Link Layer Flashcards
What does the link layer do
Transports data grams from one node to another adjacent node using a combination of software and hardware
What are the three things that the link layer provides
Flow control: controlling flow between adjacent sending and receiving nodes
Error detection and correction: receiver detects and corrects bit errors without having to retransmit
Half duplex and full duplex:
With Half duplex, nodes at both ends can transmit but not at the same time
What is parity?
A method of error detection is to add a parity bit every
d bits. On the receiver side, the number of bits in every block of size d is counted and compared with the adjacent parity bit.
This method can only detect when an even number of bits gets flipped, and even then it can only detect errors, not correct them.
The cost of this method is one extra bit for every
d bits.
What does NIC stand for
Network interface card