15-441ComputerNetworksLecture6Link-Layer2Dave...PPT.pptVIP

Roadmap Whats a link layer? Ethernet Things which arent Ethernet Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, Frame Relay 802.11 PPP, DSL, cable modems A word on approach We will discuss many obsolete technologies This can be a good way to grasp the underlying ideas ...which keep turning up in different contexts A good arrangement of ideas is an easier advance than a genuinely new thing Reminder: Medium Access Control (MAC) Share a communication medium among multiple Arbitrate between connected hosts Goals: High resource utilization Avoid starvation Simplicity (non-decentralized algorithms) Approaches Taking