Chapter 1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Networks
Collection of devices, routers, links.
Network protocols
Computers rather than humans
Access Network
Network that connect the edge device into the first hop router, into the larger internet
Transmission Rate
How fast a network is
Cable Access Network
A physical cable connecting multiple homes to a single cable head.
Bit
Propagates between transmitter / receiver pairs.
Physical Link
What lies between transmitter and receiver.
Guided Media
Some kind of physical wire / cable.
Unguided Media
Signals propagate freely (ex. Radio)
Packet Switching
End hosts take application level messages, divide them into chunks, put them inside packets and sent them into the internet.
Forwarding
A local action. Moving an arriving packet from the input link of the router to its appropriate output link. Controlled by the forwarding table.
Routing
A global action. Determined the source to destination paths taken by paths.
Packet Transmission Delay
Takes L / R seconds to transmit (push out) L-bit packet into link at R bits.
Packet Transmission Delay
Takes L / R seconds to transmit (push out) L-bit packet into link at R bits.
Store and Forward
Entire packet must arrive at router before it can be transmitted on the next line.
Queueing
Occurs when work arrives faster than it can be serviced.
Packet Queuing
If arrival rate (in bps) to link exceeds transmission rate (in bps) of link for some period of time.
Packet Loss
With packet queueing, packets can be dropped (lost) if memory (buffer) in router fills up
Frequency Division Multiplex (FDM)
Each allocated each own band. Can transmit at max rate or that narrow band.
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
Each call allocated periodic slots, can transmit at max rate of wider frequency band only during its time slot.
Excessive Congestion Possible
Packet delay and loss due to buffer overflow.
Sources of Delay
- Processing delay
- Queuing delay
- Transmission delay
- Propagation delay
Processing Delay
Associated with forwarding table lookup forwarding a packet through the switch.
Queueing Delay
Amount of time a packet has to wait to queue at an output link for transmission.