Computer Networks

Multiple access control is a method that allows multiple stations to share the same link. Well, the data link layer is responsible for the transmission of frames between the sender and receiver. We can classify the function of the data link layer into two types: Data Link Control Multiple Access Control The data link control protocols offer reliable communication … [Read more...] about Multiple Access Control

Data link layer design issues highlight the problems that network designers must address while designing the data link layer of any networking model. But before understanding these design issues, let us first understand the need for the data link layer. What is Data Link Layer? The data link layer is a layer in the networking model that transforms the raw transmission … [Read more...] about Data Link Layer Design Issues

Stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) is also a transport layer protocol like TCP and UDP. SCTP protocol includes the best features of TCP and UDP along with this it also supports the new applications supporting voice over the internet. In this section, we will discuss the working of SCTP and we will also discuss services provided by SCTP along with its … [Read more...] about Stream Control Transmission Protocol

The transmission control protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented and reliable transport layer protocol that provides process-to-process communication. Like in user datagram protocol (UDP), we refer to the data transfer unit as user datagram in TCP we refer it to as a segment. Content: Transmission Control Protocol Introduction TCP Working TCP Services Advantages … [Read more...] about Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

User datagram protocol (UDP) provides connectionless and unreliable process-to-process communication. It is a transport layer protocol. UDP has less overhead and provides faster delivery of the packets. UDP packets are referred to as user datagrams. Content: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Introduction UDP Services Working UDP Applications Advantages and … [Read more...] about User Datagram Protocol (UDP)