Summary
You should now be able to:
- Describe the components of the Internet architecture from both a horizontal and a vertical point of view
- Tell the difference between the edge and the core network
- Explain why the network design is divided into protocol layers and what a network service is
- Enumerate the layers of the TCP/IP stack or the ISO/OSI reference model
- Define the concept of encapsulation in communication networks
- Describe the characteristics and name some protocol examples of the Application layer
- Describe the characteristics and name some protocol examples of the Transport layer
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Project
Contact
This resource was developed as part of an Erasmus+ project, funded with support from the European Commission under grant agreement 2016-1-SE01-KA203-22064.
The project was a collaboration between:
- The University of Borås, Sweden
- The University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland
- The University of Alcalá, Spain
- Digital Connections, Scotland
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