The purpose of the network layer is to help route messages between different local networks. Central to this layer is the concept of exclusive network addresses, where every terminal connected to the ...
Network protocols define the rules for data formatting, addressing, error handling, sequencing, and flow control. This ...
The Internet Protocol is growing in wide-area networks (WANs). That doesn't mean that Sonet/ SDH systems are going away, though. These reliable, secure, and fast systems will continue to form the ...