mt thit b khc, n phi c ng gi d liu. Ti mi lp d liu s c bc li vi mi giao thc ring r. - truyn thng v trao i d liu, mi mt lp s s dng PDUs n v d liu giao thc. Mt PDUs bao gm thng tin iu khin c gn vo d liu ti mi lp ca m hnh. Chng th lun lun gn mt mo u vo trng d liu. - Mi PDUs gn vo d liu bng cch ng gi chng ti mi lp ca m hnh OSI, v mi mt PDUs s c mt tn c th ph thuc vo thng tin mi mo u. Mi thng tin PDUs ny s ch c c ti mi lp tng ng bn pha nhn. V sau khi c xong, mo u ti lp ny s c g b v chuyn ln lp k tip. - Qu trnh ng gi d liu nh sau: o D liu t ba lp trn s c chuyn xung lp Transport, lc ny n to nn mt ng kt ni o ti thit b nhn bng cch gi mt bn tin synch. o K tip d liu s c chia nh. Mt mo u ca lp Transport c to ra v gn vo phn u ca trng d liu. Lc ny mi mnh d liu s c gi l mt segment. V mi segment s c nh s. Ty theo yu cu ca lp ng dng m mo u ca lp Transport c th l UDP hay TCP. o Mi segment c chuyn xung lp Network nh tuyn v gn a ch Ip. a ch Ip c gn cho mi segment gip d liu i n ch mt cch chnh xc. Giao thc lp mng c gn vo u ca mi segment chuyn xung lp Datalink. Lc ny ta s gi l mt packet hoc mt datagram. o Lp Datalink ng gi mi packet vo trong mt frame, phn mo u ca mi frame bao gm a ch MAC ca ngun v ch. Nu thit b nhn xa, cc frame s c chuyn n router router chuyn n ch thng qua lin mng.
o a cc frame vo trong mng, chng phi c
chuyn thnh cc tn hiu s. Lc ny cc d liu s c chuyn thnh cc chui bit nh phn 0 v 1.