RFC 9293: TCP Packet

Protocol Data Unit: Segment or Datagram

Protocol Data Unit: Bit or Signal

OSI Layer 4: Transport Layer

OSI Layer 3: Network Layer
Protocol Data Unit: Frame

Protocl Data Unit: Packet

OSI Layer 1: Physical

Layer 2: Link Layer

Data
(Session, Presentation,
Application)

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The OSI Model

# Data Unit Layer Usage

7 Data Application Network process to application

Host Layers

6 Data Presentation Data representation and encryption

5 Data Session Inter-host communication

4 Segments Transport End-to-end connections and reliability

Path determination and IP

3
Media Layers

Packets Network (logical addressing)

MAC and LLC

2 Frames Data Link (Physical addressing)

1 Bits Physical Media, Signal, and Binary Transmission