Architecture of

Computer Networks

Unit 1 INTRODUCTION

ZHOU Ling
School of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Software Engineering,
Southeast University, Nanjing
ling.zhou@seu.edu.cn
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Introduction 1-2
Grouping
 4 supergroups
 Each supergroup includes
 20-21 students
 10 mini groups

 Each mini group: 2-3 students

 A presentation: given by a mini group out of
a supergroup each week

Four presentations
each week
Introduction 1-3
 Reference textbooks

Computer Networking: Internetworking With TCP/IP,

A Top-Down Approach , Vol. I, Principles, Protocols, and 计算机网络(第5版)
7th edition. Architectures (谢希仁 编著)
Jim Kurose, Keith Ross 5th edition. 电子工业出版社，
Hoboken, New Jersey: Douglas E. Comer, Pearson 2011年
Pearson ©2017. Education, Aug. 2009.
Introduction 1-4
 Course Content

 Unit 1 – Introduction  Unit 6 – Internal Routing

 Unit 2 - IP Technology  Unit 7 – External Routing
 Unit 3 - Network  Unit 8 – Virtual Private
Switching Network
 Unit 4 – Transport Layer  Unit 9 – Multicasting
 Unit 5 – Multimedia QoS  Unit 10 – Wireless Mobile
Network

Introduction 1-5
Unit 1: Introduction
Our goal: Overview:
 get “feel” and  what’s a network?
terminology
 what’s the Internet?
 more depth, detail
later in course  network edge: hosts, access
 approach:
net, physical media
 use Internet as  network core: packet/circuit
example switching, Internet structure
 performance: loss, delay,
throughput
 protocol layers, service models
 security
 history
Introduction 1-6
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-7
 Q: What does a
What is a network? cloud represent?
Network
node ?
link Internet host

node

Interconnection network  Networks connect many

(Network of networks) nodes.
 The Internet connects
many networks.

Q: Except the Internet, any

other kinds of networks?
Introduction 1-8
Classification of Networks
Classification by Distance
1m
Personal Area Network (PAN)
10 m Room
100 m Building Local Area Network (LAN)
1 km Campus
10 km Town Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
100 km Country
1000 km Continent Wide Area Network (WAN)

10000 km Planet Internet

Introduction 1-9
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-10
What’s the Internet: “nuts and bolts” view
PC  millions of connected Mobile network
server computing devices: Global ISP
wireless hosts = end systems
laptop
 running network
cellular
smartphone
handheld apps Home network
Regional ISP
 communication links
access  fiber, copper,
points
wired
radio, satellite Enterprise network
links
 transmission
rate = bandwidth
 Packet switches (routers +
router
link-layer switches):
forward packets (chunks of
data) Introduction 1-11
“Cool” internet appliances

Introduction 1-13
What’s the Internet: “nuts and bolts” view
Mobile network
 protocols control sending,
receiving of msgs Global ISP
 e.g., TCP, IP, HTTP, Skype,
Ethernet
 Internet: “network of Home network

networks” Regional ISP

 loosely hierarchical
 public Internet versus Enterprise network
private intranet
 Internet standards
 RFC: Request for comments
 IETF: Internet Engineering
Task Force

Introduction 1-14
What’s the Internet: a service view
 communication infrastructure
enables distributed
applications:
 Web, VoIP, email, games,
e-commerce, file sharing
 communication services
provided to apps:
 reliable data delivery from
source to destination
 “best effort” (unreliable)
data delivery (best effort
service is a euphemism for
no service at all)
Introduction 1-15
What’s a protocol?
human protocols: network protocols:
 “what’s the time?”  machines rather than
 “I have a question” humans
 introductions  all communication
activity in Internet
… specific msgs sent governed by protocols
… specific actions taken protocols define format,
when msgs received, order of msgs sent and
or other events received among network
entities, and actions taken on
msg transmission & receipt

Introduction 1-16
What’s a protocol?
a human protocol and a computer network protocol:

Hi
TCP connection
request
Hi
TCP connection
Got the response
time? Get http://www.seu.edu.cn
2:00
<file>
time

Q: Other human communication protocols?

Introduction 1-17
Examples: Optical Communications

 Smoke signals
 Traffic lights
 Naval signals (ship flags)
 Landing lights for aircrafts
…

Introduction 1-18
 Internet Architectural Management

Internet Architecture Board

Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Research Task Force

IESG IRSG

Internet Engineering Steering Group Internet Research Steering Group

Introduction 1-20
Domain Name Management
•ICANN generally sets up
the system but delegates all
of the work to IANA
• IANA
• operates at the highest
international level of
organization
• but divides the work up
further among the five
Regional Internet
Registry's.
•These five organizations
give out blocks of numbers
to ISP's.

Introduction 1-21
 IETF and non-IETF Submission

Workding group doc, or

individual standards
track doc Individual

Content concerns and

Submit Concerns Submit editorial details

IESG RFC Editor RFC Editor IESG

Comments
Comments, Published RFC
Last Call suggestions Publish

IETF Community
Review

IETF Non-IETF
submission submission

Introduction 1-22
IETF Documents – Two Types
 All IETF documents are open, i.e., anyone can download and copy
Internet Draft (ID)
• Active working documents
• Not finalized! Not stable!
• Anyone can submit
e.g., draft-yourname-...
• Only some IDs are WG
documents!
e.g., draft-ietf-wgname-...
Request For Comment (RFC)
• Archival publications
Never change once published
• Not all RFCs are standards!
Standards track:
Proposed Standard
Draft Standard
Internet Standard
Other types:
Informational
Experimental
Historical
Best-Current-Practice (BCP)
Introduction 1-23
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-24
A closer look at network structure:
 network edge:
applications and hosts
(devices at the edge)
 access networks,
physical media:
wired, wireless
communication links
 network core:
 interconnected
routers
 network of
networks Introduction 1-25
 The network edge:
 end systems (hosts):
 run application programs
 e.g. Web, email
 at “edge of network” peer-peer

 client/server model
 client host requests, receives
service from always-on server
client/server
 e.g. Web browser/server;
email client/server
 peer-peer model:
 minimal (or no) use of
dedicated servers
 e.g. Skype, BitTorrent

Introduction 1-26
Access networks and physical media
Q: How to connect end
systems to edge router?
 residential access nets
 institutional access
networks (school,
company)
 mobile access networks

Keep in mind:
 bandwidth (bits per
second) of access
network?
 shared or dedicated?
Introduction 1-27
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Existing phone line: Internet DSLAM :
0-4KHz phone;
home 4-50KHz upstream data; DSL Access Modem
phone 50KHz-1MHz downstream data

DSLAM
splitter
telephone
network

DSL
modem central
office
home
PC

 Uses existing telephone infrastructure

 up to 1 Mbps upstream (today typically < 256 kbps)
 up to 8 Mbps downstream (today typically < 1 Mbps)
 dedicated physical line to telephone central office
Introduction 1-28
Residential access: cable modems (1)

 Does not use telephone infrastructure

 Instead uses cable TV infrastructure

 HFC: hybrid fiber coax

 both fiber and coaxial cable are employed in this
system
 asymmetric: up to 30Mbps downstream, 2 Mbps
upstream
 network of cable and fiber attaches homes to ISP
router
 homes share access to router
 unlike DSL, which has dedicated access

Introduction 1-29
Residential access: cable modems (2)

Diagram: http://www.cabledatacomnews.com/cmic/diagram.html Introduction 1-30

Cable Network Architecture: Overview

Typically 500 to 5,000 homes

cable headend

home
cable distribution
network (simplified)

Introduction 1-31
Cable Network Architecture: Overview

server(s)

cable headend

home
cable distribution
network

Introduction 1-32
Cable Network Architecture: Overview

cable headend

home
cable distribution
network (simplified)

Introduction 1-33
 Cable Network Architecture: Overview

frequency-division multiplexing (FDM):

C
O
V V V V V V N
I I I I I I D D T
D D D D D D A A R
E E E E E E T T O
O O O O O O A A L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Channels

cable headend

home
cable distribution
network

Introduction 1-34
Fiber to the Home
Optical Line Terminator (OLT)
Optical Network Terminator (ONT) ONT

Internet optical
fibers

ONT
optical
fiber
OLT
optical
central office splitter

ONT

 Optical links from central office to the home

 Two competing optical technologies:
 Passive Optical network (PON)
 Active Optical Network (AON)

 Much higher Internet rates; fiber also carries

television and phone services Introduction 1-35
Introduction 1-36
Satellite
 A satellite link can be used to connect a
residence to the Internet at speeds of
more than 1Mbps (downstream ~ 50Mbps).
 StarBand and HughesNet are two such
satellite access providers.

Introduction 1-37
Dial-up Modem Digital format

Analog format
central
office
telephone
network Internet

home ISP
home
dial-up modem
PC
modem
circuit switches

 Uses existing telephony infrastructure

 Home is connected to central office
 up to 56Kbps direct access to router (slow)
 Can’t surf and phone at same time: not “always on”

Introduction 1-38
Access in the Enterprise and Home:
Ethernet and WiFi
 On corporate and university campus, and
increasingly home settings, LAN is used to
connect an end system to the edge router.

 Although there are many types of LAN

technologies, Ethernet is by far the most
prevalent access technology in corporate,
university, and home networks.

Introduction 1-39
IEEE 802 Standards

Introduction 1-40
Ethernet Internet access
100 Mbps Institutional
router
Ethernet To Institution’s
switch ISP

100 Mbps

1 Gbps
100 Mbps

server

 Typically used in companies, universities, etc

 10 Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps, 10Gbps Ethernet
 Today, end systems typically connect into Ethernet
switch
Introduction 1-41
 router
Wireless access networks
base
 shared wireless access
station
network connects end system
to router
 via base station, or “access
point”
 wireless LANs: mobile
 802.11b/g (WiFi): 100Mbps hosts
 wider-area wireless access
 provided by telco operator
 1/10/100 Mbps? over cellular
system
 WiMAX (IEEE 802.16)
LTE (Long Term Evolution)

Introduction 1-42
• WiMAX:
Wireless Interoperability for
Microwave Access
• Making broadband available
anywhere
• Leads WiMAX being a
Personal Broadband technology
Introduction 1-43
Home networks
Typical home network
components:
 DSL or cable modem
 router/firewall
 Ethernet
 wireless access point
wireless
to/from laptops
cable Router
cable
modem /firewall
headend
wireless
access
Ethernet point (WAP)

Introduction 1-44
Physical Media
Twisted Pair (TP)
 Bit: propagates between  two insulated copper
transmitter/rcvr pairs wires
 physical link: what lies  Category 3: traditional
between transmitter & phone wires, 10 Mbps
receiver Ethernet
Category 5:
 guided media:

100Mbps Ethernet
 signals propagate in solid
media: copper, fiber, coax
 unguided media:
 signals propagate freely,
e.g., radio

Introduction 1-45
Physical Media: coax, fiber
Coaxial cable:
 two concentric copper
conductors
 bidirectional
 baseband:
 single channel on cable
 legacy Ethernet
Fiber optic cable:
 glass fiber carrying light
pulses, each pulse a bit
 high-speed operation:
 high-speed point-to-point
transmission (e.g., 10’s-
100’s Gbps)

 broadband:  low error rate: repeaters

 multiple channels on cable spaced far apart ; immune
 HFC to electromagnetic noise

Introduction 1-46
Physical media: radio
 signal carried in
electromagnetic
spectrum
 no physical “wire”
 bidirectional
 propagation
environment effects:
 reflection
 obstruction by objects
 interference
Radio link types:
 Terrestrial microwave
 e.g. up to 45 Mbps channels
 LAN (e.g., Wifi)
 11Mbps, 54 Mbps
 wide-area (e.g., cellular)
 3G cellular: ~ 3.84 Mbps
 4G: ~ 100Mbps
 satellite
 Kbps to 45Mbps channel (or
multiple smaller channels)
 270 msec end-end delay
 geosynchronous versus low
altitude Introduction 1-47
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-48
The Network Core
 What is at the core of
networks?
 mesh of interconnected routers

 Two fundamental approaches:

how is data transferred through
net?
a) packet-switching:
data sent thru net in
discrete “chunks”
b) circuit switching: dedicated
circuit per call: telephone
net
• In the jargon of telephony,
a connection is referred to
a circuit

 Reality: pure (a) / pure (b) /

mixture (a) + (b)
Introduction 1-49
Network Core: Circuit Switching

End-end resources
reserved for “call”
 link bandwidth, switch
capacity
 dedicated resources: no
sharing
 circuit-like (guaranteed)
performance: a constant
rate such as 64kbps in
telephone networks
 In the exchange of the
constant speed, call
setup required

Introduction 1-50
Network Core: Circuit Switching
How to carry some  Dividing link bandwidth
number of into “pieces”
connections over one  e.g., each link has n circuits
physical link?  A link is considered to be
network resources a medium providing a
range of frequencies over
(e.g., bandwidth)
all times
divided into “pieces”
 A circuit in a link is
 pieces allocated to calls implemented with either
 resource piece idle if  Frequency-Division
not used by owning call Multiplexing (FDM)
(no sharing)  Time-Division Multiplexing
(TDM)
Introduction 1-51
Circuit Switching: FDM and TDM
A specific network link supports up to four circuits.
Example:
FDM
4 users

frequency

time
TDM

frequency

time Introduction 1-52

Numerical example
 How long does it take to send a file of
640,000 bits from host A to host B over a
circuit-switched network?
 All links are 1.536 Mbps
 Each link uses TDM with 24 slots/sec
 500 msec to establish end-to-end circuit

Let’s work it out!

Each circuit has a transmission rate of 1536 kbps/24 = 64 kbps,
so it takes (640,000 bits)/(64 kbps) = 10 sec to transmit the file.
Total time: 10+0.5 = 10.5 sec.
Introduction 1-53
Network Core: Packet Switching
each end-end data stream
divided into packets
 user A, B packets share
network resources
 each packet uses full link
bandwidth
 resources used as needed
Bandwidth division into “pieces”
Dedicated allocation
Resource reservation
resource contention:
 aggregate resource demand
can exceed amount available
 no admission control: circuit
switching only allows the
number of connections it
can afford
 congestion: packets queue,
wait for link use
 store and forward: packets
move one hop at a time
 Node receives complete
packet before forwarding
Introduction 1-54
 Packet Switching: Statistical Multiplexing
100 Mb/s
A Ethernet statistical multiplexing C

1.5 Mb/s
B
queue of packets
waiting for output
link

D E

Sequence of A & B packets does not have fixed pattern,

bandwidth shared on demand  statistical Time
Division multiplexing vs synchronous TDM.
TDM: each host gets same slot in revolving TDM frame.
Introduction 1-55
Packet Switching: store-and-forward
L
R R R

 takes L/R seconds to Example:

transmit (push out)  L = 7.5 Mbits
packet of L bits on to  R = 1.5 Mbps
link at R bps
 transmission delay =
 store and forward:
entire packet must 3xL/R=15 sec
arrive at router before
it can be transmitted
on next link
 delay = 3L/R (assuming more on delay shortly …
zero propagation delay)
Introduction 1-56
 Animation: Packet Switching
H4
H2

D
Router
B
H6
Host
H1 E H2 sends packets to H6
A

H1 sends packets to H5
H5
C

H3 Internet
Introduction 1-57
Packet switching versus circuit switching (1)
Packet switching allows more users to use network!
 1 Mb/s link
 each user:
 100 kb/s when “active”
 active 10% of time

N users
 circuit-switching: 1 Mbps link
 10 users

 packet switching:
 with 35 users,
Q: how did we get value 0.0004?
probability > 10 active
at same time is less
than .0004
Introduction 1-58
Packet switching versus circuit switching (2)
Is packet switching a “slam dunk winner?”

 great for burst data

Greater efficiency in terms of resource sharing
 simpler, no call setup
 excessive congestion: packet delay and loss
 protocols needed for reliable data transfer,
congestion control
 Q: How to provide circuit-like behavior?
 bandwidth guarantees needed for audio/video apps
 Virtual circuit network

Q: human analogies of reserved resources (circuit switching)

versus on-demand allocation (packet-switching)? Introduction 1-59
Restaurants with and without reservations

Popular no-booking
restaurants

Introduction 1-60
Virtual-Circuit Packet Switching

 Hybrid of circuit switching and packet

switching
 Data is transmitted as packets
 All packets from one packet stream are sent
along a pre-established path (=virtual circuit)
 Guarantees in-sequence delivery of packets
 However: Packets from different virtual
circuits may be interleaved
 Example: ATM networks

Introduction 1-61
 Timing in Circuit Switching
Host 1 Host 2
Node 1 Node 2

processing delay at Node 1

propagation delay
between Host 1
Circuit and Node 1
Establishment
propagation delay
between Host 2
and Host 1
Data
Transmission
DATA

Circuit
Termination

Introduction 1-62
 Comparison of Three Switching
Circuit Switching telegraph Packet Switching
M
Connection
setup

M
Data Message
sending

Connection
release M
t
A B C D A B C D A B C D

Features of
data sending
Store Store Store Store
and and and and
forward Forward forward Forward
Timing of Virtual-Circuit Packet Switching

Host 1 Host 2
Node 1 Node
2

propagation delay
VC between Host 1
establishment and Node 1

Packet 1

Packet 2
Packet 1
Packet 3
Data Packet 2
transfer Packet 1
Packet 3
Packet 2

Packet 3

VC
termination
Introduction 1-64
 A Taxonomy of Communication networks

 Communication networks can be classified based on

the way in which the nodes exchange information:
Communication
Network

Switched Broadcast
Communication Communication
Network Network

Circuit-Switched Packet-Switched
Communication Communication
Network Network

Datagram Virtual Circuit

Network Network
Introduction 1-65
 Internet structure: network structure 1

 Network of networks: roughly (loosely) hierarchical

 at center: “tier-1” ISPs (e.g., Level 3 Communications,
AT&T, Sprint, and NTT), national/international
coverage
 treat each other as equals

Tier-1
providers
Tier 1 ISP
interconnect
(peer)
privately
Tier 1 ISP Tier 1 ISP

Interestingly, no group officially sanctions tier-1 status;

as the saying goes—if you have to ask if you’re a member of a group, you’re
probably not. Introduction 1-66
 Internet structure: network structure 2

 “Tier-2” ISPs: smaller (often regional) ISPs

 Connect to one or more tier-1 ISPs, possibly other tier-2 ISPs

Tier-2 ISPs
also peer
•Tier-2 ISP pays Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP privately with
tier-1 ISP for
connectivity to Tier 1 ISP each other.

rest of Internet
•Tier-2 ISP is
customer of Tier 1 ISP Tier 1 ISP Tier-2 ISP
tier-1 provider
Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP

Introduction 1-67
 Internet structure: network structure 3

 “Tier-3” ISPs and local ISPs

 last hop (“access”) network (closest to end systems)

local
ISP Tier 3 local
local local
ISP ISP
ISP ISP
Local and tier- Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP
3 ISPs are
customers of Tier 1 ISP
higher tier
ISPs
connecting
them to rest
Tier 1 ISP Tier 1 ISP Tier-2 ISP
of Internet
local
Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP
ISP
local local local
ISP ISP ISP Introduction 1-68
Internet structure: network structure 4

Network Structure 4 : the ecosystem—

consisting of access ISPs, regional ISPs,
tier-1 ISPs,
 PoPs (points of presence),
 multi-homing,
 peering,
 IXPs (Internet exchange points)

 Which more closely resembles today’s

Internet

Introduction 1-69
Explanation of some terms
-- PoPs
 A PoP is simply a group of one or more
routers (at the same location) in the
provider’s network where customer ISPs
can connect into the provider ISP.
 PoPs exist in all levels of the hierarchy, except
for the bottom (access ISP) level.
 For a customer network to connect to a
provider’s PoP, it can lease a high-speed link
from a third-party telecommunications provider
to directly connect one of its routers to a
router at the PoP.
Introduction 1-70
Explanation of some terms
-- Multi-homing

 Any ISP (except for tier-1 ISPs) may

choose to multi-home, that is, to
connect to two or more provider ISPs.
 For example, an access ISP may multi-home
with two regional ISPs
 or it may multi-home with two regional ISPs
and also with a tier-1 ISP.
 Similarly, a regional ISP may multi-home
with multiple tier-1 ISPs.

Introduction 1-71
Explanation of some terms
-- Peer
 When two ISPs peer, it is typically
settlement-free, that is, neither ISP pays
the other.
 tier-1 ISPs also peer with one another,
settlement-free.
 Normally customer ISPs pay their provider
ISPs to obtain global Internet
interconnectivity.
• To reduce these costs, a pair of nearby ISPs at the
same level of the hierarchy can peer.

Introduction 1-72
 Explanation of some terms
-- IXP
 A third-party company can create an
Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
 typically in a stand-alone building with its own
switches,
 a meeting point where multiple ISPs can peer
together.
 There are 526 IXPs in the Internet today

https://www.pch.net/ixp/summary

Introduction 1-74
 Last updated: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:07:24 +0000

This map plots the density

distribution of the Internet
Exchange Points (IXPs) which form
the core of the global Internet, by
country.
Introduction 1-76
Internet structure: network structure 5

• Builds on top of Network Structure 4 by adding content

provider networks (Google is currently one of the leading
examples)
• Major content providers have created their own networks and
connect directly into lower-tier ISPs where possible.
Introduction 1-77
 Internet structure: Summary
Today’s Internet—a network of networks—is complex:
 consisting of a dozen or so tier-1 ISPs and hundreds of
thousands of lower-tier ISPs.
 The ISPs are diverse in their coverage, with some spanning
multiple continents and oceans, and others limited to narrow
geographic regions.
 The lower-tier ISPs connect to the higher-tier ISPs, and the
higher-tier ISPs interconnect with one another.
 Users and content providers are customers of lower-tier
ISPs, and lower-tier ISPs are customers of higher-tier ISPs.
 In recent years, major content providers have also created
their own networks and connect directly into lower-tier ISPs
where possible. Introduction 1-78
 Internet structure: network of networks

 a packet passes through many networks!

local
ISP Tier 3 local
local local
ISP ISP
ISP ISP
Tier-2 ISP Tier-2 ISP

Tier 1 ISP

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NAP: Network Access Point Introduction 1-80

Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks
How long does a packet take to pass through a router?
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History

Introduction 1-81
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

packet being transmitted (delay)

B
packets queueing (delay)
free (available) buffers: arriving packets
dropped (loss) if no free buffers
Introduction 1-82
Four sources of packet delay
 1. nodal processing:
 check bit errors
 determine output link
Transmission (μs ms)
A Propagation
(ms)
 2. queuing
 time waiting at output link for
transmission
 depends on congestion level of
router
 happens mainly in statistical
multiplexing, namely packet-
switched networks

B
nodal
Processing Queuing (μs ms)
(μs)
Introduction 1-83
Delay in packet-switched networks
3. Transmission delay 4. Propagation delay:
(a.k.a., store-and-  d = length of physical link
forward delay):  s = propagation speed in
 R=link bandwidth (bps) medium (~2x108 m/sec)
 L=packet length (bits)  propagation delay = d/s
 time to send bits into link =
L/R
 Time to convert data into
signals Note: s and R are very
different quantities!
transmission
A propagation

B
nodal
processing queuing
Introduction 1-84
Nodal delay
d nodal  d proc  d queue  d trans  d prop

 dproc = processing delay

 typically a few microsecs or less

 dqueue = queuing delay

 depends on congestion

 dtrans = transmission delay

 = L/R, significant for low-speed links

 dprop = propagation delay

 a few microsecs to hundreds of msecs

Introduction 1-85
Queuing delay (revisit)
 R=link bandwidth (bps)
 L=packet length (bits)
 a=average packet
arrival rate

traffic intensity = La/R

A ratio of the average arrival
rate to the average
departure rate
 La/R ~ 0: average queueing delay small
 La/R -> 1: delays become large
 La/R > 1: more “work” arriving than can be
serviced, average delay infinite!
Introduction 1-86
 Packet loss
 queue (i.e., buffer) preceding link in buffer has finite
capacity
 packet arriving to full queue dropped (i.e., lost)
 lost packet may be retransmitted by previous node, by
source end system, or not at all
 performance at a node is often measured not only in
terms of delay, but also in terms of the probability of
packet loss. buffer
(waiting area) packet being transmitted
A

B
packet arriving to
full buffer is lost
Introduction 1-87
End System, Application, and Other Delays
 Additional significant delays in the end
systems
 Example 1: an end system wanting to transmit a
packet into a shared medium may purposefully
delay its transmission as part of its protocol.
 Example 2: media packetization delay: present
in Voice over-IP (VoIP) applications.

Introduction 1-88
 Throughput
 throughput: rate (bits/time unit) at which
bits transferred between sender/receiver
 instantaneous: rate at given point in time
 average: rate over longer period of time

server,
server sendswith link
bits pipe capacity
that can carry link that
pipe capacity
can carry
file of
(fluid) F bits
into pipe Rs bits/sec
fluid at rate Rfluid
c bits/sec
at rate
to send to client Rs bits/sec Rc bits/sec

Introduction 1-89
 Throughput (more)
 Rs < Rc What is average end-end throughput?

Rs bits/sec Rc bits/sec

 Rs > Rc What is average end-end throughput?

Rs bits/sec Rc bits/sec

bottleneck link
link on end-end path that constrains end-end throughput
Introduction 1-90
Throughput: Internet scenario

 per-connection end-
Rs
end throughput:
min(Rc,Rs,R/10) Rs Rs
 in practice: Rc or Rs
is often bottleneck R
since the backbone
links tend to be Rc Rc
quite faster than
Rc
links in the access
networks
10 connections (fairly) share
backbone bottleneck link R bits/sec
Introduction 1-91
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
How is the Internet organized?
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History Introduction 1-92
Protocol “Layers”
Networks are complex!
 many “pieces”:
 hosts Question:
 routers Is there any hope of
 links of various media organizing structure of
 applications network?
 protocols
 hardware, software Or at least our discussion
of networks?

Introduction 1-93
Organization of air travel

ticket (purchase) ticket (complain)

baggage (check) baggage (claim)

gates (load) gates (unload)

runway takeoff runway landing

airplane routing airplane routing

airplane routing

 a series of steps

Introduction 1-94
Layering of airline functionality

ticket (purchase) ticket (complain) ticket

baggage (check) baggage (claim baggage

gates (load) gates (unload) gate

runway (takeoff) runway (land) takeoff/landing

airplane routing airplane routing airplane routing airplane routing airplane routing

departure intermediate air-traffic arrival

airport control centers airport

Layers: each layer implements a service

 via its own internal-layer actions
 relying on services provided by layer below

Introduction 1-95
Why layering?
Dealing with complex systems:
 explicit structure allows identification, relationship of
complex system’s pieces
 layered reference model for discussion
 modularization eases maintenance, updating of system
 change of implementation of layer’s service transparent to
rest of system
 e.g., change in gate procedure doesn’t affect rest of system
 layering considered harmful?
 Functionality may be duplicated.
 One layer may need information present only in another layer
(violates the goal of separation of layers)
Introduction 1-96
Internet protocol stack
 application: supporting network
applications application
 FTP, SMTP, HTTP
 transport: process-process data transport
transfer
 TCP, UDP network
 network: routing of datagrams from
source to destination link
 IP, routing protocols
 link: data transfer between physical
neighboring network elements
 PPP, Ethernet
 physical: bits “on the wire”
Introduction 1-97
OSI reference model
 presentation: allow applications to
interpret meaning of data, e.g., application
encryption, compression, machine-
presentation
specific conventions
 session: synchronization, session
checkpointing, recovery of data transport
exchange
network
 Internet stack “missing” these
layers! link
 these services, if needed, must physical
be implemented in application
 needed?

Introduction 1-98
 message M
source
application
Encapsulation
segment Ht M transport
datagram Hn Ht M network
frame Hl Hn Ht M Tl link
physical
link
physical

switch

destination Hn Ht M network
M application Hl Hn Ht M link Hn Ht M
Ht M transport physical
Hn Ht M network
Hl Hn Ht M Tl link router
physical

Introduction 1-99
 TCP/IP Model or Internet Protocol Suite
TCP/IP protocols can serve different applications, so called “everything over IP”
TCP/IP protocols allow IP protocol runs on different networks, i.e., “IP over
everything”.

application HTTP … SMTP DNS … RTP

TCP UDP
transport

Internet/ like a sandglass.

IP
network

Host to Network Network … Network

Interface 1 Interface 2 Interface 3
network
Introduction 1-100
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-101
Network Security
 The field of network security is about:
 how bad guys can attack computer networks
 how we can defend networks against attacks
 how to design architectures that are immune to
attacks
 Internet not originally designed with
(much) security in mind
 original vision: “a group of mutually trusting
users attached to a transparent network” 
 Internet protocol designers playing “catch-up”
security considerations in all layers!
Introduction 1-102
Bad guys can put malware into
hosts via Internet (1)
 Malware can get in host from a virus, worm, or trojan
horse.

 Spyware malware can record keystrokes, web sites

visited, upload info to collection site.

 Infected host can be enrolled in a botnet, used for

spam and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
 A bot is a computer program that carries out tasks for
other programs, especially on the Internet
 Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software agents
or robots, The term is most commonly associated with
malicious software

 Malware is often self-replicating: from an infected

host, seeks entry into other hosts

Introduction 1-103
Bad guys can put malware into
hosts via Internet (2)
 Worm:
 Trojan horse
 Hidden part of some
 Malware that can enter a device
otherwise useful software without any explicit user
 Non-replicating malware
interaction
that appears to perform a  infection by passively receiving
desirable function but object that gets itself executed
instead facilitates  self- replicating: propagates to
unauthorized access
other hosts, users
 Today often on a Web page
(Active-X, plugin) Sapphire Worm: aggregate scans/sec
 Virus in first 5 minutes of outbreak (CAIDA, UWisc data)

 Malware that requires some

form of user interaction
 infection by receiving object
(e.g., e-mail attachment),
actively executing
 self-replicating: propagate
itself to other hosts, users

Introduction 1-104
 Bad guys can attack servers and
network infrastructure
 Denial of service (DoS): attackers make resources
(server, bandwidth) unavailable to legitimate traffic
by overwhelming resource with bogus traffic
1. select target
2. break into hosts
around the network
(see botnet)
3. send packets toward
target from target
compromised hosts

Introduction 1-105
Three Categories of DoS Attacks

 Vulnerability attack

 Bandwidth flooding

 Connection flooding

Introduction 1-106
Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS)
DDoS attacks leveraging botnets with thousands of
comprised hosts are a common occurrence today

Q: DDos attacks are much harder to detect and defend

against than a DoS attack from a single host. Why?
Introduction 1-107
The bad guys can sniff packets
Packet sniffing:
 broadcast media (shared Ethernet, wireless)
 promiscuous network interface reads/records all
packets (e.g., including passwords!) passing by

A C

src:B dest:A payload

B
 Wireshark software used for our labs is a
(free) packet-sniffer
Introduction 1-108
The bad guys can use false source
addresses
 A way to masquerade as someone you trust
 IP spoofing: send packet with false source address

A C

src:B dest:A payload

Introduction 1-109
The bad guys can record and playback

 record-and-playback: sniff sensitive info (e.g.,

password), and use later
 password holderis that user from system point of
view

C
A

src:B dest:A user: B; password: foo

Introduction 1-110
Unit 1: roadmap
1.1 What is a network?
1.2 What is the Internet?
1.3 Network edge
 end systems, access networks, links
1.4 Network core
 circuit switching, packet switching, network structure
1.5 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched
networks
1.6 Protocol layers, service models
1.7 Networks under attack: security
1.8 History
Introduction 1-111
Internet History (1)
1961-1972: Early packet-switching principles

 1961: Kleinrock - queueing  1972:

theory shows  ARPAnet public demonstration
effectiveness of packet-
 NCP (Network Control Protocol)
switching
first host-host protocol
 1964: Baran - packet-
 first e-mail program
switching in military nets
 ARPAnet has 15 nodes
 1967: ARPAnet conceived
by Advanced Research
Project Agency
 1969: first ARPAnet node
operational

Introduction 1-112
 Internet History (2)
1972-1980: Internetworking, new and proprietary nets
 1970: ALOHAnet satellite Cerf and Kahn’s internetworking
network in Hawaii principles:
 1974: Cerf and Kahn -  minimalism, autonomy - no
architecture for internal changes required
interconnecting networks to interconnect networks
 1976: Ethernet at Xerox  best effort service model
PARC  stateless routers

 late70’s: proprietary  decentralized control

architectures: DECnet, SNA, define today’s Internet

XNA architecture
 late 70’s: switching fixed
length packets (ATM
precursor)
 1979: ARPAnet has 200 nodes

Introduction 1-113
Internet History (3)
1980-1990: new protocols, a proliferation of networks

 1983: deployment of  new national networks:

TCP/IP Csnet, BITnet,
 1982: smtp e-mail NSFnet, Minitel
protocol defined  100,000 hosts
 1983: DNS defined connected to
for name-to-IP- confederation of
address translation networks
 1985: ftp protocol  1989-1991: Web was
defined invented at CERN
 1988: TCP congestion
control
Introduction 1-114
Internet History (4)
1990, 2000’s: commercialization, the Web, new apps

 Early 1990’s: ARPAnet Late 1990’s – 2000’s:

decommissioned
 more killer apps: instant
 1991: NSF lifts restrictions on messaging, P2P file sharing
commercial use of NSFnet
 network security to
(decommissioned, 1995)
forefront
 early 1990s: WWW
 est. 50 million host, 100
 hypertext [Bush 1945, Nelson million+ users
1960’s]
 backbone links running at
 HTML, HTTP: Berners-Lee Gbps
 1994: Mosaic, later Netscape
 late 1990’s:
commercialization of the Web

Introduction 1-115
Internet History (5)
The New Millennium:
 Aggressive deployment of broadband Internet access to
homes has set the stage for a wealth of video
applications (e.g., YouTube, Netflix, Skype)
 WiFi networks and medium-speed (up to a few Mbps)
Internet access via 3G and 4G cellular telephony
networks
 rapid emergence of hand-held computers (iPhones,
Androids, iPads, and so on)
 Online social networks (e.g., Facebook and QQ) have
created massive people networks on top of the Internet.
 Online service providers, such as Google and Microsoft,
have deployed their own extensive private networks
 Clouds …
Introduction 1-116
Introduction: Summary
Covered a “ton” of material!
You now have:
 Internet overview
 context, overview,
 what’s a protocol? “feel” of networking
 network edge, core, access  more depth, detail to
network follow!
 packet-switching versus
circuit-switching
 Internet structure
 performance: loss, delay,
throughput
 layering, service models
 security
 history
Introduction 1-117
Summary: Internet Architecture

 packet-switched TCP UDP

datagram network
 IP is the glue (network
layer overlay) IP

 IP hourglass architecture Satellite

 all hosts and routers run IP
Ethernet ATM
 stateless architecture
 no per flow state inside IP hourglass
network

Introduction 1-118
 Summary: Minimalist Approach
 Dumb network
 IP provide minimal functionalities to support connectivity
 addressing, forwarding, routing

 Smart end system

 transport layer or application performs more sophisticated
functionalities
 flow control, error control, congestion control

 Advantages
 accommodate heterogeneous technologies (Ethernet, modem,
satellite, wireless)
 support diverse applications (telnet, ftp, Web, X windows)
 decentralized network administration

Introduction 1-119
Homework for all
Packet switching allows more users to use network!
 1 Mb/s link
 each user:
 100 kb/s when “active”
 active 10% of time

N users
 circuit-switching: 1 Mbps link
 10 users

 packet switching:
 with 35 users,
Q: how did we get value 0.0004?
probability > 10 active
at same time is less
than .0004
Introduction 1-120
 Homework
1. List the available residential access technologies in
your city. For each type of access, provide the
advertised downstream rate, upstream rate, and
monthly price.
2. Describe the most popular wireless Internet access
technologies today. Compare and contrast them.
3. Why will two ISPs at the same level of the hierarchy
often peer with each other? How does an IXP earn
money?
4. Some content providers have created their own
networks. Describe Google’s network. What motivates
content providers to create these networks?
Introduction 1-121
Optional Homework
 DDos attacks are much harder to detect
and defend against than a DoS attack from
a single host.
 Why? Give your explanation in 5 slides.

 Internet applications run on end systems.

Do you think they run also in the packet
switches in the network core?

Introduction 1-122