DATA LINK LAYER PROTOCOLS

Book-1
The Data Link Layer
Functions of the Data Link Layer

 Provide service interface to the network layer

 Dealing with transmission errors
 Regulating data flow
o Slow receivers not swamped by fast senders

Relationship between packets and frames

Placement of the data link protocol

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DATA LINK LAYER PROTOCOLS

Book-2
DATA LINK CONTROL PROTOCOLS
Data Link Layer –Primary Functions
 Flow control –regulate flow of data from sender to receiver
 Error control –detect and correct errors
 Framing –recognizing beginning and end of frames (blocks, packets)

Transportation Analogy
Trip from Princeton to Lausanne
Limo: Princeton to JFK
Plane: JFK to Geneva
Train: Geneva to Lausanne
Tourist = datagram
Transport segment = communication link
Transportation mode = link layer protocol
Travel agent = routing algorithm

Here, the channel access protocol serves to coordinate the frame transmissions of the many
nodes; Frame headers also often include fields for a node's so-called physical address, which
is completely distinct from the node's network layer (for example, IP) address.