Introduction Flashcards
Network Edge
Hosts (clients and servers), end of data route, sends packets of data, takes application message
Network Core
Route must pass through it.
Interconnected routers.
Network of Networks
Devices are connected using a hierarchy of networks
Host
Client and server. End system that provides user with information/data
Protocol
Define format and order of messages sent and received among network entities and actions taken on message transmission/receipt.
HTTP (web), TCP, IP, 4G, Ethernet.
ISP
Internet Service Provider, provides connection between host and network
Internet Structure
- Network edge
- Access networks, Physical media
- Network core
Access Networks/ISP
Residential, institutional, or mobile access networks. (within an organization). Smallest type of network
Types of Access Networks
- Cable-based Access
- Digital subscriber line
- Home networks
- Wireless network
- Enterprise network
- Data Center network
Cable-Based Access Network
Network of cable/fiber that connectes homes to ISP router.
Homes share connection from access network to cable headend.
Digital Subscriber Line Access Network
Uses existing telephone line to central office DSLAM. Voice and data transmitted at different frequencies.
Data over DSL phone line goes to Internet. Voice over DSL phone goes to telephone net.
Home Access Network
Wired: Headend/central office to modem to router to host
Wireless: Headend/central office to modem to router to Wifi access point to host
Wireless Access Network
Through access point.
Wireless LAN: 100ft
Wide-Area Cellular: provided by mobile/cellular network operator
Enterprise Access Network
Companies, universities, etc.
Mix of wired, wireless link technologies (mix of switches and routers)
Data Center Access Network
High-bandwidth links connects many servers together and to the Internet
Transmission Rate
Link capacity or bandwidth.
Time needed to transmit bit packet into link = L (bits) / R (bits/sec)
Radio Link Types
- Wireless LAN (wifi)
- Wide-area
- Bluetooth
- Terrestrial microwave
- Satellite