WAN Wide Area Networks
Review: zCapacity Allocation: phone system zBandwidth Allocation: data systems
WAN Access Network
WAN zIntercommunication over public networks zTypically slower and more expensive than backbone or LAN
Connections zConnection Oriented Circuits Have a mechanism to confirm delivery and assure that packets are processed in order xCircuits xPacket Assembly Devices zNon-Connection Oriented Circuits yDeliver packets individually without regard to message sequence
Wan Resources zBandwidth zAccess zTechnology
Bandwidth Total transport capacity
North American Digital Hierarchy zT Kbps64 Kbps zT Mbps24xT0 zT Mbps96xT0 zT Mbps672xT0 zT Mbps4032xT0
Multiplexing and Wide Area Communication VOICE STREAM WAN LINK MUX
Multiplexing and Wide Area Communication DATA STREAM A WAN LINK DATA STREAM B MUX
Node Functions zMessage forwarding zError detection and correction zTraffic management
CSU/DSU: Digital Service Unit/Channel Service Unit
Access Methods of controlling the WAN traffic
Traffic Management zAccess Control zBuffering zPacket Discard
Circuits vs Packets Circuits Switched xpath xsetup and teardown Permanent Packets datagram
Switches zCut-through switch zStore-and-forward switch
Switches (Store & Forward) Input Buffer Proces- sor Output Buffer H To D Table of Addresses Input Buffer Output Buffer From A H H
Routers Input Buffer Proces- sor Output Buffer From AFrom B To CTo D Table of Addresses Input Buffer Output Buffer
Router Functions Layer 1, 2, and 3 functions yPacket passing xError correction yMessage routing xIncluding circuit definition yProtocol translation yFirewall functions
Circuit Logic Source Destination Setup Message & ACK’s Teardown
Datagram Logic Packet n Packet 1Packet 2
Technologies Common WAN technologies.
X.25 zOlder protocol for using packet switched data zOperates up to 56.6 Kbps zSwitched virtual circuit zPAD
TCP/IP zBest Effort zAddressing zIPv4 vs IPv6 zFrame and Header
TCP/IP
OSI and TCP/IP 7. Application 6. Presentation 5. Session 4. Transport 3. Network 2. Data link 1. Physical OSITCP/IP Process & Application Host to host (TCP) Internet (IP) Network access
Datagram Routing zBest effort zError Control zTraffic Management
IP Header (Layer 3)
TCP Header
IP Addressing z32 bits (4 bytes) yNetwork address + yHost address zClasses yA:126 nets, 3 bytes of client addresses yB:2 bytes of client addresses (e.g. OU) yC:1 byte of client addresses (256)
ISDN
Frame Relay zFrames relayed without reconstruction zEnd to end error control using CRC error detection at layer 3 level zVariable packet size zVirtual circuit (usually permanent) zMultiple data rates yCommitted Data Rate yPeak data rate (discard eligible)
ATM
ATM Traffic Classes zType 1Constant Bit Rate zType 2Variable Bit Rate zType 3 zType 4 zType 5IP Traffic
ATM
SNA zConnection Oriented zCentrally Managed
WAN Costs zCircuit Charges zCommitted Bandwidth zPeak Bandwidth zDiscard Priority zLatency
WAN