Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of

Engineering Sciences and Technology -

GIK Institute - GIKI

Lecture 1-Introduction
CS313-Computer Communication and Networking

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 Meet the Instructor
Name: Dr. Qamar Abbas

Office: G13 (FCSE).

Email: [Link]@[Link]

Telephone Extension: 2737

Class Timing: See Timetable

 Resources

Computer Networking: Data Communications

A Top-Down Approach and Networking with
8th edition
Jim Kurose, Keith Ross TCP/IP Protocol Suite,
Pearson, 2020 6th Edition, Behrouz A. Forouzan, 2021.
Course Learning Objectives
Understand the concepts of computer
communication that examines the hardware and
software components that makes up a network.

Identify the different types of network

topologies and the protocols to determine the
suitable option for a given task.

Understand and build the mechanisms of routing

and sub-netting.
Week 1
Course Outline Introduction: What Is the Internet? The Network Edge, Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks

Week 2 Computer Networks and the Internet: Protocol Layers and Their Service Models

Week 3 Application Layer: Principles of Network Applications, The Web and HTTP, Electronic Mail on the Internet

Application Layer: DNS—The Internet’s Directory Service, Video Streaming and Content Distribution Networks, Socket Programming: Creating Network
Week 4
Applications

Week 5 Transport Layer: Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, UDP, TCP

Week 6 Transport Layer: TCP Congestion Control

Week 7 Network Layer: Network Service Model, Switching, The Internet Protocol (IP): IPv4, Addressing, IPv6

Week 8 Network Layer: Routing Algorithms, OSPF, BGP

Week 9 Network Layer: SDN, ICMP, SNMP, The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)

Week 10 Link Layer: Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques, Multiple Access Links and Protocols

Week 11 Link Layer: Switched Local Area Networks,

Week 12 Link Layer: DHCP, UDP, IP, and Ethernet, DNS and ARP, Web Client-Server Interaction: TCP and HTTP

Week 13 Wireless and Mobile Networks: Wireless Links and Network Characteristics, CDMA

Week 14 Wireless and Mobile Networks: WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs, Cellular Networks: 4G and 5G

Week 15 REVISION
 Why this course?
1) MONEY!

2) Opportunity - booming tech sector in US and EU

3) Revolutionary new paradigms: cloud, SDN, social
networks, smartphones, botnets, smart grid,
healthcare, IoT, digital currencies, cyberwarfare, etc.

4) Global standards, mobility

5) Basic high school maths background sufficient for

CISCO training
Sources: 5 Reasons to Study Networking Technology Right Now
 Checklists
• Register for the course on LMS

• Go over course outline

• Familiarize yourself with course website

• Devise a study strategy

The Internet: a “nuts and bolts”
view
Billions of connected mobile network
computing devices: national or global ISP
 hosts = end systems
 running network apps at
Internet’s “edge”

Packet switches: forward

local or
packets (chunks of data) Internet
regional ISP
 routers, switches
home network content
Communication links provider
network datacenter
 fiber, copper, radio, satellite network

 transmission rate: bandwidth

Networks enterprise
 collection of devices, routers, network
links: managed by an organization
“Fun” Internet-connected devices
Tweet-a-watt:
monitor energy use

bikes

Pacemaker & Monitor

Amazon Echo Web-enabled toaster +

IP picture frame
weather forecaster
Internet
refrigerator
Slingbox: remote cars
control cable TV
Security Camera
AR devices
sensorized, scooters
bed
mattress Fitbit

Gaming devices
Others?
Internet phones diapers
 The Internet: a “nuts and bolts”
view
mobile network
4G
• Internet: “network of networks” national or global ISP

• Interconnected ISPs
Streaming
 protocols are everywhere Skype
IP
video
• control sending, receiving of
local or
messages regional ISP
• e.g., HTTP (Web), streaming video,
home network
Skype, TCP, IP, WiFi, 4/5G, Ethernet content
provider
HTTP network
 Internet standards
datacenter
network
Ethernet
• RFC: Request for Comments
• IETF: Internet Engineering Task TCP
enterprise
Force network

WiFi
The Internet: a “services” view
• Infrastructure that provides mobile network

services to applications: national or global ISP

• Web, streaming video, multimedia

teleconferencing, email, games, e- Streaming
commerce, social media, inter- Skype video
connected appliances, … local or
regional ISP
 provides programming interface
to distributed applications: home network content
provider
• “hooks” allowing sending/receiving HTTP network datacenter
network
apps to “connect” to, use Internet
transport service
• provides service options, analogous enterprise
to postal service network
What’s a protocol?
Human protocols: Network protocols:
 “what’s the time?”  computers (devices) rather than humans
 “I have a question”  all communication activity in Internet
 introductions governed by protocols

Rules for:
Protocols define the format, order of
… specific messages sent messages sent and received among
… specific actions taken network entities, and actions taken
when message received,
or other events on message transmission, receipt
What’s a protocol?
A human protocol and a computer network protocol:

Hi TCP connection
request
Hi TCP connection
response
Got the
time? GET [Link]
2:00
<file>
time

Q: other human protocols?