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TCP is the transport layer protocol that links the application layer to the
network layer.
It performs segmenting: breaking the data into smaller PDUs called segments,
numbering them, ensuring each segment is reliably delivered, and putting
them in the proper order at the destination.
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1 Subnet 2 Asychronous Transmission
What functions does the TCP
3 4 Error Control
segment perform?
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Subnet subnetworks that subdivide the network into
logical pieces to make the overall network more
efficient.
LLC (Logical Link Control) The first sublayer of the data link layer and is
responsible for communicating with the network
layer software and for taking the network layer
Protocol Data Unit (PDU) and surrounding it with a
data link layer PDU.
MAC (Media Access Control) The second sublayer of the data link layer that
controls the hardware.
Polling the process of sending a signal to a client
computer that gives it permission to transmit
Error Control Network errors, such as those that occur during
transmission, are controlled by the network
hardware and software.
What are the sources of errors? - Line Noise
- White Noise
- Impulse Noise
- Cross talk
- Echoes
- Attenuation
- Intermodulation Noise