Network Layer4-1 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing

Network Layer4-2 Network layer r transport segment from sending to receiving host r on sending side encapsulates segments into datagrams r on rcving side, delivers segments to transport layer r network layer protocols in every host, router r Router examines header fields in all IP datagrams passing through it network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical network data link physical application transport network data link physical application transport network data link physical

Network Layer4-3 Key Network-Layer Functions r forwarding: move packets from router’s input to appropriate router output r routing: determine route taken by packets from source to dest. m Routing algorithms analogy: r routing: process of planning trip from source to dest r forwarding: process of getting through single interchange

Network Layer value in arriving packet’s header routing algorithm local forwarding table header value output link OUT? Interplay between routing and forwarding

Network Layer4-5 OUT? Connection setup r 3 rd important function in some network architectures: m ATM, frame relay, X.25 r Before datagrams flow, two hosts and intervening routers establish virtual connection m Routers get involved r Network and transport layer cnctn service: m Network: between two hosts m Transport: between two processes

Network Layer4-6 OUT? Network service model Q: What service model for “channel” transporting datagrams from sender to rcvr? Example services for individual datagrams: r guaranteed delivery r Guaranteed delivery with less than 40 msec delay Example services for a flow of datagrams: r In-order datagram delivery r Guaranteed minimum bandwidth to flow r Restrictions on changes in inter- packet spacing

Network Layer4-7 OUT? Network layer service models: Network Architecture Internet ATM Service Model best effort CBR VBR ABR UBR Bandwidth none constant rate guaranteed rate guaranteed minimum none Loss no yes no Order no yes Timing no yes no Congestion feedback no (inferred via loss) no congestion no congestion yes no Guarantees ?

Network Layer4-8 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing

Network Layer4-9 Network layer connection and connection-less service r Datagram network provides network-layer connectionless service r VC network provides network-layer connection service r Analogous to the transport-layer services, but: m Service: host-to-host m No choice: network provides one or the other m Implementation: in the core

Network Layer4-10 Virtual circuits r call setup, teardown for each call before data can flow r each packet carries VC identifier (not destination host address) r every router on source-dest path maintains “state” for each passing connection r link, router resources (bandwidth, buffers) may be allocated to VC “source-to-dest path behaves much like telephone circuit” m performance-wise m network actions along source-to-dest path

Network Layer4-11 VC implementation A VC consists of: 1. Path from source to destination 2. VC numbers, one number for each link along path 3. Entries in forwarding tables in routers along path r Packet belonging to VC carries a VC number. r VC number must be changed on each link. m New VC number comes from forwarding table

Network Layer4-12 Forwarding table VC number interface number Incoming interface Incoming VC # Outgoing interface Outgoing VC # … … Forwarding table in northwest router: Routers maintain connection state information!

Network Layer4-13 Virtual circuits: signaling protocols r used to setup, maintain teardown VC r used in ATM, frame-relay, X.25 r not used in today’s Internet application transport network data link physical application transport network data link physical 1. Initiate call 2. incoming call 3. Accept call 4. Call connected 5. Data flow begins 6. Receive data

Network Layer4-14 Datagram networks r no call setup at network layer r routers: no state about end-to-end connections m no network-level concept of “connection” r packets forwarded using destination host address m 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 Layer4-15 OUT? Forwarding table Destination Address Range Link Interface through through through otherwise 3 4 billion possible entries

Network Layer4-16 OUT? Longest prefix matching Prefix Match Link Interface otherwise 3 DA: Examples DA: Which interface?

Network Layer4-17 Datagram or VC network: why? Internet r data exchange among computers m “elastic” service, no strict timing req. r “smart” end systems (computers) m can adapt, perform control, error recovery m simple inside network, complexity at “edge” r many link types m different characteristics m uniform service difficult ATM r evolved from telephony r human conversation: m strict timing, reliability requirements m need for guaranteed service r “dumb” end systems m telephones m complexity inside network

Network Layer4-18 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing

Network Layer value in arriving packet’s header routing algorithm local forwarding table header value output link OUT? Interplay between routing and forwarding

Network Layer4-20 u y x wv z Graph: G = (N,E) N = set of routers = { u, v, w, x, y, z } E = set of links ={ (u,v), (u,x), (v,x), (v,w), (x,w), (x,y), (w,y), (w,z), (y,z) } Graph abstraction Remark: Graph abstraction is useful in other network contexts Example: P2P, where N is set of peers and E is set of TCP connections

Network Layer4-21 Graph abstraction: costs u y x wv z c(x,x’) = cost of link (x,x’) - e.g., c(w,z) = 5 cost could always be 1, or inversely related to bandwidth, or inversely related to congestion Cost of path (x 1, x 2, x 3,…, x p ) = c(x 1,x 2 ) + c(x 2,x 3 ) + … + c(x p-1,x p ) Question: What’s the least-cost path between u and z ? Routing algorithm: algorithm that finds least-cost path

Network Layer4-22 Routing Algorithm classification Global or decentralized information? Global: r all routers have complete topology, link cost info r “link state” algorithms Decentralized: r router knows physically- connected neighbors, link costs to neighbors r iterative process of computation, exchange of info with neighbors r “distance vector” algorithms Static or dynamic? Static: r routes change slowly over time Dynamic: r routes change more quickly m periodic update m in response to link cost changes

Network Layer4-23 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.3 What’s inside a router r 4.4 IP: Internet Protocol m Datagram format m IPv4 addressing m ICMP m IPv6 r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing r 4.6 Routing in the Internet m RIP m OSPF m BGP r 4.7 Broadcast and multicast routing

Network Layer4-24 A Link-State Routing Algorithm Dijkstra’s algorithm r net topology, link costs known to all nodes m accomplished via “link state broadcast” m all nodes have same info r computes least cost paths from one node (‘source”) to all other nodes m gives forwarding table for that node r iterative: after k iterations, know least cost path to k dest.’s Notation:  c(x,y): link cost from node x to y; = ∞ if not direct neighbors  D(v): current value of cost of path from source to dest. v  p(v): predecessor node along path from source to v  N': set of nodes whose least cost path definitively known

Network Layer4-25 Dijsktra’s Algorithm 1 Initialization: 2 N' = {u} 3 for all nodes v 4 if v adjacent to u 5 then D(v) = c(u,v) 6 else D(v) = ∞ 7 8 Loop 9 find w not in N' such that D(w) is a minimum 10 add w to N' 11 update D(v) for all v adjacent to w and not in N' : 12 D(v) = min( D(v), D(w) + c(w,v) ) 13 /* new cost to v is either old cost to v or known 14 shortest path cost to w plus cost from w to v */ 15 until all nodes in N'

Network Layer4-26 Dijkstra’s algorithm: example Step N' u ux uxy uxyv uxyvw uxyvwz D(v),p(v) 2,u D(w),p(w) 5,u 4,x 3,y D(x),p(x) 1,u D(y),p(y) ∞ 2,x D(z),p(z) ∞ 4,y u y x wv z

Network Layer4-27 Dijkstra’s algorithm, discussion Algorithm complexity: n nodes r each iteration: need to check all nodes, w, not in N r n(n+1)/2 comparisons: O(n 2 ) r more efficient implementations possible: O(nlogn) Oscillations possible: r e.g., link cost = amount of carried traffic A D C B 1 1+e e 0 e A D C B 2+e e 1 A D C B 0 2+e 1+e A D C B 2+e 0 e 0 1+e 1 initially … recompute routing … recompute

Network Layer4-28 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing

Network Layer4-29 Distance Vector Algorithm (1) Bellman-Ford Equation (dynamic programming) Define d x (y) := cost of least-cost path from x to y Then d x (y) = min {c(x,v) + d v (y) } where min is taken over all neighbors of x

Network Layer4-30 Bellman-Ford example (2) u y x wv z Clearly, d v (z) = 5, d x (z) = 3, d w (z) = 3 d u (z) = min { c(u,v) + d v (z), c(u,x) + d x (z), c(u,w) + d w (z) } = min {2 + 5, 1 + 3, 5 + 3} = 4 Node that achieves minimum is next hop in shortest path ➜ forwarding table B-F equation says:

Network Layer4-31 Distance Vector Algorithm (3) r D x (y) = estimate of least cost from x to y r Distance vector: D x = [D x (y): y є N ] r Node x knows cost to each neighbor v: c(x,v) r Node x maintains D x = [D x (y): y є N ] r Node x also maintains its neighbors’ distance vectors m For each neighbor v, x maintains D v = [D v (y): y є N ]

Network Layer4-32 Distance vector algorithm (4) Basic idea: r Each node periodically sends its own distance vector estimate to neighbors r When node a node x receives new DV estimate from neighbor, it updates its own DV using B-F equation: D x (y) ← min v {c(x,v) + D v (y)} for each node y ∊ N  Under minor, natural conditions, the estimate D x (y) converge the actual least cost d x (y)

Network Layer4-33 Distance Vector Algorithm (5) Iterative, asynchronous: each local iteration caused by: r local link cost change r DV update message from neighbor Distributed: r each node notifies neighbors only when its DV changes m neighbors then notify their neighbors if necessary wait for (change in local link cost of msg from neighbor) recompute estimates if DV to any dest has changed, notify neighbors Each node:

Network Layer4-34 x y z x y z ∞∞∞ ∞∞∞ from cost to from x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z ∞∞ ∞∞∞ cost to x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z from cost to x y z x y z ∞∞∞ 710 cost to ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ time x z y node x table node y table node z table D x (y) = min{c(x,y) + D y (y), c(x,z) + D z (y)} = min{2+0, 7+1} = 2 D x (z) = min{c(x,y) + D y (z), c(x,z) + D z (z)} = min{2+1, 7+0} = 3

Network Layer4-35 Distance Vector: link cost changes Link cost changes: r node detects local link cost change r updates routing info, recalculates distance vector r if DV changes, notify neighbors “good news travels fast” x z y 1 At time t 0, y detects the link-cost change, updates its DV, and informs its neighbors. At time t 1, z receives the update from y and updates its table. It computes a new least cost to x and sends its neighbors its DV. At time t 2, y receives z’s update and updates its distance table. y’s least costs do not change and hence y does not send any message to z.

Network Layer4-36 Distance Vector: link cost changes Link cost changes: r good news travels fast r bad news travels slow - “count to infinity” problem! r 44 iterations before algorithm stabilizes: see text Poissoned reverse: r If Z routes through Y to get to X : m Z tells Y its (Z’s) distance to X is infinite (so Y won’t route to X via Z) r will this completely solve count to infinity problem? x z y 60

Network Layer4-37 Comparison of LS and DV algorithms Message complexity r LS: with n nodes, E links, O(nE) msgs sent r DV: exchange between neighbors only m convergence time varies Speed of Convergence r LS: O(n 2 ) algorithm requires O(nE) msgs m may have oscillations r DV: convergence time varies m may be routing loops m count-to-infinity problem Robustness: what happens if router malfunctions? LS: m node can advertise incorrect link cost m each node computes only its own table DV: m DV node can advertise incorrect path cost m each node’s table used by others error propagate thru network

Network Layer4-38 Chapter 4: Network Layer r 4. 1 Introduction r 4.2 Virtual circuit and datagram networks r 4.5 Routing algorithms m Link state m Distance Vector m Hierarchical routing

Network Layer4-39 MOVE THIS AT THE END OF C2 -> OSPF, BGP… Hierarchical Routing scale: with 200 million destinations: r can’t store all dest’s in routing tables! r routing table exchange would swamp links! administrative autonomy r internet = network of networks r each network admin may want to control routing in its own network Our routing study thus far - idealization r all routers identical r network “flat” … not true in practice

Network Layer4-40 Hierarchical Routing r aggregate routers into regions, “autonomous systems” (AS) r routers in same AS run same routing protocol m “intra-AS” routing protocol m routers in different AS can run different intra- AS routing protocol Gateway router r Direct link to router in another AS

Network Layer4-41 3b 1d 3a 1c 2a AS3 AS1 AS2 1a 2c 2b 1b Intra-AS Routing algorithm Inter-AS Routing algorithm Forwarding table 3c Interconnected ASes r Forwarding table is configured by both intra- and inter-AS routing algorithm m Intra-AS sets entries for internal dests m Inter-AS & Intra-As sets entries for external dests

Network Layer4-42 3b 1d 3a 1c 2a AS3 AS1 AS2 1a 2c 2b 1b 3c Inter-AS tasks r Suppose router in AS1 receives datagram for which dest is outside of AS1 m Router should forward packet towards on of the gateway routers, but which one? AS1 needs: 1. to learn which dests are reachable through AS2 and which through AS3 2. to propagate this reachability info to all routers in AS1 Job of inter-AS routing!

Network Layer4-43 Example: Setting forwarding table in router 1d r Suppose AS1 learns from the inter-AS protocol that subnet x is reachable from AS3 (gateway 1c) but not from AS2. r Inter-AS protocol propagates reachability info to all internal routers. r Router 1d determines from intra-AS routing info that its interface I is on the least cost path to 1c. r Puts in forwarding table entry (x,I).

Network Layer4-44 Learn from inter-AS protocol that subnet x is reachable via multiple gateways Use routing info from intra-AS protocol to determine costs of least-cost paths to each of the gateways Hot potato routing: Choose the gateway that has the smallest least cost Determine from forwarding table the interface I that leads to least-cost gateway. Enter (x,I) in forwarding table Example: Choosing among multiple ASes r Now suppose AS1 learns from the inter-AS protocol that subnet x is reachable from AS3 and from AS2. r To configure forwarding table, router 1d must determine towards which gateway it should forward packets for dest x. r This is also the job on inter-AS routing protocol! r Hot potato routing: send packet towards closest of two routers.