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    The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a reference model developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides...
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  • nearest layer in the Open Systems Interconnection model. This list is not exclusive to only the OSI protocol family. Many of these protocols are originally...
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    Transport layer (redirect from OSI layer 4)
    protocols in the network stack in the Internet protocol suite and the OSI model. The protocols of this layer provide end-to-end communication services...
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  • Network layer (redirect from OSI layer 3)
    In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the network layer is layer 3. The network layer is responsible for packet forwarding including routing...
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  • specified in both the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) and the OSI model. Although both models use the same term for their respective highest-level layer...
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  • the OSI model, a more comprehensive reference framework for general networking systems. Initially referred to as the DOD Internet Architecture Model, the...
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  • specific types of hardware links. The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) defines and codifies the concept of layered network architecture. Abstraction...
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  • Physical layer (redirect from OSI layer 1)
    In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the physical layer or layer 1 is the first and lowest layer: the layer most closely associated with...
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    top-level SDU, the letter itself, emerges. Protocol data units of the OSI model are: The Layer 4: transport layer PDU is the segment. The Layer 3: network...
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  • specifications use terminology from the seven-layer OSI model rather than the TCP/IP model. The TCP/IP model, in general, does not consider physical specifications...
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  • layer of the TCP/IP model is easily compared directly with the network layer (layer 3) in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol stack, the...
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  • Data link layer (redirect from OSI layer 2)
    The data link layer, or layer 2, is the second layer of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking. This layer is the protocol layer that transfers...
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    political layer on top of the 7-layer OSI model of computer networking. The OSI model is a 7-layer abstract model that describes an architecture of data...
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  • Commerce mandated compliance with the OSI model, while the US Department of Defense planned to transition from TCP/IP to OSI. Meanwhile, the development of a...
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  • emerging Internet. International work on a reference model for communication standards led to the OSI model, published in 1984. For a period in the late 1980s...
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  • Deutschland GmbH and Techem GmbH [de]. The concept was based on the ISO-OSI Reference Model, in order to realize an open system which could use almost any desired...
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    stack is a] set of network protocol layers that work together. The OSI Reference Model that defines seven protocol layers is often called a stack, as is...
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  • the seven-layer OSI model is often used as a reference for teaching and documentation, the protocols originally conceived for the model did not gain popularity...
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    network include electrical cable, optical fiber, and free space. In the OSI model, the software to handle the media is defined at layers 1 and 2 — the physical...
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  • In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the presentation layer is layer 6 and serves as the data translator for the network. It is sometimes...
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  • the general design of network communication protocols. They employ the OSI model as a basis for their development in which they characterize system elements...
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    physical topology is a particular concern of the physical layer of the OSI model. Examples of network topologies are found in local area networks (LAN)...
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  • details of a subsystem. Examples of software models that use layers of abstraction include the OSI model for network protocols, OpenGL, and other graphics...
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  • MAC addresses to forward data at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model. Some switches can also forward data at the network layer (layer 3) by...
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    transmission medium. These two sublayers together correspond to layer 2 of the OSI model. For compatibility reasons, LLC is optional for implementations of IEEE...
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  • Layer (Layer 3) of the model. The Internet Protocol Suite, also known as the TCP/IP model, was not designed to conform to the OSI model and does not refer...
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  • uses the first and second layers of the OSI model, UDS utilizes the fifth and seventh layers of the OSI model. The Service ID (SID) and the parameters...
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    that path. In the OSI model, the definition of its application layer is narrower in scope than is often implemented. The OSI model defines the application...
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  • Session layer (redirect from OSI layer 5)
    In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the session layer is layer 5. The session layer provides the mechanism for opening, closing and managing...
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  • version were limited to a maximum payload size of 4095 bytes. In the OSI Model, ISO-TP covers the layer 3 (network layer) and 4 (transport layer). The...
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