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Transport Layer 1 - Connectionless

Learning Goals

After this week, you will understand the following concepts

  • Logical communication
  • Segments vs. Datagrams
  • Best-effort
  • Reliable vs. unreliable transfer
  • Congestion Control
  • Multiplexing & demultiplexing

Preparations for week #7 RAT 05

To know more about networking, we will be using the book Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach, 8th edition.

Mandatory Readings

  • 212-242 (Sec. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.4.1)

Optional materials (but recommended):

  • 243-256 (Sec. 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, reviewed in class)

Videos

Introduction and Transport-layer Services

Transport layer multiplexing and demultiplexing

Connectionless Transport: UDP

Principles of Reliable Data Transfer (Part 1)

Principles of Reliable Data Transfer (Part 2)

Self-checks