Chapter 1 : Introduction
von Akbar Faldiarsya
1. 1.1 What is the Internet?
1.1. “Nuts and bolts” view
1.2. “Fun” Internet-connected devices
1.3. A service view
1.4. What’s a protocol?
1.5. Access networks and physical media
2. 1.2 Network Edge
2.1. Network edge
2.2. Access networks, physical media
2.2.1. Access network
2.2.2. Physical media
2.3. Network core
3. 1.3 Network Core
3.1. Packet-switching
3.2. Two key network-core functions
3.3. Circuit-switching
3.4. Internet structure : Network of networks
4. 1.4 Delay, Loss, Throughput in Networks
4.1. Delay
4.1.1. How do loss and delay occur?
4.1.2. Four sources of packet delay
4.1.3. Queueing delay (revisited)
4.1.4. “Real” Internet delays and routes