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Special notes for computer networking

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Introduction TO CN - Part 1

Special notes for computer networking

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Chapter 1

Introduction TO CN

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What is a Computer Network
◆ A set
of communication elements connected by
communication links
router
workstation
➭ Communication elements
server
● Computers, printers, mobile phones, … mobile
● Routers, switches, ... local ISP
➭ Communication links
● optic fiber
● coaxial cable
regional ISP
● twisted pair
● wireless (radio, microwave, satellite)
➭ Topologies
● Ring, Star, Bus, Tree, Mesh

company
network 2
What is a Computer Network
◆ A software/hardware infrastructure
➭ Share resources
● data, files, computing power, video,…

➭ Information highway
● communication between geographically dispersed users
➭ Electronic Society
● Cyberspace
● Virtual global nation

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Introduction
 Computer Network
– an interconnected collection of autonomous computers
Internet: “network of networks”
– loosely hierarchical
– public Internet versus private intranet
WWW a distributed systems run on the top of Internet
 Distributed System
– High degree of cohesiveness(united) and transparency
– A software system built on top of a network

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1.1 Uses of Computer Networks

• Business Applications
• Home Applications
• Mobile Users
• Social Issues

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Business Applications of Networks
a. Resource sharing (hardware, software, information, …)
b. Providing communication medium (e-mail, videoconferenceing)
c. Doing business electronically (B2B, B2C, e-commerce)

A network with two clients and one server.


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Goals of Networks for Companies
 Resource sharing: equipment, programs, data
 high reliability
– replicated data
– hardware
 Saving money
– mainframe: 10 times faster, but 1000 times more
expensive than PC
– client-server model
 Scalability
– mainframe: replace a larger one
– client-server model: add more servers
 Communication medium for separated employees
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Business Applications of Networks (2)
a. Two processes are involved
b. A communication network is needed

The client-server model involves requests and replies.


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Home Network Applications

• Access to remote information


• Person-to-person communication
• Interactive entertainment
• Electronic commerce

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 Networks for People
– Access to remote information
• e.g.: financial, shopping, customized newspapers,
on-line digital library, WWW
– Person-to-person communication
• email, video conference, newsgroup
– Interactive entertainment
• VOD, interactive movies or TVs, game playing

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Home Network Applications (2)

In peer-to-peer system there are no fixed clients and servers.


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Home Network Applications (3)

Some forms of e-commerce.


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Mobile Network Users

mobile-commerce

Combinations of wireless networks and mobile computing.


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Social Issues
• Politics
• Religion
• Sex
• Privacy
• Crime
• junk mail, ill-information
 Each country has different
laws.
 Debate rages! 14
Network Hardware

• Local Area Networks


• Metropolitan Area Networks
• Wide Area Networks
• Wireless Networks
• Home Networks
• Internetworks

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Network Hardware

Types of transmission technology


• Broadcast links
• Point-to-point links

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Network Hardware
– Broadcast networks
• single communication channel shared by all
machines
• broadcasting or multicasting (via packets)
– broadcasting: a special code in address field
– multicasting: reserve one bit to indicate multicasting, the
remaining n-1address bits can hold a group number. Each
machine can subscribe to any groups
• used by localized networks (or satellites)
– point-to-point networks
• many hops
• routing algorithms: multiple routs are possible
• used by large networks
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Classification of interconnected
processors by scale

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Local Area Networks (LANs)
· Characterics of LANs: (a) privated-owned, (b) small size,
(c) transmission technology, (d) topology
· Ethernets are most popular (up to 10 Gb/s)

Two broadcast networks


(a) Bus
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(b) Ring
Local Area Networks
 Characteristics
– small size
– transmission technology
• single cable
• 10Mbps ~ 10Gb/s
• 10Gb/s : 10,000,000.000 bps
– topology:
• bus
– Ethernet (IEEE 802.3): 10 or 100 Mbps (10Gb/s)
• ring
– IBM token ring (IEEE 802.5): 4 or 16 Mbps
 Channel allocation of broadcast networks
– static: each machine has an allocated time slot
– dynamic
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Metropolitan Area Networks

A metropolitan area network based on cable TV.


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Wide Area Networks (WANs)
·WANs are point-to-point networks
·WANs consist of two distinct components:
transmission lines (copper, fiber, microwave) and switches (electronics, optics)
 Store-and-forward or packet-switched subnet

Relation between hosts on LANs and the subnet. 22


Network Topology

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