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CMPE 252A: Computer Networks Set 9a :
IP Int nter ernet networ
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Internetworking
Arbitrary collection of physical networks
interconnected to provide an end-to-end (host-to- host) packet delivery service.
Networks differ in many ways: Service offered: datagrams vs connections Protocols and mechanisms used Address space Topology and physical media
An internetwork should make all these
differences transparent to end nodes.
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IP Internetworking
Based on Cerf’s catenet model
V.G. Cerf, “The Catenet Model for Internetworking,” IEN 48, July 1978.
Basic premises:
Heterogeneous transmission media Heterogeneous hardware and OS in hosts and gateways Common protocol for network interconnection runs in all
gateways and hosts!
Common protocol used for data transfer and signaling Common address space used to identify where a host or
router is in the internetwork
An address states at which network a node attaches to
the internetwork