1. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 1 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Networks, Internet & WWW  Reading Materials:  Ch 7 of [SG3]  Additional Notes: (from web-site)  Contents:  Motivation for Networks  Types of Networks and Their Structure  Communication Protocols – routing info  Network Services / Applications  Internet and WWW

2. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 2 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Networks, Internet, WWW  Context so far…  Use algorithm to solve problem  Database used to organize massive data  Algorithms implemented using hardware Educational Goals for this Chapter:  The computer as a tool for  Communication and Collaboration  Information Sharing  Resource Sharing  Shared Services

3. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 3 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Introduction to Computer Network  What is a Computer Network  Computers connected together  Why: Share information and resources  What kind of information u data files (pictures, videos, audio), programs u movies, tv and radio signals  What kind of services u a shared printer u a shared software application

4. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 4 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Basic Networking Concepts  A Computer Network  A set of independent computer systems u connected by telecommunication links  Purpose: u sharing information and resources  Nodes, hosts, or end systems u individual computers on a network

5. The Ever-changing Internet Different colors based on IP address http://research.lumeta.com/ches/map

6. What is the Internet? WWW WWW Video conferencing Video conferencing ftp ftp telnet telnet Email Email Instant messaging Instant messaging …

7. What is the Internet? WWW WWW Video conferencing Video conferencing ftp ftp telnet telnet Email Email Instant messaging Instant messaging … A communication infrastructure Usefulness is in exchanging information

8. “On-line interactive communities... will be communities not of common location, but of common interest.... the total number of users...will be large enough to support extensive general purpose [computers]. All of these will be interconnected by telecommunications channels... [to] constitute a labile network of networks--ever changing in both content and configuration.” J. C. R. Licklider

9. Communicating Via the Internet

10. Bits and Bytes Computer Data is stored in Binary Computer Data is stored in Binary Binary Digits (bits) Base 2 representation Binary Digits (bits) Base 2 representation 1011 1000 0110 1010 Every 8 bits == 1 Byte Every 8 bits == 1 Byte 1011 1000 0110 1010 (2 bytes (once known as octet)) Hexadecimal == Base 16 representation Hexadecimal == Base 16 representation 1011 1000 0110 1010 B 8 6 A B 8 6 A Decimal == Base 10 (we have 10 fingers) Decimal == Base 10 (we have 10 fingers) 0...9, A = 10, B= 11, C = 12, D = 13, E = 14, F = 15

11. Bits and Bytes Kilobyte (2^10 bytes, 10^3 bytes in networking) Kilobyte (2^10 bytes, 10^3 bytes in networking) Megabyte (2^20 bytes, 10^6 in Networking) Megabyte (2^20 bytes, 10^6 in Networking) Gigabyte (2^30 bytes, 10^9 in Networking) Gigabyte (2^30 bytes, 10^9 in Networking) Terabyte (2^40, 10^12) Terabyte (2^40, 10^12) Petabyte (2^50, 10^15) Petabyte (2^50, 10^15)

12. Latency Latency How long minimum communication takes in seconds (s) How long minimum communication takes in seconds (s) Round trip vs. single trip Round trip vs. single trip More difficult to overcome than bandwidth More difficult to overcome than bandwidth Bandwidth Bandwidth Number of bits per time unit usually seconds (bps) Number of bits per time unit usually seconds (bps) Performance: Latency and Bandwidth bandwidth latency link

13. Any-to-Any Communication n 2 Network Effect (Metcalfe’s Law) n 2 Network Effect (Metcalfe’s Law) Total utility of system proportional to n 2 Total utility of system proportional to n 2 Think about Orkut, MSN Messenger Think about Orkut, MSN Messenger

14. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 14 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai A Brief History of the Internet and the World Wide Web: The Internet  August 1962: First proposal for building a computer network  Made by J. C. R. Licklider of MIT  ARPANET  Built by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the 1960s  Grew quickly during the early 1970s

15. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 15 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai The Internet (continued)  NSFNet: A national network built by the National Science Foundation (NSF)  October 24, 1995: Formal acceptance of the term Internet  Internet service providers start offering Internet access once provided by the ARPANET and NSFNet

16. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 16 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.20 State of Networking in the Late 1980s

17. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 17 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai The World Wide Web  Development completed in May 1991  Designed and built by Tim Berners-Lee  Components  Hypertext u A collection of documents interconnected by pointers called links  URL (Uniform Resource Locator) u The worldwide identification of a Web page located on a specific host computer

18. Where Did It Come From? It was invented by Al Gore. JUST KIDDING! It was invented by Al Gore. JUST KIDDING! Early 1960’s - DARPA (ARPA in 1960’s) project headed by Licklider Early 1960’s - DARPA (ARPA in 1960’s) project headed by Licklider Late 1960’s - ARPANET & research on packet switching by Roberts Late 1960’s - ARPANET & research on packet switching by Roberts First node installed by BBN at UCLA in September 1969 First node installed by BBN at UCLA in September 1969 1969 - Four host computers (UCLA, SRI, UCSB, University of Utah) 1969 - Four host computers (UCLA, SRI, UCSB, University of Utah) Get more info at: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/ http://www.packet.cc/internet.html

19. ARPANET, 1980 http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_001/

20. History of the Internet Stage 1 DARPAExperiment,operation Stage 2 Enterprise Internets, R&A scaling Stage 3 Universality Internet Hosts 1992-Internet Society created 1986-NSFNet created 1984-DNS created, DARPA divests Internet Jan 1983 -ARPANet adopts TCP/IP, CSNet created, first real Internet begins 1989-first public commercial Internets created 1981-Bitnet created 1995-NSFNet ceases, non-USA nets >50% Kahn poses internet challenge 2Q 73 Cerf-Kahn sketch gateway and TCP in 2Q 1973 Cerf-Kahn paper published May 1974 Cerf team full spec - Dec 1974 Kahn poses internet challenge 2Q 73 Cerf-Kahn sketch gateway and TCP in 2Q 1973 Cerf-Kahn paper published May 1974 Cerf team full spec - Dec 1974 ARPANet 1990-ARPANet ceases copyright © 1995 A.M.Rutkowski & Internet Society

21. History of the Internet 1969 - RFCs begun by S. Crocker (http://rfc.sunsite.dk/) 1969 - RFCs begun by S. Crocker (http://rfc.sunsite.dk/) 1972 - Email by Ray Tomlinson & Larry Roberts 1972 - Email by Ray Tomlinson & Larry Roberts 1970’s - TCP by Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn 1970’s - TCP by Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn Evolved into TCP/IP, and UDP Evolved into TCP/IP, and UDP 1980s – Hardware Explosion (LANs, PCs, and workstations) 1980s – Hardware Explosion (LANs, PCs, and workstations) 1983 – Ethernet by Metcalfe 1983 – Ethernet by Metcalfe DNS – Distributed and scalable mechanism for resolving host names into IP addresses DNS – Distributed and scalable mechanism for resolving host names into IP addresses UC Berkeley implements TCP/IP into Unix BSD UC Berkeley implements TCP/IP into Unix BSD 1985 – Internet used by researchers and developers 1985 – Internet used by researchers and developers

22. History of the Internet Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989 Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989 Proposal for WWW in 1990 Proposal for WWW in 1990 First web page on November 13, 1990 First web page on November 13, 1990 Hypertext - Text that contains links to other text. Hypertext - Text that contains links to other text. Ted Nelson’s Xanadu Ted Nelson’s Xanadu Vannevar Bush’s Memex Vannevar Bush’s Memex(http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm) W3C W3C Get more info at: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/

23. Babel Internet consists of many different types of networks Ethernet Token ring Different types of operating systems and other software How do they work together? Standards

24. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 24 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai The Basic Communication Link  Dial-up telephone line,  A circuit is temporarily established ubetween caller and callee  Analog medium (analog signals)  Requires modem at both ends to transmit information produced by a computer uComputer produces digital information

25. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 25 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.1 Two Forms of Information Representation Analog vs Digital Signals

26. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 26 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.2: Modulation of a Carrier to Encode Binary Information Analog  Digital Conversion

27. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 27 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai The Communication Link (cont…)  Dial-up phone links  Transmission rate: 56 Kbps  Broadband  Transmission rate: > 256 Kbps Home Use: * DSL * Cable modem Office & Commercial Use: * Ethernet * Fast Ethernet * Gigabit Ethernet

28. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 28 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.3: Transmission Time of an Image at Different Transmission Speeds Comparison of Transmission Speed

29. TCP/IP Executive Summary

30. Divide Work into Layers 0 1 0 1 0 b a physically encode bits on “wire” physically encode bits on “wire” connect segments, address (locating points on graph) and route (navigating graph) connect segments, address (locating points on graph) and route (navigating graph) make network simple and reliable make network simple and reliable

31. Sending Data Along Wires Connection-oriented Connection-oriented Circuit switched Circuit switched Persistent connection set up between sender and receiver Persistent connection set up between sender and receiver Example: telephone system Example: telephone system Connectionless Connectionless Packet switched Packet switched Data partitioned into packets and Data partitioned into packets and sent individually from sender to receiver sent individually from sender to receiver Reassembled at receiver Reassembled at receiver

32. Comparison of Switching Technologies Circuit switched Advantages Advantages Only route once Only route once Latency and bandwidth constant Latency and bandwidth constant Disadvantages Disadvantages Idle resources unavailable for other connections Idle resources unavailable for other connections Large setup time Large setup time Single point of failure Single point of failure Distributed state Distributed state Packet switched Advantages Efficient use of wires Small startup overhead Disadvantages Route each packet Per packet overhead Bursty

33. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 33 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Communication Links (continued)  Wireless Data Communication  Uses radio-wave, microwave, infrared  Enables “mobile computing”  Two types: u Wireless Local Access Network u Wireless Wide-area Access Network

34. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 34 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Local Area Networks  Local Area Networks (LAN)  Used to connects computers in a small area (say, in a building)  Common LAN topologies

35. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 35 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Local Area Networks (cont…)  Most commonly wired by Ethernet  Using bus topology  Two ways to wire-up an Ethernet LAN Hub Shared Cable

36. Ethernet Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC Used for local area networks (LANs) Used for local area networks (LANs) Physically near one another Physically near one another 200 computers within 100 meters 200 computers within 100 meters Broadcast medium Broadcast medium Single wire connects all computers Single wire connects all computers Each computer has unique 48-bit MAC address Each computer has unique 48-bit MAC address All computers constantly listen All computers constantly listen “Carrier Sense, Multiple Access with Collision Detect” “Carrier Sense, Multiple Access with Collision Detect” Sender waits until wire unused before sending Sender waits until wire unused before sending If hears collision, stops, waits random time, retransmits If hears collision, stops, waits random time, retransmits

37. Ethernet

38. Ethernet Variations

39. Ethernet Properties Shared Shared Distributed (not Centralized) Distributed (not Centralized) Insecure Insecure Unpredictable Latency & Bandwidth Unpredictable Latency & Bandwidth But it works! But it works! Under light load (<30%), appears to be point-to- point Under light load (<30%), appears to be point-to- point

40. Alternative to Ethernet: Token Ring Alternative introduced by IBM (1980s) Alternative introduced by IBM (1980s) “Passing the Conch Shell” “Passing the Conch Shell”

41. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 41 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Wide Area Networks  To connect across town, country, ocean  Dedicated point-to-point lines  Expensive.  By major service providers (SP)  Users buy services from SP  Uses different protocol:  Store-and-forward, packet-switched tech.

42. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 42 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Wide Area Networks  To connect across town, country, ocean Figure 7.7: Typical Structure of a Wide Area Network

43. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 43 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Overall Structure of the Internet  All real-world networks, including the Internet, are a mix of LANs and WANs  Example: A company or a college u One or more LANs connecting its local computers uIndividual LANs interconnected into a wide- area company network

44. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 44 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Structure of Large Network  Large networks contains hybrid… Figure 7.8(a): Structure of a Typical Company Network

45. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 45 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.8(b): Structure of a Network Using an ISP

46. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 46 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.8(c): Hierarchy of Internet Service Providers

47. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 47 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Overall Structure of the Internet (cont…)  Internet Service Provider (ISP)  A wide-area network  Provides a pathway from a specific network to other networks, or from an individual’s computer to other networks  ISPs are hierarchical  Interconnect to each other in multiple layers to provide greater geographical coverage

48. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 48 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Overall Structure of the Internet  Internet  A huge interconnected “network of networks”  Includes nodes, LANs, WANs, bridges, routers, and multiple levels of ISPs  Early 2003 u170 million nodes (hosts) uHundreds of thousands of separate networks located in over 225 countries

49. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 49 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Communication Protocols  A protocol  A mutually agreed upon set of rules, conventions, and agreements for the efficient and orderly exchange of information  TCP/IP  The Internet protocol hierarchy  Governs the operation of the Internet  Five layers

50. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 50 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.10 The Five-Layer TCP/IP Internet Protocol Hierarchy

51. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 51 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Physical Layer  Protocols govern the exchange of binary digits across a physical communication channel  Goal: Create a bit pipe between two computers

52. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 52 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Data Link Layer  Protocols carry out  Error handling  Framing  Creates an error-free message pipe  Composed of two services  Layer 2a: Medium access control  Layer 2b: Logical link control

53. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 53 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Data Link Layer (continued)  Medium access control protocols  Determine how to arbitrate ownership of a shared line when multiple nodes want to send at the same time  Logical link control protocols  Ensure that a message traveling across a channel from source to destination arrives correctly

54. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 54 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Network Layer  Delivers a message from the site where it was created to its ultimate destination  Critical responsibilities  Create a universal addressing scheme for all network nodes  Deliver messages between any two nodes in the network

55. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 55 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Network Layer (continued)  Provides a true network delivery service  Messages are delivered between any two nodes in the network, regardless of where they are located  IP (Internet Protocol) layer  Network layer in the Internet

56. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 56 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Transport Layer  Provides a high-quality, error-free, order- preserving, end-to-end delivery service  TCP (Transport Control Protocol)  Primary transport protocol on the Internet  Requires the source and destination programs to initially establish a connection

57. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 57 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.15: Logical View of a TCP Connection

58. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 58 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Application Layer  Implements the end-user services provided by a network  There are many application protocols  HTTP  SMTP  POP3  IMAP  FTP

59. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 59 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.16: Some Popular Application Protocols on the Internet

60. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 60 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Application Layer (continued)  Uniform Resource Locator (URL)  A symbolic string that identifies a Web page  Form protocol://host address/page  The most common Web page format is hypertext information uAccessed using the HTTP protocol

61. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 61 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Network Services and Benefits  Services offered by computer networks  Electronic mail (email)  Bulletin boards  News groups  Chat rooms  Resource sharing uPhysical resources uLogical resources

62. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 62 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Network Services and Benefits …  Services offered by computer networks  Client-server computing  Information sharing  Information utility  Electronic commerce (e-commerce)

63. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 63 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Figure 7.21 Hypertext Documents WWW and Hypertext documents

64. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 64 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai WWW – web-pages  Web-pages are documents  similar to any other document, but  written in special “web-languages” uhtml (hypertext markup language) uxml (extensible markup language)  Allows text, pictures, formatting, etc  More sophisticated web-pages  Dynamic pages (dhtml)  Allows “programming” uPages with forms, questionnaires, etc uLanguages: cgi, perl, jsp, asp, etc…

65. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 65 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai WWW – continued…  Tools for Creating Web-Pages  Back to basics (eg: UIT2201 pages)  Frontpage, Dreamweaver, etc, etc  Web-Sites  Individual Servers  Web-Hosting Servers  Web Applications  Forms, registration, etc  ASP (Application Service Providers)

66. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 66 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Summary  Computer network: A set of independent computer systems connected by telecommunication links  Options for transmitting data on a network: Dial-up telephone lines, DSL, cable modem, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet  Types of networks: Local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN)

67. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 67 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Summary (continued)  The Internet is a huge interconnected "network of networks"  TCP/IP is the Internet protocol hierarchy, composed of five layers: physical, data link, network, transport, and application  The World Wide Web is an information system based on the concept of hypertext

68. Hon Wai Leong, NUS (UIT2201, Networks) Page 68 Copyright © 2007 by Leong Hon Wai Thank you.