Application networks
Problem: how to run applications over this flaky cloud which can provide "virtual" point-to-point connectivity, without destabilizing it ?
Ans: Transport protocols for reliability (TCP), Simple muxing (UDP), multimedia transmission (RTP) etc
Concepts: more reliability concepts, congestion control
Introduction in this course.
- More detail about protocols in “Internet Protocols”
- Application level issues (API, client/server etc) covered in “Network Programming”