Introduction to Computer Networks: Uses, Models, and Protocols
This chapter provides an introduction to computer networks, including their various uses in companies and personal settings. It discusses essential network hardware and the differences between broadcast and point-to-point networks, encompassing LANs, MANs, WANs, and wireless networks. The text also delves into network software, covering protocol hierarchies, design issues for network layers, and the OSI and TCP/IP reference models. Additional topics include connection-oriented vs. connectionless services and ATM technology, emphasizing their operational frameworks and applications.
Introduction to Computer Networks: Uses, Models, and Protocols
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CS 455/555: Spring 2003 Chapter 1: Introduction
Uses of Computer Networks • Networks for Companies • Networks for People • Social issues
Network Hardware • Broadcast Networks versus Point-to-point Networks • Broadcast Networks: Local area networks (LAN), Metropolitan area networks (MAN), Wide-area networks (WAN), Wireless Networks, Internetworks (vs. intranetworks?) • See Figures
Network Software • Protocol Hierarchies See Fig 1-9 through 1-11 • Design Issues for the Layers: Addressing; Rules of data transfer---Simplex, half-duplex, full-duplex; Error control; Ordering of messages; Flow-control---fast sender, slow receiver; message length; multiplexing and demultiplexing; routing • Interfaces and Services: SAP, IDU, SDU, PDU • See Figure 1-12
Network Software (Contd.) • Connection-oriented and Connectionless Service • See Figure 1-13 • Service Primitives • See Figure 1-14 • Services vs. protocols: Services are offered by a layer to the layer above it; A protocol is a set of rules for communication between entities with the same layer
Reference Models • The OSI Reference Model (See Fig. 1-16) • Seven layers: Physical, Datalink, Network, Transport, Presentation, and Application • Data transmission in the OSI protocol (See Fig. 1-17) • The TCP/IP Reference Model (See Fig. 1-18) • Four layers: Host-to-network, Network, Transport, Application (See Fig 1-19)
Comparison of OSI and TCP Reference Models • Read pages 38-44 • It will be more obvious after we study the protocols
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) • Asynchronous? The sender and receiver are not tied through a common clock • ATM cell: 53 bytes long: 5-byte header and 48-byte data data is sent in terms of cells • Connection-oriented networks: Cell delivery is not guaranteed but their order is (E.g., If 1-10 cells are sent in sequence, then only cells 1-5 and 7-9 may be received; but they are received in that order.) • ATM networks are organized like WANs with speeds of 155 Mbps (actually 155.52), 622 Mbps (4*155.5 = 622), and more.
ATM (Contd.) • ATM Reference model (See Fig. 1-30) • User plane: Deals with data transport, flow control, error correction, and other user functions. • Control plane: Deals with connection management • (See Fig.1-31)