TCP/IP Reference Model
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Sending a Letter
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Comparison between OSI and
TCP/IP
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TCP/IP Reference Model
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Internet protocol stack
application: supporting network applications
ftp, smtp, http application
transport: host-host data transfer
tcp, udp transport
network: routing of datagrams from source
to destination network
ip, routing protocols
link: data transfer between neighboring link
network elements
ppp, ethernet physical
physical: bits “on the wire”
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Peer to Peer Process
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An Exchange Using TCP/IP
Reference Model
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TCP/IP Layers
• Physical Layer: Concerned with
transmitting bits over a communication
channel.
– Issues largely deal with electrical and
procedural interface to the physical
transmission medium.
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Physical Layer
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The physical layer is responsible for
transmitting individual bits from one
node to the next.
¾Define the characteristics of the interface between the
devices and the transmission media
¾Encode bits into signals and decode signals to get bits
¾Define transmission rate, which must be the same for both
sender and receiver
¾Synchronize clocks
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TCP/IP Layers
• Data Link Layer: Concerned with
transforming the raw physical layer into a
`link' for the higher layer.
– Issues largely deal with framing, error
detection/correction and multiple access.
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Data Link Layer
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The data link layer is responsible for
transmitting frames from
one node to the next.
¾Framing: divide the data stream into manageable data units called
“frames”
¾Physical addressing: insert the physical address of the next node
into frame’s header
¾Flow control: prevent overflow at receiver
¾Error control: make sure that frames are correctly received
¾Access control: make sure that there is no link access conflict
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Node-to-Node Delivery
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Example
A node with physical address 10 sends a frame to a node with physical address
87. The two nodes are connected by a link. At the data link level this frame
contains physical addresses in the header. These are the only addresses needed.
The rest of the header contains other information needed at this level. The trailer
usually contains extra bits needed for error detection
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TCP/IP Layers
• Physical and data link
– None defined, uses whatever machine connected to
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TCP/IP Layers
• Internet Layer: Concerned with addressing
and routing of packets.
– Issues largely deal with addressing,
subnetting and route determination.
• Internet Layer
– IP
• Unreliable, connectionless, best effort
• Datagrams routed independently
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Network Layer
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The network layer is responsible for
the delivery of packets from the
original source to the
final destination.
¾Logical addressing: e.g., IP addresses
¾Routing: how to get to the destination?
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Source-to-Destination Delivery
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Example
• We want to send data from a node
with network address A and
physical address 10, located on
one LAN, to a node with a
network address P and physical
address 95, located on another
LAN. Because the two devices are
located on different networks, we
cannot use physical addresses
only; the physical addresses only
have local jurisdiction. What we
need here are universal addresses
that can pass through the LAN
boundaries. The network (logical)
addresses have this characteristic.
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TCP/IP Layers
• Transport Layer: Concerned with end-to-
end connection characteristics.
– Issues largely deal with retransmissions,
sequencing and congestion control.
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TCP/IP Layers
• Transport layer
– TCP
• Adds connection multiplexing, in-order, reliable,
stream with flow control
• Send segments
– UDP
• Adds connection multiplexing to IP
• Client/server
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Transport Layer
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The transport layer is responsible for
delivery of a message from one
process to another.
¾Port addressing: A process is associated with a “port”
¾Segmentation and reassembly: Application data are
divided into segments
¾Connection control: connection-less or connection-
oriented?
¾Flow control
¾Error control
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Reliable Process-to-Process Delivery
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Example
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TCP/IP Layers
• Application Layer: Concerned with
“application” protocols.
– Issues largely deal with providing
services to users and application
developers.
• Application layer
– Combines OSI’s application, presentation, and
session layers
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Application Layer
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The application layer is responsible
for providing services to the user.
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Summary of Layers
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TCP/IP Layers
• Multiple levels of addresses
– Applications: port number, machine name
– LAN: IP address
– Machine: physical
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Physical Address
• For one LAN
• Example: IEEE 802.3
– 48 bits
– First 24 are manufacturer-specific
– Has unicast, multicast, and broadcast
addressing
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Internet Address
• IPv4: 32 bits
• IPv6: 128 bits
• Virtual as no physical hardware based on IP
addresses
• Has unicast, multicast, and broadcast
addresses
• Routable
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Ports
• 16-bit number in TCP and UDP header
• A Socket is the triple: IP address, port
number, and TCP or UDP
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Acknowledgement
• All figures obtained from publisher-provided
instructor downloads
Data Communications and Networking, 3rd edition by
Behrouz A. Forouzan. McGraw Hill Publishing, 2004
TCP/IP Protocol Suit by Behrouz A. Forouzan
McGraw Hill Publishing
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