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Internet Protocol (IP): Packet Format, Fragmentation, Options

Internet Protocol (IP): Packet Format, Fragmentation, Options. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shivkuma@ecse.rpi.edu http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma. IP features IP datagram format Fragmentation IP options Ref: RFC 791, Chap 3, 11.5-11.8, Lab 1.

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Internet Protocol (IP): Packet Format, Fragmentation, Options

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  1. Internet Protocol (IP):Packet Format, Fragmentation, Options Shivkumar Kalyanaraman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shivkuma@ecse.rpi.edu http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma

  2. IP features • IP datagram format • Fragmentation • IP options Ref: RFC 791, Chap 3, 11.5-11.8, Lab 1 Overview

  3. IP Features • Connectionless service • Addressing • Data forwarding • Fragmentation and reassembly • Supports variable size datagrams • Best-effort delivery: Delay, out-of-order, corruption, and loss possible. Higher layers should handle these. • Provides only “Send” and “Delivery” servicesError and control messages generated by Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

  4. What IP does NOT provide • End-to-end data reliability & flow control (done by TCP or application layer protocols) • Sequencing of packets (like TCP) • Error detection in payload (TCP, UDP or other transport layers) • Error reporting (ICMP) • Setting up route tables (Routing protocols:RIP, OSPF) • Connection setup (it is connectionless) • Address/Name resolution (ARP, RARP, DNS) • Configuration (BOOTP, DHCP) • Multicast (IGMP, MBONE)

  5. Vers H. Len TOS Total Length Identification Flags Fragment Offset Time to live Protocol Header Checksum Source IP Address Destination IP Address IP Options (if any) Padding Data IP Datagram Format 0 4 8 16 32

  6. IP Datagram Format • 1st Word (purpose: info, variable size header, packet) • Version (4 bits) • Internet header length (4 bits): units of 32-bit words. Min header is 5 words or 20 bytes. • Type of service (TOS: 8 bits): Reliability, precedence, delay, and throughput. Not widely supported • Total length (16 bits): header + data in bytesTotal must be less than 64 kB. • 2nd Word (purpose: fragmentation): • Identifier (16 bits): Helps uniquely identify the datagram between any source, destination address

  7. IP Header (Cont) • Flags (3 bits):More Flag (MF) - for fragmentation Don’t Fragment (DF) Reserved • Fragment offset (13 bits): In units of 8 bytes • 3rd word:(purpose: demuxing, error, timeout) • Time to live (8 bits): Specified in router hops • Protocol (8 bits): Next level protocol to receive the data • Header checksum (16 bits): 1’s complement sum of all 16-bit words in the header. Change header => modify checksum using 1’s complement arithmetic.

  8. IP Header (Cont) • Source Address (32 bits): Original source. Does not change along the path. • Destination Address (32 bits): Final destination. Does not change along the path. • Options (variable): Security, source route, record route, stream id (used for voice) for reserved resources, timestamp recording • Padding (variable): Makes header length a multiple of 4 • Data (variable): Data + header < 65,535 bytes

  9. Fragmentation • Datagrams larger than MTU are fragmented • Original header is copied to each fragment and then modified (fragment flag, fragment offset, length,...) • Some option fields are copied (see RFC 791) IP Header Original Datagram IP Hdr 1 Data 1 IP Hdr 2 Data 2 IP Hdr 3 Data 3 Fig 17.4

  10. Maximum Transmission Unit • Each subnet has a maximum frame sizeEthernet: 1518 bytesFDDI: 4500 bytesToken Ring: 2 to 4 kB • Transmission Unit = IP datagram (data + header) • Each subnet has a maximum IP datagram length: MTU Net 1MTU=1500 Net 2MTU=1000 R R S

  11. Fragmentation Example MTU = 1500B MTU = 280B IHL = 5, ID = 111, More = 0 Offset = 0W, Len = 472B IHL=5, ID = 111, More = 1 Offset = 0W, Len = 276B IHL=5, ID = 111, More = 0 Offset = 32W, Len = 216B • Payload size 452 bytes needs to be transmitted • across a Ethernet (MTU=1500B) and a SLIP line (MTU=280B) • Length = 472B, Header = 20B => Payload = 452B • Fragments need to be multiple of 8-bytes. • Nearest multiple to 260 (280 -20B) is 256B • First fragment length = 256B + 20B = 276B. • Second fragment length = (452B- 256B) + 20B = 216B

  12. Reassembly • Reassambly only at the final destination • Partial datagrams are discarded after a timeout • Fragments can be further fragmented along the path.Subfragments have a format similar to fragments.It is not possible to tell how many times fragmented. • Minimum MTU along a path  Path MTU S D Net 2MTU=1000 Net 1MTU=1500 Net 3MTU=1500 R1 R2 Fig 17.5

  13. Further notes on Fragmentation • Performance: single fragment lost => entire packet useless. Waste of resources all along the way. Ref: Kent & Mogul, 1987 • Don’t Fragment (DF) bit set => datagram discarded if need to fragment. ICMP message generated: may specify MTU (default = 0) • Used to determine Path MTU (both in TCP, UDP) • The transport and application layer headers do not appear in all fragments. Problem if you peep into those headers.

  14. Decimal Key word Protocol 0 Reserved 1 ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol 2 IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol 4 ST Stream Protocol 5 TCP Transmission Control Protocol 8 EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol 9 IGP Interior Gateway Protocol 17 UDP User Datagram Protocol IP Protocol Numbers

  15. IP Options Coding • Flag Copy: 0 = Copy the option only into the first fragment of a fragmented datagram1 = Copy into all fragments • Class: 0 =User or control, 1=Reserved, 2=Diagnostics, 3=reserved Type Length Value 1B 1B nB Flag Copy Class Number 1b 2b 5b

  16. Class Number Length Description 0 0 0 End of Options 0 1 0 No Op 0 2 11 Security 0 3 Var Loose Source Routing 0 7 Var Record Route 0 8 4 Stream ID (obsolete) 0 9 Var Strict Source Routing 4 Var Internet Time-Stamp IP Options 2

  17. IP Source Routing • Loose Source Routing (LSSR): Specify partial route list • Strict Source Routing: Specify full route. Code Length Pointer Router Data P 128.2.3.4 128.7.8.9 128.10.4.12 P 128.2.3.4 128.7.8.9 128.10.4.12

  18. Route Recording • Need to allow enough space to record IP addresses on route. Datagram size does not change as it goes through internet. Code Length Pointer Route Data P 128.2.3.4 Empty Empty P 128.2.3.4 128.7.8.9 Empty

  19. Timestamp Option • Record timestamps along route • Overflow (Oflw) counter incremented if out of space • Flags: allows some further options for flexibility Code Length Pointer Data Oflw Flags IP Address 1 Timestamp 1 IP Address n Timestamp n

  20. Discussion on IP Header Design • If fragmentation is going to be avoided all the time, why not have the 4-bytes of fragmentation info as an IP option ? • Is 32-bit addresses going to be enough ? • Why mess with variable length headers ? Can the variability in header length be controlled to allow better encoding ? • Are the IP options really that useful ? Why variable length option headers ? • Many of these issues addressed in IPv6.

  21. Summary • IP header: supports connectionless delivery, var length pkts/headers/options, fragmentation/reassembly, • Fragmentation/Reassembly, Path MTU discovery. • Options: Source routing, Record route, Timestamp

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