Network Proposal
Jordan Howell and Billy Geiger
Abstract—This is a proposal for a research project covering mainly how the internet functions when it comes to sending packets. But more importantly this topic is about how ISPs route packets depending on where someone lives.

Index Terms— Internet Service Provider
 
I.	INTRODUCTION
JUSTIFICATION
One of the things that most people have taken for granted in more modern times is also a foreign concept to most of the world. Most people have no background knowledge in either the execution or the setup of this modern marvel. But it arguably might be the most important creation the human race has ever witnessed to this day. It serves many purposes. It can interconnect the human race all across the world, or even make all of the knowledge publically and readily available to anyone at the movement of a finger. I am sure that if it is not obvious by now it will be bluntly visible in a second; this globally used phenomenon is the Internet.  When it comes to the Internet, most of the public have little to no knowledge or interest in how it’s possible to connect with someone located half way across the world. Or maybe how it is possible to simply go google how to do almost anything and gain an in depth guide of its procedure. Most people do not have an indication of how their computer or smart phone works besides the ability to operate simple commands that allow easy access to the internet or type a paper. Mainly this paper will go over what happens behind the scenes on the computer and beyond both home and personal networks. This presentation will be about how packets leave the router to obtain and reach their final destination. It will then explain the process of how it travels back and forth to complete the journey of sending data. It will also describe ISP (Internet Service Providers) and its effects on the management of internet traffic and its several hundred thousand customers. All of these are important to know for a few simple reasons. Some of these reasons are that it will be more easily understood as to why Internet traffic times can be slowed or why it takes longer to download certain files. All variables must be considered such as depending on where the files are located can depend on the set protocol that is applied.  Being able to more easily understand the user’s local network and how it works is the reasoning behind the importance of this topic.

DOMAIN: World Wide
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

We will be going over the bare basics of the internet, some of its history and the logic behind how packets function.  We will be going over how ISPs (Internet Service Providers) work, how they handle their services and the maintenance that goes behind the scenes. Also being discussed is how they pick the distribution centers for packets. We will also be going over some bare bones of networking world such as port numbers and protocols that can help readers better understand how packets are sorted and prepared to leave the computer and migrate through the network.

II.	PROPOSED IDEA

The idea being proposed is that the user is able to use software that detects the destination and routes of the packets. That shows were the packets are trying to be sent from and it chooses the best possible route determined by internet traffic at the moment. It will also take into account the distances between certain stations that intercept and redistribute packets. It will iterate through this until it reaches its destination.

IV. LITERATURE SURVEY

Existing research that has been found is more along the lines of books and websites that display the process going on in packet transfer and distribution.
We have obtained:
Articles explaining what packets are and how they created as well as what ISPs are. 
An article fully explaining the OSI model to help explain to the readers how the packets are created in depth as well as how they are prepared to leave a computer and network. 
An article explaining in-depth how internet hierarchy works and how internet addresses are declared and how network service providers’ work.
An article explaining how ISPs handle internet bandwidth.

V. APPROACH

		After studying every concept that goes into the making and transferring of packets. A full grasp how packets should be transferred and solve for how packets are distributed around the globe to their receiver.

VI. REFERENCES

[1]	Jonathan Stickland, “How does the Internet Work?, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet2.htm

[2]	Art Reisman, “How does your ISP Actually enforce your Internet Speed”, http://netequalizernews.com/2009/11/19/the-inside-story-on-how-bandwidth-controllers-enforce-fixed-rate-limits/

[3] 	Jonathan Strickland, “How IP Convergence Works”, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ip-convergence2.htm

[4]	root, “OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks”, http://computer---networking.blogspot.be/2013/04/osi-model-understanding-seven-layers-of.html

[5]	Margaret Rouse, “traffic shaping (packet shaping)’
	,http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/traffic-shaping