Information Technology

Network Protocols Handbook

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A network architecture is a blueprint of the complete computer communi- cation network, which provides a framework and technology foundation for designing, building and managing a communication network. It typically has a layered structure. Layering is a modern network design principle which divides the communication tasks into a number of smaller parts, each part accomplishing a particular sub-task and interacting with the other parts in a small number of well-defined ways. Layering allows the parts of a communication to be designed and tested without a combinatorial explosion of cases, keeping each design relatively simple.
If a network architecture is open, no single vendor owns the technology and controls its definition and development. Anyone is free to design hardware and software based on the network architecture. The TCP/IP network archi- tecture, which the Internet is based on, is such a open network architecture and it is adopted as a worldwide network standard and widely deployed in local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), small and large enter- prises, and last but not the least, the Internet.
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) network architecture, developed by International Organization for Standardization, is an open standard for communication in the network across different equipment and applications by different vendors. Though not widely deployed, the OSI 7 layer model is considered the primary network architectural model for inter-computing and inter-networking communications.
In addition to the OSI network architecture model, there exist other network architecture models by many vendors, such as IBM SNA (Systems Network Architecture), Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC; now part of HP) DNA (Digital Network Architecture), Apple computer’s AppleTalk, and Novell’s NetWare. Actually, the TCP/IP architecture does not exactly match the OSI model. Unfortunately, there is no universal agreement regarding how to de- scribe TCP/IP with a layered model. It is generally agreed that TCP/IP has fewer levels (from three to five layers) than the seven layers of the OSI model.

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Network Protocols Handbook

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USA : Javvin Technologies Inc., 2005

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1-359

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English

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2nd Edition

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Information Technology

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