Lecture 1

Introduction

Hassan Raza

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Introduction 1-1
 Telecommunication
Telecommunication is communicating Information via
electronic means over some distance
Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over
a distance for the purpose of communication.

The word telecommunication was adapted from the French word télécommunication. It is a
compound of the Greek prefix tele-(IJȘȜİ-), meaning 'far off', and the Latin communicare,
meaning 'to share'

Introduction 1-2
What’s the Network: “nuts and bolts” view
PC  millions mobile network
of connected
server
computing devices.
wireless global ISP
laptop
smartphone
home
 communication links network
regional ISP
wireless
 fiber, copper, radio,
links satellite
wired
links

 Packetswitches: forward
router packets (chunks of data) institutional
network
 routers and switches
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What’s the Internet: “nuts and bolts” view
mobile network
 Internet: “network of
networks” global ISP
 Interconnected ISPs
 Protocols: control sending, home
receiving of information network
regional ISP
 e.g., TCP, IP, HTTP

institutional
network

Introduction 1-4
 What’s a protocol?
human protocols:
 “knock, knock, who’s
there”
 Call through phones
 Introductions
… specific msgs sent
… specific actions taken when
msgs received, or other
events
network protocols:
 machines rather than
humans
 all communication activity
in Internet governed by
protocols
protocols define format,
order of msgs sent and
received among network
entities, and actions taken
on msg transmission,
receipt Introduction 1-5
What’s a protocol?
a human protocol and a computer network protocol:

Hi TCP connection
request
Hi TCP connection
response
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time? Get http://www.awl.com/kurose-ross
2:00
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time

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A closer look at network structure:
 network edge: mobile network

 clients and servers

global ISP

home
 access networks, network
regional ISP
physical media: wired,
wireless communication
links
 network core:
 interconnected routers
institutional
network

Introduction 1-7
FDM versus TDM
Example:
FDM
4 users

frequency

time
TDM

frequency

time
Introduction 1-8
 Access net: home network
wireless
devices

to/from headend or
central office
often combined
in single box

cable or DSL modem

wireless access router, firewall, NAT

point (54 Mbps)
wired Ethernet (100 Mbps)

Introduction 1-9
Host: sends packets of data
host sending function:
 takes application message
 breaks into smaller two packets,
chunks, known as packets, L bits each
of length L bits
 transmits packet into
access network at 2 1
transmission rate R R: link transmission rate
host

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Transmission media
 guided media:
 signals propagate in solid
media: copper, fiber, coax
 unguided media:
 signals propagate freely,
e.g., radio

Introduction 1-11
Physical media: coax, fiber
coaxial cable: fiber optic cable:
 two concentric copper  glass fiber carrying light
conductors pulses, each pulse a bit
 bidirectional  high-speed operation:
 broadband:  low error rate:
 multiple channels on cable
 HFC

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Packet Switching: queueing delay, loss

R = 100 Mb/s C
A
D
R = 1.5 Mb/s
B
queue of packets E
waiting for output link

queuing and loss:

 If arrival rate (in bits) to link exceeds transmission rate of link
for a period of time:
 packets will queue, wait to be transmitted on link
 packets can be dropped (lost) if memory (buffer) fills up

Introduction 1-13
 Two key network-core functions
routing: determines source-
destination route taken by
packets
 routing algorithms
forwarding: move packets
from router’s input to
appropriate router output

routing algorithm

local forwarding table

header value output link
0100 3 1
0101 2
0111 2 3 2
1001 1
11
01

dest address in arriving

packet’s header
Network Layer 4-14
Alternative core: circuit switching
end-end resources allocated
to, reserved for “call”
between source &
destination:
 In diagram, each link has four circuits.
 call gets 2nd circuit in top link and
1st circuit in right link.
 Dedicated resources: no sharing
 circuit-like (guaranteed)
performance
 Commonly used in traditional
telephone networks

Introduction 1-15
Packet loss
 queue (buffer) preceding link in buffer has finite
capacity
 packet arriving to full queue dropped
 lost packet may be retransmitted by previous node, by
source end system, or not at all

buffer
(waiting area) packet being transmitted
A

B
packet arriving to
full buffer is lost
* Check out the Java applet for an interactive animation on queuing and loss Introduction 1-16
Back off Time
 Time that is used to wait before retransmit the data.

buffer
(waiting area) packet being transmitted
A

B
packet arriving to
full buffer is lost
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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

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Protocol “layers”
Networks are complex,
with many “pieces”:
 hosts Question:
 routers
is there any hope of
 links of various organizing structure of
media network?
 applications
 protocols …. or at least our
 hardware, discussion of networks?
software

Introduction 1-19
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 1-20
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

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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?

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Internet protocol stack
 application: supporting network
applications
 FTP, SMTP, HTTP application
 transport: process-process data
transfer transport
 TCP, UDP
 network: routing of datagrams network
from source to destination
 IP, routing protocols link
 link: data transfer between
neighboring network elements physical
 Ethernet, 802.11 (WiFi), PPP
 physical: bits “on the wire”
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Network security
 field of network security:
 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!

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Bad guys: attack server, 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
3. send packets to target from
compromised hosts
target

Introduction 1-25
Bad guys can sniff packets
packet “sniffing”:
 Packet sniffing is the practice of gathering, collecting, and
logging some or all packets that pass through a computer
network

Introduction 1-26
Bad guys can use fake addresses
IP spoofing: send packet with false source address
A C

src:B dest:A payload

… lots more on security (throughout, Chapter 8)

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