Application Layer – Reading Notes on Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach Ch.2

Principle of Network Application Application Architecture Client-Server Architecture Data Center, housing a large number of hosts Google, Amazon, etc. P2P Architecture Peers. Application exploits direct communication between pairs of intermittently connected hosts. Traffic-intensive applications: BitTorrent, XunLei, etc. Processing Communicating Processes communicate among different end-system hosts Processes on two different end systems communicate with each other …