Chapter 4: Advanced Internetworking

Every seeming equality conceals a hierarchy.

—Mason Cooley

• Problem: Scaling to Billions
• 4.1 Global Internet
  • 4.1.1 Routing Areas
  • 4.1.2 Interdomain Routing (BGP)
• 4.2 IP Version 6
  • 4.2.1 Historical Perspective
  • 4.2.2 Addresses and Routing
  • 4.2.3 Packet Format
  • 4.2.4 Advanced Capabilities
• 4.3 Multicast
  • 4.3.1 Multicast Addresses
  • 4.3.2 Multicast Routing (DVMRP, PIM, MSDP)
• 4.4 Multiprotocol Label Switching
  • 4.4.1 Destination-Based Forwarding
  • 4.4.2 Explicit Routing
  • 4.4.3 Virtual Private Networks and Tunnels
• 4.5 Routing Among Mobile Devices
  • 4.5.1 Challenges for Mobile Networking
  • 4.5.2 Routing to Mobile Hosts (Mobile IP)
• Perspective: The Cloud is Eating the Internet