cs2105 week 1

Objectives

Understand basic terms: host, packet, protocol, throughput, store-and-forward, autonomous system.

Know about logical (five protocol layers) and physical (network of ASes) architecture

Understand the different components of e2e delay, relations to bandwidth, packet size, distancce, propagation speed, and queue size.

Cover first 5 subsections of textbook.

Material

Network delay

Network hosts

Networking Communication links

Packet switches

Internet of things (IoT)

What is network edge?

What is network core?

Internet structure

throughput