Chapter 4: Network Layer Chapter goals: understand principles behind network layer services: routing (path selection) dealing with scale how a router works advanced topics: IPv6, mobility instantiation and implementation in the Internet Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

Network layer functions transport packet from sending to receiving hosts network layer protocols in every host, router three important functions: path determination: route taken by packets from source to dest. Routing algorithms forwarding: move packets from router’s input to appropriate router output call setup: some network architectures require router call setup along path before data flows application transport network data link physical network data link physical Network Layer

Interplay between routing and forwarding 1 2 3 0111 value in arriving packet’s header routing algorithm local forwarding table header value output link 0100 0101 1001 Network Layer

Connection setup 3rd important function in some network architectures: ATM, frame relay, X.25 Before datagrams flow, two hosts and intervening routers establish virtual connection Routers get involved Network and transport layer service: Network: between two hosts Transport: between two processes Network Layer

Network service model Q: What service model for “channel” transporting packets from sender to receiver? guaranteed bandwidth? preservation of inter-packet timing (no jitter)? loss-free delivery? in-order delivery? congestion feedback to sender? Network Layer

Network layer service models: Guarantees ? Network Architecture Internet ATM Service Model best effort CBR ABR Congestion feedback no (inferred via loss) no congestion yes Bandwidth none constant rate guaranteed minimum Loss no yes Order no yes Timing no yes Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

Virtual circuits “source-to-dest path behaves much like telephone circuit” performance-wise network actions along source-to-dest path call setup, teardown for each call before data can flow each packet carries VC identifier (not destination host address) every router on source-dest path maintains “state” for each passing connection link, router resources (bandwidth, buffers) may be allocated to VC Network Layer

Forwarding table Forwarding table in northwest router: 12 22 32 1 2 3 VC number interface number Forwarding table in northwest router: Incoming interface Incoming VC # Outgoing interface Outgoing VC # 1 12 3 22 2 63 1 18 3 7 2 17 1 97 3 87 … … … … Routers maintain connection state information! Network Layer

Virtual circuits: signaling protocols used to setup, maintain teardown VC used in ATM, frame-relay, X.25 not used in today’s Internet application transport network data link physical application transport network data link physical 5. Data flow begins 6. Receive data 4. Call connected 3. Accept call 1. Initiate call 2. incoming call Network Layer

Datagram networks no call setup at network layer routers: no state about end-to-end connections no network-level concept of “connection” packets forwarded using destination host address packets between same source-dest pair may take different paths application transport network data link physical application transport network data link physical 1. Send data 2. Receive data Network Layer

Forwarding table 4 billion possible entries Destination Address Range Link Interface 11001000 00010111 00010000 00000000 through 0 11001000 00010111 00010111 11111111 11001000 00010111 00011000 00000000 through 1 11001000 00010111 00011000 11111111 11001000 00010111 00011001 00000000 through 2 11001000 00010111 00011111 11111111 otherwise 3 Network Layer

Longest prefix matching Prefix Match Link Interface 11001000 00010111 00010 0 11001000 00010111 00011000 1 11001000 00010111 00011 2 otherwise 3 Examples DA: 11001000 00010111 00010110 10100001 Which interface? DA: 11001000 00010111 00011000 10101010 Which interface? DA: 11001000 00010111 10011000 10101010 Which interface? Network Layer

Datagram or VC network: why? Internet data exchange among computers “elastic” service, no strict timing req. “smart” end systems (computers) can adapt, perform control, error recovery simple inside network, complexity at “edge” many link types different characteristics uniform service difficult ATM evolved from telephony human conversation: strict timing, reliability requirements need for guaranteed service “dumb” end systems telephones complexity inside network Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

Router Architecture Overview Two key router functions: run routing algorithms/protocol (RIP, OSPF, BGP) forwarding datagrams from incoming to outgoing link Network Layer

Input Port Functions Decentralized switching: Physical layer: bit-level reception Decentralized switching: given datagram dest., lookup output port using forwarding table in input port memory goal: complete input port processing at ‘line speed’ queuing: if datagrams arrive faster than forwarding rate into switch fabric Data link layer: e.g., Ethernet see chapter 5 Network Layer

Three types of switching fabrics Network Layer

Switching Via Memory First generation routers: traditional computers with switching under direct control of CPU packet copied to system’s memory speed limited by memory bandwidth (2 bus crossings per datagram) Input Port Output Memory System Bus Network Layer

Switching Via a Bus datagram from input port memory to output port memory via a shared bus bus contention: switching speed limited by bus bandwidth Only one packet can be on bus at any time 1 Gbps bus, Cisco 1900: sufficient speed for access and enterprise routers (not regional or backbone) Network Layer

Switching Via An Interconnection Network overcome bus bandwidth limitations Can pass multiple packets at the same time Cisco 12000: switches Gbps through the interconnection network Network Layer

Output Ports Buffering required when datagrams arrive from fabric faster than the transmission rate Scheduling discipline chooses among queued datagrams for transmission Network Layer

Output port queueing buffering when arrival rate via switch exceeds output line speed queueing (delay) and loss due to output port buffer overflow! Network Layer

Input Port Queuing Fabric slower than input ports combined -> queueing may occur at input queues Head-of-the-Line (HOL) blocking: queued datagram at front of queue prevents others in queue from moving forward queueing delay and loss due to input buffer overflow! Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

32 bit destination IP address IP datagram format ver length 32 bits data (variable length, typically a TCP or UDP segment) 16-bit identifier Header checksum time to live 32 bit source IP address IP protocol version Number (4) header length (4) (words) max number remaining hops (decremented at each router) for fragmentation/ reassembly total datagram length (bytes) upper layer protocol to deliver payload to head. len type of service “type” of data (not used) flgs fragment offset upper layer 32 bit destination IP address Options (if any) E.g. timestamp, record route taken, specify list of routers to visit. how much overhead with TCP? 20 bytes of TCP 20 bytes of IP = 40 bytes + app layer overhead Network Layer

IP Fragmentation & Reassembly network links have MTU (max.transfer size) - largest possible link-level frame. different link types, different MTUs large IP datagram divided (“fragmented”) within net one datagram becomes several datagrams “reassembled” only at final destination IP header bits used to identify, order related fragments Now most packet has less than 1,500 bytes due to ethernet Very rare fragmentation in practice fragmentation: in: one large datagram out: 3 smaller datagrams reassembly Network Layer

Chapter 4: Network Layer 4. 1 Introduction 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks 4.3 What’s inside a router 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol Datagram format IPv4 addressing ICMP IPv6 4.5 Routing algorithms Link state Distance Vector Hierarchical routing 4.6 Routing in the Internet RIP OSPF BGP 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing Network Layer

IP Addressing: introduction IP address: 32-bit identifier for host, router interface interface: connection between host/router and physical link router’s typically have multiple interfaces host typically has one interface IP addresses associated with each interface 223.1.1.1 223.1.2.1 223.1.1.2 223.1.1.4 223.1.2.9 223.1.2.2 223.1.1.3 223.1.3.27 223.1.3.1 223.1.3.2 223.1.1.1 = 11011111 00000001 00000001 00000001 223 1 1 1 Network Layer

Subnets IP address: What’s a subnet ? subnet part (high order bits) host part (low order bits) What’s a subnet ? device interfaces with same subnet part of IP address can physically reach each other without intervening router 223.1.1.1 223.1.2.1 223.1.1.2 223.1.1.4 223.1.2.9 223.1.2.2 223.1.1.3 223.1.3.27 subnet 223.1.3.1 223.1.3.2 network consisting of 3 subnets Network Layer

Subnets 223.1.1.0/24 223.1.2.0/24 223.1.3.0/24 Recipe To determine the subnets, detach each interface from its host or router, creating islands of isolated networks. Each isolated network is called a subnet. Subnet mask: /24 Network Layer

Subnets 223.1.1.2 How many? 223.1.1.1 223.1.1.4 223.1.1.3 223.1.9.2 223.1.7.0 223.1.9.1 223.1.7.1 223.1.8.1 223.1.8.0 223.1.2.6 223.1.3.27 223.1.2.1 223.1.2.2 223.1.3.1 223.1.3.2 Network Layer

IP addressing: CIDR CIDR: Classless InterDomain Routing subnet portion of address of arbitrary length address format: a.b.c.d/x, where x is # bits in subnet portion of address 11001000 00010111 00010000 00000000 subnet part host 200.23.16.0/23 Network Layer

IP addresses: how to get one? Q: How does host get IP address? hard-coded by system admin in a file Wintel: control-panel->network->configuration->tcp/ip->properties UNIX: /etc/rc.config DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: dynamically get address from a server in subnet “plug-and-play” (more in next chapter) Network Layer

IP addresses: how to get one? Q: How does network get subnet part of IP addr? A: gets allocated portion of its provider ISP’s address space ISP's block 11001000 00010111 00010000 00000000 200.23.16.0/20 Organization 0 11001000 00010111 00010000 00000000 200.23.16.0/23 Organization 1 11001000 00010111 00010010 00000000 200.23.18.0/23 Organization 2 11001000 00010111 00010100 00000000 200.23.20.0/23 ... ….. …. …. Organization 7 11001000 00010111 00011110 00000000 200.23.30.0/23 Network Layer

Hierarchical addressing: route aggregation Hierarchical addressing allows efficient advertisement of routing information: Organization 0 200.23.16.0/23 Organization 1 200.23.18.0/23 “Send me anything with addresses beginning 200.23.16.0/20” Organization 2 200.23.20.0/23 . Fly-By-Night-ISP . Internet Organization 7 200.23.30.0/23 “Send me anything with addresses beginning 199.31.0.0/16” ISPs-R-Us Network Layer

Hierarchical addressing: more specific routes ISPs-R-Us has a more specific route to Organization 1 Organization 0 200.23.16.0/23 “Send me anything with addresses beginning 200.23.16.0/20” Organization 2 200.23.20.0/23 . Fly-By-Night-ISP . Internet Organization 7 200.23.30.0/23 “Send me anything with addresses beginning 199.31.0.0/16 or 200.23.18.0/23” ISPs-R-Us Organization 1 200.23.18.0/23 Remember router’s longest matching principle Network Layer

IP addressing: the last word... Q: How does an ISP get block of addresses? A: ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers allocates addresses manages DNS assigns domain names, resolves disputes Network Layer

NAT: Network Address Translation rest of Internet local network (e.g., home network) 10.0.0/24 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.4 10.0.0.2 138.76.29.7 10.0.0.3 All datagrams leaving local network have same single source NAT IP address: 138.76.29.7, different source port numbers Datagrams with source or destination in this network have 10.0.0/24 address for source, destination (as usual) Network Layer

NAT: Network Address Translation Motivation: local network uses just one IP address as far as outside world is concerned: no need to be allocated range of addresses from ISP: - just one IP address is used for all devices devices inside local net not explicitly addressable, visible by outside world (a security plus) Cannot be scanned or infected by worm or attackers outside Internet Network Layer

NAT: Network Address Translation Implementation: NAT router must: outgoing datagrams: replace (source IP address, port #) of every outgoing datagram to (NAT IP address, new port #) . . . remote clients/servers will respond using (NAT IP address, new port #) as destination addr. remember (in NAT translation table) every (source IP address, port #) to (NAT IP address, new port #) translation pair incoming datagrams: replace (NAT IP address, new port #) in dest fields of every incoming datagram with corresponding (source IP address, port #) stored in NAT table Network Layer

NAT: Network Address Translation NAT translation table WAN side addr LAN side addr 1: host 10.0.0.1 sends datagram to 128.119.40.186, 80 2: NAT router changes datagram source addr from 10.0.0.1, 3345 to 138.76.29.7, 5001, updates table 138.76.29.7, 5001 10.0.0.1, 3345 …… …… S: 10.0.0.1, 3345 D: 128.119.40.186, 80 1 10.0.0.1 S: 128.119.40.186, 80 D: 10.0.0.1, 3345 4 S: 138.76.29.7, 5001 D: 128.119.40.186, 80 2 10.0.0.4 10.0.0.2 138.76.29.7 S: 128.119.40.186, 80 D: 138.76.29.7, 5001 3 10.0.0.3 4: NAT router changes datagram dest addr from 138.76.29.7, 5001 to 10.0.0.1, 3345 3: Reply arrives dest. address: 138.76.29.7, 5001 Network Layer

NAT: Network Address Translation 16-bit port-number field: 60,000 simultaneous connections with a single LAN-side address! NAT is controversial: violates end-to-end argument Internal computers not visible to outside Outside hosts have trouble to request service from local computers, e.g., P2P, video conference, web hosting. address shortage should instead be solved by IPv6 Network Layer