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The document discusses a private internet that uses three different protocols at the data-link layer - L1, L2 and L3. It asks if with this assumption, we can say that at the data-link layer there is demultiplexing at the source node, which splits one data stream into multiple parts, and multiplexing at the destination node, which combines multiple data streams into one. The solution provided confirms that demultiplexing occurs at the source node and multiplexing at the destination node at the data-link layer, though some refer to the processes as inverse multiplexing and inverse demultiplexing instead.

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De Multiple Xing

The document discusses a private internet that uses three different protocols at the data-link layer - L1, L2 and L3. It asks if with this assumption, we can say that at the data-link layer there is demultiplexing at the source node, which splits one data stream into multiple parts, and multiplexing at the destination node, which combines multiple data streams into one. The solution provided confirms that demultiplexing occurs at the source node and multiplexing at the destination node at the data-link layer, though some refer to the processes as inverse multiplexing and inverse demultiplexing instead.

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Assume a private internet uses three different protocols at the data-link layer (L1, L2, and

L3). Redraw Figure 2.10 with this assumption. Can we say that, in the data-link layer, we
have demultiplexing at the source node and multiplexing at the destination node?

Solution

The following shows the situation. If we think about multiplexing as many-to-one and
demultiplexing as one-to-many, we have demultiplexing at the source node and multiplexing at
the destination node in the data-link layer. However, some purists call these two inverse
multiplexing and inverse demultiplexing.

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