• Implementation of connection-oriented service
• Comparison of virtual-circuit and datagram
networks
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Store-and-Forward Packet Switching
The environment of the network layer protocols.
ISP’s equipment
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Services Provided to the Transport Layer
1. Services independent of router technology.
2. Transport layer shielded from number, type,
topology of routers.
3. Network addresses available to transport
layer use uniform numbering plan
– even across LANs and WANs
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Implementation of Connectionless Service
Routing within a datagram network
ISP’s equipment
A’s table (initially) A’s table (later) C’s Table E’s Table
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Implementation of
Connection-Oriented Service
Routing within a virtual-circuit network
ISP’s equipment
A’s table C’s Table E’s Table
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Comparison of Virtual-Circuit
and Datagram Networks
Comparison of datagram and virtual-circuit networks
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Routing Algorithms (1)
• Optimality principle
• Shortest path algorithm
• Flooding
• Distance vector routing
• Link state routing
• Routing in ad hoc networks
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Routing Algorithms (2)
• Broadcast routing
• Multicast routing
• Anycast routing
• Routing for mobile hosts
• Routing in ad hoc networks
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Fairness vs. Efficiency
Network with a conflict between fairness and efficiency.
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The Optimality Principle
(a) A network. (b) A sink tree for router B.
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Shortest Path Algorithm (1)
The first five steps used in computing the shortest path from A
to D. The arrows indicate the working node
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Shortest Path Algorithm (2)
Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph.
. . .
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Shortest Path Algorithm (3)
Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph.
. . .
. . .
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Shortest Path Algorithm (4)
Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph.
. . .
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(a) A network.
(b) Input from A, I, H, K, and the new routing table for J.
Distance Vector Routing
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The Count-to-Infinity Problem
The count-to-infinity problem
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Link State Routing
1. Discover neighbors, learn network addresses.
2. Set distance/cost metric to each neighbor.
3. Construct packet telling all learned.
4. Send packet to, receive packets from other routers.
5. Compute shortest path to every other router.
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Learning about the Neighbors (1)
Nine routers and a broadcast LAN.
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Learning about the Neighbors (2)
A graph model of previous slide.
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Building Link State Packets
(a) A network. (b) The link state packets for this network.
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Distributing the Link State Packets
The packet buffer for router B in previous slide
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Hierarchical Routing
Hierarchical routing.
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Broadcast Routing
Reverse path forwarding. (a) A network. (b) A sink tree.
(c) The tree built by reverse path forwarding.
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Multicast Routing (1)
(a) A network. (b) A spanning tree for the leftmost router. (c) A
multicast tree for group 1. (d) A multicast tree for group 2.
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Multicast Routing (2)
(a) Core-based tree for group 1.
(b) Sending to group 1.
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Anycast Routing
(a) Anycast routes to group 1.
(b) Topology seen by the routing protocol.
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Routing for Mobile Hosts
Packet routing for mobile hosts
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Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
(a) Range of A’s broadcast.
(b) After B and D receive it.
(c) After C, F, and G receive it.
(d) After E, H, and I receive it.
The shaded nodes are
new recipients. The
dashed lines show
possible reverse routes.
The solid lines show the
discovered route.
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Congestion Control Algorithms (1)
• Approaches to congestion control
• Traffic-aware routing
• Admission control
• Traffic throttling
• Load shedding
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Congestion Control Algorithms (2)
When too much traffic is offered, congestion sets in and
performance degrades sharply.
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Approaches to Congestion Control
Timescales of approaches to congestion control
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Traffic-Aware Routing
A network in which the East and West parts
are connected by two links.
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Traffic Throttling (1)
(a) A congested network. (b) The portion of the network that is
not congested. A virtual circuit from A to B is also shown.
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Traffic Throttling (2)
Explicit congestion notification
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Load Shedding (1)
A choke packet that affects only the source..
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Load Shedding (2)
A choke packet that affects each hop it passes through.
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Quality of Service
• Application requirements
• Traffic shaping
• Packet scheduling
• Admission control
• Integrated services
• Differentiated services
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Application Requirements (1)
How stringent the quality-of-service requirements are.
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Categories of QoS and Examples
1. Constant bit rate
• Telephony
2. Real-time variable bit rate
• Compressed videoconferencing
3. Non-real-time variable bit rate
• Watching a movie on demand
4. Available bit rate
• File transfer
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Traffic Shaping (1)
(a) Shaping packets. (b) A leaky bucket. (c) A token bucket
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Traffic Shaping (2)
(a) Traffic from a host. Output shaped by a token bucket of rate
200 Mbps and capacity (b) 9600 KB, (c) 0 KB.
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Traffic Shaping (3)
Token bucket level for shaping with rate 200 Mbps and capacity
(d) 16000 KB, (e) 9600 KB, and (f) 0KB..
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Packet Scheduling (1)
Kinds of resources can potentially be
reserved for different flows:
1. Bandwidth.
2. Buffer space.
3. CPU cycles.
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Packet Scheduling (2)
Round-robin Fair Queuing
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Packet Scheduling (3)
(a) Weighted Fair Queueing.
(b) Finishing times for the packets.
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Admission Control (1)
An example flow specification
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Admission Control (2)
Bandwidth and delay guarantees with token buckets and WFQ.
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Integrated Services (1)
(a) A network. (b) The multicast spanning tree for host 1.
(c) The multicast spanning tree for host 2.
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Integrated Services (2)
(a) Host 3 requests a channel to host 1. (b) Host 3 then
requests a second channel, to host 2.
(c) Host 5 requests a channel to host 1.
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Differentiated Services (1)
Expedited packets experience a traffic-free network
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Differentiated Services (2)
A possible implementation of assured forwarding
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Internetworking
• How networks differ
• How networks can be connected
• Tunneling
• Internetwork routing
• Packet fragmentation
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How Networks Differ
Some of the many ways networks can differ
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How Networks Can Be Connected
(a) A packet crossing different networks.
(b) Network and link layer protocol processing.
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Tunneling (1)
Tunneling a packet from Paris to London.
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Tunneling (2)
Tunneling a car from France to England
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Packet Fragmentation (1)
Packet size issues:
1. Hardware
2. Operating system
3. Protocols
4. Compliance with (inter)national standard.
5. Reduce error-induced retransmissions
6. Prevent packet occupying channel too long.
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Packet Fragmentation (2)
(a) Transparent fragmentation.
(b) Nontransparent fragmentation
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Packet Fragmentation (3)
Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte.
(a) Original packet, containing 10 data bytes.
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Packet Fragmentation (4)
Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte
(b) Fragments after passing through a network
with maximum packet size of 8 payload bytes plus header.
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Packet Fragmentation (5)
Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte
(c) Fragments after passing through a size 5 gateway.
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Packet Fragmentation (6)
Path MTU Discovery
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The Network Layer Principles (1)
1. Make sure it works
2. Keep it simple
3. Make clear choices
4. Exploit modularity
5. Expect heterogeneity
. . .
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The Network Layer Principles (2)
. . .
6. Avoid static options and parameters
7. Look for good design (not perfect)
8. Strict sending, tolerant receiving
9. Think about scalability
10.Consider performance and cost
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The Network Layer in the Internet (1)
• The IP Version 4 Protocol
• IP Addresses
• IP Version 6
• Internet Control Protocols
• Label Switching and MPLS
• OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
• BGP—The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol
• Internet Multicasting
• Mobile IP
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The Network Layer in the Internet (2)
The Internet is an interconnected collection of many networks.
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The IP Version 4 Protocol (1)
The IPv4 (Internet Protocol) header.
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The IP Version 4 Protocol (2)
Some of the IP options.
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IP Addresses (1)
An IP prefix.
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IP Addresses (2)
Splitting an IP prefix into separate networks with subnetting.
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IP Addresses (3)
A set of IP address assignments
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IP Addresses (4)
Aggregation of IP prefixes
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IP Addresses (5)
Longest matching prefix routing at the New York router.
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IP Addresses (6)
IP address formats
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IP Addresses (7)
Special IP addresses
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IP Addresses (8)
Placement and operation of a NAT box.
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IP Version 6 Goals
• Support billions of hosts
• Reduce routing table size
• Simplify protocol
• Better security
• Attention to type of service
• Aid multicasting
• Roaming host without changing address
• Allow future protocol evolution
• Permit coexistence of old, new protocols. . .
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IP Version 6 (1)
The IPv6 fixed header (required).
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IP Version 6 (2)
IPv6 extension headers
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IP Version 6 (3)
The hop-by-hop extension header for
large datagrams (jumbograms).
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IP Version 6 (4)
The extension header for routing.
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Internet Control Protocols (1)
The principal ICMP message types.
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Internet Control Protocols (2)
Two switched Ethernet LANs joined by a router
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Label Switching and MPLS (1)
Transmitting a TCP segment using IP, MPLS, and PPP.
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Label Switching and MPLS (2)
Forwarding an IP packet through an MPLS network
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OSPF—An Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (1)
An autonomous system
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OSPF—An Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (2)
A graph representation of the previous slide.
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OSPF—An Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (3)
The relation between ASes, backbones, and areas in OSPF.
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OSPF—An Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (4)
The five types of OSPF messages
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BGP—The Exterior Gateway
Routing Protocol (1)
Examples of routing constraints:
1. No commercial traffic for educat. network
2. Never put Iraq on route starting at Pentagon
3. Choose cheaper network
4. Choose better performing network
5. Don’t go from Apple to Google to Apple
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BGP—The Exterior Gateway
Routing Protocol (2)
Routing policies between four Autonomous Systems
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BGP—The Exterior Gateway
Routing Protocol (3)
Propagation of BGP route advertisements
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Mobile IP
Goals
1. Mobile host use home IP address anywhere.
2. No software changes to fixed hosts
3. No changes to router software, tables
4. Packets for mobile hosts – restrict detours
5. No overhead for mobile host at home.
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Chapter 5

network layer description and features including protocols advantages

  • 1.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Network Layer Chapter 5
  • 2.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Network Layer Design Issues • Store-and-forward packet switching • Services provided to transport layer • Implementation of connectionless service • Implementation of connection-oriented service • Comparison of virtual-circuit and datagram networks
  • 3.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Store-and-Forward Packet Switching The environment of the network layer protocols. ISP’s equipment
  • 4.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Services Provided to the Transport Layer 1. Services independent of router technology. 2. Transport layer shielded from number, type, topology of routers. 3. Network addresses available to transport layer use uniform numbering plan – even across LANs and WANs
  • 5.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Implementation of Connectionless Service Routing within a datagram network ISP’s equipment A’s table (initially) A’s table (later) C’s Table E’s Table
  • 6.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Implementation of Connection-Oriented Service Routing within a virtual-circuit network ISP’s equipment A’s table C’s Table E’s Table
  • 7.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Comparison of Virtual-Circuit and Datagram Networks Comparison of datagram and virtual-circuit networks
  • 8.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Routing Algorithms (1) • Optimality principle • Shortest path algorithm • Flooding • Distance vector routing • Link state routing • Routing in ad hoc networks
  • 9.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Routing Algorithms (2) • Broadcast routing • Multicast routing • Anycast routing • Routing for mobile hosts • Routing in ad hoc networks
  • 10.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Fairness vs. Efficiency Network with a conflict between fairness and efficiency.
  • 11.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Optimality Principle (a) A network. (b) A sink tree for router B.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Shortest Path Algorithm (1) The first five steps used in computing the shortest path from A to D. The arrows indicate the working node
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Shortest Path Algorithm (2) Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph. . . .
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Shortest Path Algorithm (3) Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph. . . . . . .
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Shortest Path Algorithm (4) Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path through a graph. . . .
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 (a) A network. (b) Input from A, I, H, K, and the new routing table for J. Distance Vector Routing
  • 17.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Count-to-Infinity Problem The count-to-infinity problem
  • 18.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Link State Routing 1. Discover neighbors, learn network addresses. 2. Set distance/cost metric to each neighbor. 3. Construct packet telling all learned. 4. Send packet to, receive packets from other routers. 5. Compute shortest path to every other router.
  • 19.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Learning about the Neighbors (1) Nine routers and a broadcast LAN.
  • 20.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Learning about the Neighbors (2) A graph model of previous slide.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Building Link State Packets (a) A network. (b) The link state packets for this network.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Distributing the Link State Packets The packet buffer for router B in previous slide
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Hierarchical Routing Hierarchical routing.
  • 24.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Broadcast Routing Reverse path forwarding. (a) A network. (b) A sink tree. (c) The tree built by reverse path forwarding.
  • 25.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Multicast Routing (1) (a) A network. (b) A spanning tree for the leftmost router. (c) A multicast tree for group 1. (d) A multicast tree for group 2.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Multicast Routing (2) (a) Core-based tree for group 1. (b) Sending to group 1.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Anycast Routing (a) Anycast routes to group 1. (b) Topology seen by the routing protocol.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Routing for Mobile Hosts Packet routing for mobile hosts
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Routing in Ad Hoc Networks (a) Range of A’s broadcast. (b) After B and D receive it. (c) After C, F, and G receive it. (d) After E, H, and I receive it. The shaded nodes are new recipients. The dashed lines show possible reverse routes. The solid lines show the discovered route.
  • 30.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Congestion Control Algorithms (1) • Approaches to congestion control • Traffic-aware routing • Admission control • Traffic throttling • Load shedding
  • 31.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Congestion Control Algorithms (2) When too much traffic is offered, congestion sets in and performance degrades sharply.
  • 32.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Approaches to Congestion Control Timescales of approaches to congestion control
  • 33.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic-Aware Routing A network in which the East and West parts are connected by two links.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic Throttling (1) (a) A congested network. (b) The portion of the network that is not congested. A virtual circuit from A to B is also shown.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic Throttling (2) Explicit congestion notification
  • 36.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Load Shedding (1) A choke packet that affects only the source..
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Load Shedding (2) A choke packet that affects each hop it passes through.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Quality of Service • Application requirements • Traffic shaping • Packet scheduling • Admission control • Integrated services • Differentiated services
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Application Requirements (1) How stringent the quality-of-service requirements are.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Categories of QoS and Examples 1. Constant bit rate • Telephony 2. Real-time variable bit rate • Compressed videoconferencing 3. Non-real-time variable bit rate • Watching a movie on demand 4. Available bit rate • File transfer
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic Shaping (1) (a) Shaping packets. (b) A leaky bucket. (c) A token bucket
  • 42.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic Shaping (2) (a) Traffic from a host. Output shaped by a token bucket of rate 200 Mbps and capacity (b) 9600 KB, (c) 0 KB.
  • 43.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Traffic Shaping (3) Token bucket level for shaping with rate 200 Mbps and capacity (d) 16000 KB, (e) 9600 KB, and (f) 0KB..
  • 44.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Scheduling (1) Kinds of resources can potentially be reserved for different flows: 1. Bandwidth. 2. Buffer space. 3. CPU cycles.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Scheduling (2) Round-robin Fair Queuing
  • 46.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Scheduling (3) (a) Weighted Fair Queueing. (b) Finishing times for the packets.
  • 47.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Admission Control (1) An example flow specification
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Admission Control (2) Bandwidth and delay guarantees with token buckets and WFQ.
  • 49.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Integrated Services (1) (a) A network. (b) The multicast spanning tree for host 1. (c) The multicast spanning tree for host 2.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Integrated Services (2) (a) Host 3 requests a channel to host 1. (b) Host 3 then requests a second channel, to host 2. (c) Host 5 requests a channel to host 1.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Differentiated Services (1) Expedited packets experience a traffic-free network
  • 52.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Differentiated Services (2) A possible implementation of assured forwarding
  • 53.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Internetworking • How networks differ • How networks can be connected • Tunneling • Internetwork routing • Packet fragmentation
  • 54.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 How Networks Differ Some of the many ways networks can differ
  • 55.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 How Networks Can Be Connected (a) A packet crossing different networks. (b) Network and link layer protocol processing.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Tunneling (1) Tunneling a packet from Paris to London.
  • 57.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Tunneling (2) Tunneling a car from France to England
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (1) Packet size issues: 1. Hardware 2. Operating system 3. Protocols 4. Compliance with (inter)national standard. 5. Reduce error-induced retransmissions 6. Prevent packet occupying channel too long.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (2) (a) Transparent fragmentation. (b) Nontransparent fragmentation
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (3) Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte. (a) Original packet, containing 10 data bytes.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (4) Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte (b) Fragments after passing through a network with maximum packet size of 8 payload bytes plus header.
  • 62.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (5) Fragmentation when the elementary data size is 1 byte (c) Fragments after passing through a size 5 gateway.
  • 63.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Packet Fragmentation (6) Path MTU Discovery
  • 64.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Network Layer Principles (1) 1. Make sure it works 2. Keep it simple 3. Make clear choices 4. Exploit modularity 5. Expect heterogeneity . . .
  • 65.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Network Layer Principles (2) . . . 6. Avoid static options and parameters 7. Look for good design (not perfect) 8. Strict sending, tolerant receiving 9. Think about scalability 10.Consider performance and cost
  • 66.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Network Layer in the Internet (1) • The IP Version 4 Protocol • IP Addresses • IP Version 6 • Internet Control Protocols • Label Switching and MPLS • OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol • BGP—The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol • Internet Multicasting • Mobile IP
  • 67.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The Network Layer in the Internet (2) The Internet is an interconnected collection of many networks.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The IP Version 4 Protocol (1) The IPv4 (Internet Protocol) header.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 The IP Version 4 Protocol (2) Some of the IP options.
  • 70.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (1) An IP prefix.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (2) Splitting an IP prefix into separate networks with subnetting.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (3) A set of IP address assignments
  • 73.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (4) Aggregation of IP prefixes
  • 74.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (5) Longest matching prefix routing at the New York router.
  • 75.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (6) IP address formats
  • 76.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (7) Special IP addresses
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Addresses (8) Placement and operation of a NAT box.
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Version 6 Goals • Support billions of hosts • Reduce routing table size • Simplify protocol • Better security • Attention to type of service • Aid multicasting • Roaming host without changing address • Allow future protocol evolution • Permit coexistence of old, new protocols. . .
  • 79.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Version 6 (1) The IPv6 fixed header (required).
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    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Version 6 (2) IPv6 extension headers
  • 81.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Version 6 (3) The hop-by-hop extension header for large datagrams (jumbograms).
  • 82.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 IP Version 6 (4) The extension header for routing.
  • 83.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Internet Control Protocols (1) The principal ICMP message types.
  • 84.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Internet Control Protocols (2) Two switched Ethernet LANs joined by a router
  • 85.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Label Switching and MPLS (1) Transmitting a TCP segment using IP, MPLS, and PPP.
  • 86.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Label Switching and MPLS (2) Forwarding an IP packet through an MPLS network
  • 87.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (1) An autonomous system
  • 88.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (2) A graph representation of the previous slide.
  • 89.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (3) The relation between ASes, backbones, and areas in OSPF.
  • 90.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 OSPF—An Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (4) The five types of OSPF messages
  • 91.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 BGP—The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol (1) Examples of routing constraints: 1. No commercial traffic for educat. network 2. Never put Iraq on route starting at Pentagon 3. Choose cheaper network 4. Choose better performing network 5. Don’t go from Apple to Google to Apple
  • 92.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 BGP—The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol (2) Routing policies between four Autonomous Systems
  • 93.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 BGP—The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol (3) Propagation of BGP route advertisements
  • 94.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 Mobile IP Goals 1. Mobile host use home IP address anywhere. 2. No software changes to fixed hosts 3. No changes to router software, tables 4. Packets for mobile hosts – restrict detours 5. No overhead for mobile host at home.
  • 95.
    Computer Networks, FifthEdition by Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, © Pearson Education-Prentice Hall, 2011 End Chapter 5