Data Comms
Data Comms
Charley Kline
Fathers of Internet
Vint Cerf
Bob Khan
De Jure - Approved by
standardization bodies
De Facto Not yet approved but are
already being used by certain
companies
Encapsulation - the data portion of a
packet from level N-` carries the
whole packet from level N
Decapsulation - done in the receiver
Physical Layer bits
- Physical characteristics of the
medium
- Representation of bits
- Data route
- Synchronization of bits
- Line confiugration
- Topology
- Transmission mode
Data Link
- Frame
- Framing, physical addressing,
flow control, error control
- Access control
Network layer
- Packet
- Routing
- IP addressing
Bridge
- 2 Port Device