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Communication protocol that allows connections between networks
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Internet ProtocolA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Quantum Internet protocol stack: A comprehensive surveyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Computer NetworksThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and ApplicationsCited 7,526 times
- Go sideways: Internet layerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: IPv6 packetA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications
Chord: a scalable peer-to-peer lookup protocol for internet applications
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
Inductive analysis of the Internet protocol TLS
The DARPA internet protocol suite
The ARPA internet protocol
Accountable internet protocol (aip)
IPv6: the new Internet protocol
🆕 Influential since 2022
Quantum Internet protocol stack: A comprehensive survey
A UAV-Assisted Authentication Protocol for Internet of Vehicles
liteGAP: Lightweight Group Authentication Protocol for Internet of Drones Systems
An Improved Network Time Protocol for Industrial Internet of Things
Agent-Based Reactive Geographic Routing Protocol for Internet of Vehicles
📚 Books worth reading
Computer NetworksAndrew S. Tanenbaum, John David Wetherall · 1981
Internetworking with TCP/IPDouglas E. Comer, David L. Stevens · 1988
HTTPDavid Gourley, Brian Totty · 1997
Internet communications using SIPHenry Sinnreich, Alan B. Johnston · 2001
Internet Core ProtocolsEric A. Hall, Eric Hall · 2000- 📕Building the Internet of Things with IPv6 and MIPv6Daniel Minoli · 2013
- 📕Advanced Internet Protocols, Services, and ApplicationsMallikarjun Tatipamula, Eiji Oki · 2012
VOIPSamrat Ganguly · 2008
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