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    IANA
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

    IARP
    Inverse Address Resolution Protocol

    IBCN
    Integrated Broadband Communication Network

    IBEX
    International Business EXchange

    ICMP
    Internet Control Message Protocol 
    ICMP is a message control and error-reporting protocol between a host server and a gateway to the Internet. ICMP uses Internet Protocol datagram, but the messages are processed by the IP software and are not directly apparent to the application user. 
    An extension to IP that permits extra control, test and error messages to be incorporated into the packet stream

    ICP
    Internet Control Protocol. 
    Protocol that tracks the Internet address of nodes, routes outgoing messages, and recognizes incoming messages. 

    IDI
    Initial Domain Identifier - ISO Addressing

    IDN
    Integrated Digital Network

    IDP
    Internetwork Datagram Protocol

    IDRP
    Interdomain Routing Protocol

    IDSL
    Integrated Services Digital Subscriber Line

    IDU
    Interface Data Unit - ISO

    IEC
    Interexchange Carrier

    IEEE - 802.x
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

    802.1 Internetworking. A specification for spanning tree bridges and the spanning tree protocol. This is a hardware level network management standard for Ethernet MAC-layer bridges and the Heterogeneous LAN Management specification for both Ethernet and Token Ring hubs. There's also 802.1q for the interoperability of VLANs. 
    802.2 LLC - Logical Link Control.A Logical Link Control protocol based on HDLC for LAN and MAN link-level control. It specifies the transmission of data between two stations at the Data-link layer. It defines the handling of errors, framing, flow control and the Layer 3 service interface. It is used in both 802.3 and 802.5 LANs. 
    802.3 CSMA/CD - Ethernet.A modified form of CSMA/CD for Ethernet in its various forms; 10Base-5 is virtually the original Ethernet. This protocol specifies the Physical layer and the MAC sub-layer of the Data-link. See CSMA/CD and 10Base-#. For Ethernet operating at 100 Mb/s over premises Category 5 cabling and fiber, the IEEE has now created a new sub-set called 802.3u. 
    802.4 Token Bus LAN.The Token-passing bus specification. This protocol specifies the Physical layer and the MAC sub-layer of a broadband system. It is physically a linear bus or tree, but logically the stations on the ring are aware of their neighbors. It uses coaxial cable for robustness, and token-passing for maximum predictability. It is used in some manufacturing networks. 
    802.5 Token Ring LAN.Token Ring specification. This comes in both 4Mb/s and 16Mb/s rates. The physical wiring is shielded twisted pair in a star topology with a hub at the center (although it is a logical ring). An addendum to this Protocol specifies source-routing bridges also. It is almost identical to IBM's Token Ring. 
    802.6 MAN - Metropolitan Area Network.DQDB for MANs 
    802.7 Broadband Technical Advisory Group.Defined for broadband LANs which can carry video, data and voice. It uses radio frequencies over coaxial cable, and generally has a tree topology. 
    802.8 Fiber-Optic Technical Advisory Group
    802.9 Integrated Voice / Data Network. Interface for LAN-to-ISDN links. 
    802.10 Network Security.This defines a single packet type which has both a MAC layer frame header, and a special 802.10 header. This focuses on network security at the Data-link layer, but it also provides a mechanism by which a packet can carry a virtual LAN identifier. A 4-Byte special header carrying the VLAN ID is inserted between the LAN packet's MAC header and the data. 
    802.11 Wireless Networks. Wireless LAN standards (line-of-sight infra-red, and spread spectrum) proposals for up to 1000 nodes and 20Mbit/s data rates. This standard will specify one MAC layer (based upon an original proposal from Xircom) supporting both peer-to-peer and hub-based topologies. The standard envisages multiple Physical layers: one for Direct Sequence spread spectrum and one for Frequency Hopping. Infra-red and narrowband microwave will also be included. The CDMA standard seems to be developing strong support in both the US and Europe. See Hiperlan and SuperNet also.
    802.11B 11 Mbit/s using the 2.4 GHz frequency
    802.12 Demand Priority Access LAN, 100 Base VG - AnyLAN
    802.14 Cable modem standards for HFC networks. These cable systems must each be capable of supporting 2000 cable modems, and be up to 160km long. The work is still in the early stages. 


    IGMP
    Internet Group Management Protocol 
    A protocol in the IP suite that allows a host to register its local network with the local router to receive any datagrams sent to that router and targeted to a group with a specific IP multicast address.

    IGP
    Interior Gateway Protocol. 
    An Internet protocol used to exchange routing infor. between auton. systems.

    IGRP
    Interior Gateway Routing Protocol. 
    An IGP devel. by Cisco ¨ to address the pb assoc. with routing in large heterogeneous networks.

    IISP
    Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol - ATM 
    A standardized signaling protocol to enable switched virtual circuits - SVCs -between switches in a private ATM network using static routes. 

    IMA
    Inverse Multiplexing over ATM

    IMAP
    Internet Message Access Protocol

    IMEISV
    International Mobile Equipment Identity Software Version - GSM - 
    Identity and software version.

    IMP
    Interface Message Processor - ARPA / Dod

    IMR
    Interrupt Mask Register - PC

    IMS
    Information Management System
    An IBM ¨ hierarchical database management system for mainframes. 

    IMSI
    International Mobile Subscriber Identity - GSM - 
    International registration of a user on a SIM card.

    IMT-2000
    International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 
    The ITU -International Telecommunications Union -initiative for a service that will provide radio access to the global telecommunications infrastructure, through both satellite and terrestrial systems, serving fixed and mobile users in public and private networks. In other words, third-generation services

    IN
    Integrated Node

    IND$FILE
    IBM File Transfer program

    INFRARED
    Electromagnetic waves whose frequency range is above that of microwave bu below the visible spectrum. 

    INSP
    Internet Name Server Protocol

    INTEL
    Integrated Electronics ¨

    INTERNET
    Inter Networking 

    INTRANET

    I / O
    Input / Output

    IOS
    Internetworking Operating System - Cisco ¨

    IP
    Internet Protocol see IPV6 as well
    Used for network connection from level 3 and higher.

    The Frame

    16 16 32 32 4 4 6 6
    Vers HLEN Type of Service Total
    Length
    Identifi-
    cation
    Flags Frag 
    Offset
    TTL

    16 16 32 32 4 4
    Protocol Header
    Checksum
    Source
    IP
    Address
    Dest. IP
    Address
    IP
    Options
    Data


    8

    4 8 16 31
    Vers Hlen TOS Total Length
    Identification Flags Frag Offset
    TTL Protocol Header Checksum
    Source IP@
    Destination IP@
    Data


    Version Version used - for example V4 or V6 4 bits
    Hlen - or IHLIP Header length. 32 bits words  4 bits
    Type Of Service How the datagram should be handled 8 bits
    Total Length of the IP packet in bytes. Header + data 16 bits
    Identification Datagram identification use to reassemble a fragmented datagram. Provide fragmentation of datagrams to allow differing Mutes in the Internet 16 bits
    Flag Specifies if the packet can be fragmented 3 bits
    Fragment Offset Indicate the position of the fragment in the originate packet. Used to recreate a fragmented packet  13 bits
    TTl Time To Live. A packet has a time to live after it is destroyed if it has not being treated 8 bits
    Protocol Indicate the above protocol. Upper-layer - layer 4 - protocol sending the datagram 8 bits
    Header Checksum Checks the integrity of the packet header 16 bits
    Source Address Indicate the transmitter - 32 bits  32 bits
    Destination Address Indicate the receiver - 32 bits 0 to 32 bits
    Option For example, security, network testing, debugging   





    Comment :

        Address Range # of Networks

    # Of Host Addresses

    Class A 1 to 126 0.1.0.0 to 126.0.0.0 127 address. 2* 7-1 16.777.214 millions hosts. 2^16-1
    Class B 128 to 191 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.0.0 16384 Network addresses. 2^14 65 534 hosts. 2^16-1
    Class C 192 to 223 192.0.1.0. to 223.255.255.0 2.097.151 Network addresses 254 hosts. 2^21
    Class D 224 to 239 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.0   For multicast purposes. Ex. OSPF
    Class E 240 to 255 240.0.0.0 to 247.255.255.255   For experimental purposes.

    á An IP address is 32 bits. 4 numbers separated by points. 4 X 8 bits.
    á For the Class A 2^7 -1 because the network 0.0.0.0 does not exist.
    á Class A for large network
    á Class C for small company

    Type of Service 
    000 Routine
    011 Flash 
    001 Priority 
    100 Flash Override 
    010 Immediate
    101 Critic
    110 Internet Control
    111 Network Control 

    # of bits # of sub-network
    1 2
    2 4
    3 8
    4 16
    5 32
    6 64
    7 128
    8 Not for class C 256


    # of bits subnet mask # of subnets # of hosts
    2 255.255.192.0 2 16,382
    3 255.255.224.0 6 8190
    4 255.255.240.0 14 4094
    5 255.255.248.0 30 2046
    6 255.255.252.0 62 1022
    7 255.255.254.0 126 510
    8 255.255.255.0 254 254
    9 255.255.255.128 510 126
    10 255.255.255.192 1022 62
    11 255.255.255.224 2046 30
    12 255.255.255.240 4094 14
    13 255.255.255.248 8190 6
    14 25.255.255.252 16,382 2

     

    • To determine the IP subnet number, add zeros to all the bits of the host address
    • Add ones to determine the broadcast number.
    • The address between the subnet number and the broadcast number gives the host address range.
    Port Number Application
    21 FTP
    23 Telnet
    25 SMTP
    53 DNS
    69 TFTP
    110 POP3
    123 NTP
    161 SNMP
    88/749/750 Kerberos
    1720 TCP
    2049 NFS
    7070 Real Audio
    7000/7010/32496 VDOPhone


    Example of a Class C Subnet Planning 
    IP Host Address : 201.222.5.121
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248 

    - - - - -
    201.222.5.121 11001001 11011110 00000101 01111001
    255.255.255.248 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111000
    Subnet 201 222 5 120
    - - - - -

    á Subnet Address = 201.222.5.120
    á Host Addresses = 201.222.5.121-201.222.5.126 
    á Broadcast Address = 201.222.5.127
    á Five Bits of Subnetting 

    # Bits Subnet Mask # Subnets # Hosts
    2 255.255.255.192 2 62
    3 255.255.255.224 6 30
    4 255.255.255.240 14 14
    5 255.255.255.248 30 6
    6 255.255.255.252 62 2


    Example:

    @ 192 168 128 71/26
    Binary Address 11100000 10101000 10000000 0100111
    @ Subnet Mask 11111111 11111111 11111111 1100000
    = 255 255 255 192
      - - - -
    @Network 192 168 128 64
    @Broadcast 192 168 128 127
    First host = @ network + 1 192 168 128 65
    Last host address = @ broadcast -1 192 168 128 126
    This address is a Class C origin w/ 2 bits - - - -
    To calculate a Class C subnetted in 5 bits 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111000
    = 192.165.128.64/29 11111111 11111111 11111111 01000000
      11111111 11111111 11111111 01000111
    @Broadcast - - - -
    @First host - - - -
    @Last host - - - -

    IPCP
    Internet Protocol Control Packet.
    Specialized IP over PPP network control protocol packet. 

    IPES
    IP Exchange Systems - PBX Lucent ¨

    IPEX
    Internet Protocol Encapsulation of X.25

    IPG
    Inter-packet Gap. 
    An idle period between two packets in the IEEE 802.3 standard. 

    IPHA
    Internet Protocol Authentication Header - IP

    IPM
    Interpersonal Messaging - X.400

    IP Multicast
    Standard IETF communications protocols addressing multimedia data transmission over the Internet, as well as via other communications services and networks. 

    IPNG
    Internet Protocol Next Generation

    IPNNI
    Integrated Private Network-to-Network Interface 
    An emerging multiple link state protocol, being developed as an extension to the PNNI ATM routing protocol. It will be used for effective route determination and distribution in hybrid LAN/ATM internetworks. 

    IPSec
    Internet Protocol Security. 
    Tunneling protocol which offers strong encryption, support for IP address translation, and packet-by-packet authentication.

    IPTC
    Internet Protocol Telephony Solution for Carriers - Ercisson

    IPV5
    IP V5 was reserved for ST-2 - Stream protocol version 2 designed to control the data flow. It was abandoned for RSVP.

    IPV6
    Internet Protocol Version 6 - 128 bits / 4 billions of addresses 
    * 128 bits / 4 billions of addresses 

    Version 4 bits Internet Protocol version = 6
    Priority 4 bits Level of priority
    Flow Label 24 bits Group of packets from the same source
    Payload Length 16 bits Packet size in bytes
    Next Header 8 bits Information on the above layer. equivalent to the protocol field with IP
    Hop Limit 8 bits Equivalent to TTL with IP v4. Nb of hopes
    Source Address 128 bits Address of the sender
    Destination Address 128 bits Address of the receiver

    Version

    Priority

    Flow Label

    Payload 
    Length

    Next
    Header

    Hop Limit

    Source Address

    Destination Address

                                   IPv6 extension header
    HBH Hop-by-Hop Option header
    DH-1 Destination option header
    RH Routing header
    FH Fragment header
    AH Authentication header
    ESP Encapsulating Security Payload header
    DH-2 Destination Option header
    Upper Layer TCP / UDP

     
    IPv6 Header
    Next Header = 
    Routing
    Routing Header
    Next Header = Dest
    Options
    Dest Opt Header
    Next Header = TCP
    TCP Header Data

    o Looping Address
    0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1

    o Non specified Address
    0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

    o Address IPv4 compatible IPv6
    0:0:0:0:0:0:144:19:74:1

    o Address IPv4-mapped IPv6
    0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:144:19:74:1
    Used to represent an IPv4 address which does not support IPv6
    o IPv6 is using Multicast

    8 bits

    4 bits

    4 bits

    112 bits

    FF

    Flags

    Scope

    Multicast Group ID

    o The scope field is used to limit the multicast
    0 reserved
    1 local node
    2 local link
    5 local site
    8 local organization
    E global
    F reserved

    o RFC 1884
    Group ID0 reserved
    Group ID1 All the IPv6 wks
    Group ID2 All the routers IPv6

    o The Neighbor Discovery Protocol is used as ARP
    Sollicite Node Multicast
    FF02:1:0:0 to FF02:1:FFFF:FFFF

    o Packet priority
    0 No traffic defined
    1 Filler Traffic - netnews
    2 Data transfer
    3 Reserved
    4 Transfer - FTP, NFS
    5 Reserved
    6 Interactive traffic - Telnet
    7 Internet control traffic - SNMP


    IPX
    NovelProtocol

    IRDP
    ICMP Router Discovery Protocol

    IRL
    Inter-Repeater Links

    ISDN
    Integrated Services Digital Network - CCITT 
    Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of CCITT/ITU standards for digital transmission over ordinary telephone copper wire as well as over other media. Home and business users who install an ISDN adapter (in place of a modem) can see highly-graphic Web pages arriving very quickly (up to 128 Kbps). ISDN requires adapters at both ends of the transmission so your access provider also needs an ISDN adapter. ISDN is generally available from your phone company in most urban areas in the United States and Europe. 

    IS-IS
    Intermediate System to Intermediate System - OSI level 2 protocol

    ISL
    Inter-Link Switching - Cisco ¨

    ISLU
    Integrated Services Line Unit - AT&T ¨

    ISO
    International Organization for Standardization

    IT
    Information Technology

    ITSP
    Internet Telephony Service Provider

    ITU-T
    International Telecommunications Union -Telecommunication Standardization Sector 

    IVR
    Interactive Voice Response - 
    A software feature that allows the use of one of several interactive voice response scripts during the call processing functionality.


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