Chapter 5

Network topologies, Switching and routing algorithms

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Figure 1.4 Categories of topology

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Figure 1.5 A fully connected mesh topology (five devices)

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Figure 1.6 A star topology connecting four stations

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TREE Topology

It is a special case of Star Topology.

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Figure 1.7 A bus topology connecting three stations

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Figure 1.8 A ring topology connecting six stations

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Figure 1.9 A hybrid topology: a star backbone with three bus networks

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Figure 1.10 An isolated LAN connecting 12 computers to a hub in a closet

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Switching

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Figure 8.1 Switched network

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Figure 8.2 Taxonomy of switched networks

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8-1 CIRCUIT-SWITCHED NETWORKS

A circuit-switched network consists of a set of switches connected by physical links. A connection between two stations is a dedicated path made of one or more links. However, each connection uses only one dedicated channel on each link. Each link is normally divided into n channels by using FDM or TDM.

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Note

A circuit-switched network is made of a set of switches connected by physical links, in which each link is divided into n channels.

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Figure 8.3 A trivial circuit-switched network

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Note

In circuit switching, the resources need to be reserved during the setup phase; the resources remain dedicated for the entire duration of data transfer until the teardown phase.

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Figure 8.4 Circuit-switched network used in Example 8.1

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Figure 8.6 Delay in a circuit-switched network

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Note

Switching at the physical layer in the traditional telephone network uses the circuit-switching approach.

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Packet Switching:
Types:Datagram Packet Switching Virtual Circuit Packet Switching

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8-2 DATAGRAM NETWORKS

In data communications, we need to send messages from one end system to another. If the message is going to pass through a packet-switched network, it needs to be divided into packets of fixed or variable size. The size of the packet is determined by the network and the governing protocol.

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Note

In a packet-switched network, there is no resource reservation; resources are allocated on demand.

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Figure 8.7 A datagram network with four switches (routers)

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Note

The destination address in the header of a packet in a datagram network remains the same during the entire journey of the packet.

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Figure 8.9 Delay in a datagram network

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Note

Switching in the Internet is done by using the datagram approach to packet switching at the network layer.

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VIRTUAL-CIRCUIT NETWORKS
A virtual-circuit network is a cross between a circuitswitched network and a datagram network. It has some characteristics of both.

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Figure 8.10 Virtual-circuit network

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Note

In virtual-circuit switching, all packets belonging to the same source and destination travel the same path; but the packets may arrive at the destination with different delays if resource allocation is on demand.

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Figure 8.16 Delay in a virtual-circuit network

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Note

Switching at the data link layer in a switched WAN is normally implemented by using virtual-circuit techniques.

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Message Switching:

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Routers
Routers are devices that connect two or more networks.

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Routing Algorithm
The important functions of network layer is to route the packets from the source to destination. Routing algorithm is a part of network layer software.

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Features of Routing Algorithm

Correctness Robustness Stability Fairness Optimality

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Types of Routing Algorithm

Non-adaptive

/Fixed / Static

Algorithm Adaptive /Dynamic Algorithm

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Non-adaptive /Fixed / Static Algorithm

The choice of route is done in advance, off line and it is downloaded to the routers

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The routing decision can be changed if there are any changes in the topology or traffic.

Adaptive /Dynamic Algorithm

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Static Algorithm
Shortest

path routing Flooding Flow based routing

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