ITT400

Introduction to Data Communication and

Networking

Chapter 2
The OSI Model

Mazlan Osman, FSKM, UiTM (Terengganu) 2014

 LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this chapter, students should be

able to:

1. Explain the function of each layer in OSI Model

and relationship between layers

2. Compare differences and similarities between OSI

Models and Internet (TCP/IP) Model

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 INTRODUCTION
• A network uses a combination of hardware and
software to send data from one location to another.

• The task of sending data from one point in the world

to another can be broken into several tasks, performed
by separate software (layers of software).

• At the end, data is sent from the source to the

destination.

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 2-1 LAYERED TASKS

• We use the concept of layers in our daily life.

• As an example, let us consider two friends who

communicate through postal mail.

• The process of sending a letter to a friend would be

complex if there were no services available from the
post office.

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 Figure 2.1 Tasks involved in sending a letter

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 SENDER, RECEIVER, AND CARRIER
At the Sender Site
• Higher layer
The sender writes the letter, inserts the letter in the envelope,
writes the sender and receiver addresses, and drops the letter in
a mailbox.

• Middle layer
The letter is picked up by a letter carrier and delivered to the
post office.

• Lower layer
The letter is sorted at the post office; a carrier transports the
letter.

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 SENDER, RECEIVER, AND CARRIER
On The Way (Carrier)
• On the way to the recipient’s local post office, the letter may
actually go through a central office.

• The letter is carried out by any kind of transport.

At the Receiver Site
• Lower layer
The carrier transports the letter to the post office.

• Middle layer
The letter is sorted and delivered to the recipient’s mailbox.

• Higher layer
The receiver picks up the letter, opens the envelope, and reads it.

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 2-2 THE OSI MODEL
• Established in 1947, the International Standards
Organization (ISO) is a multinational body dedicated to
worldwide agreement on international standards.
• An ISO standard that covers all aspects of network
communications is the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
model. It was first introduced in the late 1970s.
• An open system is a set of protocols that allows any two
different systems to communicate regardless of their
underlying architecture.
• Purpose : to show how to facilitate communication between
different systems without requiring changes to the logic of
the underlying hardware and software.
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 LAYERED ARCHITECTURE

Figure 2.2 Seven layers of the OSI model

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 LAYERED ARCHITECTURE

Figure 2.3 The interaction between layers in the OSI model

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 Organization of the Layers
• The seven layers can be divide to three subgroups :
1. Network support layers
– Layer 1 (physical), 2 (data link), and 3 (network)
– Deal with the physical aspects of moving data from one device
to another

2. User support layers

– Layer 5 (session), 6 (presentation), and 8 (application)
– Allow interoperability among unrelated software system.

3. Transport
– Layer 4 (transport)
– Link the two subgroups and ensures that what the lower layers
have transmitted is in a form that the upper layers can use .

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 2-3 LAYERS IN THE OSI MODEL

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 Note

The physical layer is responsible for movements of

individual bits from one hop (node) to the next.

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 PHYSICAL LAYER
• Other responsibilities:
– Physical characteristics of interfaces and medium
– Representation of bits
– Data rate
– Synchronization of bits
– Line configuration
– Physical topology
– Transmission mode

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 Figure 2.5 Physical layer

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 Note

The data link layer is responsible for moving

frames from one hop (node) to the next hop (node).

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 DATA LINK LAYER
• Other responsibilities :
– Framing
– Physical addressing
– Flow control
– Error control
– Access control
• The data link layer is divided into two sub-layers
➢ The Media Access Control (MAC) layer
➢ Logical Link Control (LLC) layer.
• The MAC sublayer controls how a computer on the network gains
access to the data and permission to transmit it.
• The LLC layer controls frame synchronization, flow control and
error checking.

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 Figure 2.6 Data link layer

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 Hop-to-hop Delivery

Figure 2.7 Hop-to-hop delivery

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 Note

The network layer is responsible for the

delivery of individual packets from
the source host to the destination host (route).

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 NETWORK LAYER

• This layer is responsible for packet forwarding,

including routing through different routers.

• Other responsibilities :
– Logical addressing
– Routing

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 Figure 2.8 Network layer

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 Source-to-destination Delivery

Figure 2.9 Source-to-destination delivery

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 Note

The transport layer is responsible for the delivery

of a message from one process to another process.

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 TRANSPORT LAYER

• The Transport Layer deals with the coordination of the

data transfer between end systems and hosts. How much
data to send, at what rate, where it goes, etc.

• Other responsibilities :
– Service-point addressing
– Segmentation and reassembly
– Connection control
– Flow control
– Error control

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 Figure 2.10 Transport layer

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 Process-to-process Delivery

Figure 2.11 Reliable process-to-process delivery of a message

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 Note

The session layer is responsible for dialog

control and synchronization.

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 SESSION LAYER
– Dialog control
Allows two system to enter into dialog.
Allows the communication between two processes to take
place in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode.

– Synchronization
Allows a process to add checkpoints, or synchronization
points, to a stream of data.

➢ Functions at this layer involve setup, coordination (how long

should a system wait for a response, for example) and
termination between the applications at each end of the
session.

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 Figure 2.12 Session layer

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 Note

The presentation layer is responsible for translation,

compression, and encryption.

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 PRESENTATION LAYER
– Translation
Responsible for interoperability between the different
encoding methods.

– Encryption
Sender transforms original info to another form and
sends the resulting message out over the network.

– Compression
Reduces the number of bits contained in the
information

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 Figure 2.13 Presentation layer

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 Note

The application layer is responsible for

providing services to the user.

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 APPLICATION LAYER
• Specific service provided :
– Network virtual terminal
Creates a software emulation of a terminal at the remote host,
and vice versa.
– File transfer, access, and management
Allows user to access files in remote host, to retrieve files from a
comp for use in local comp, and to manage or control files in a
remote computer locally.
– Mail service
– Directory services

• Applications that work at Layer 7 are the ones that users interact
with directly. A web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari,
etc.) or other app - Skype, Outlook, Office - are examples of Layer
7 applications.
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 Figure 2.14 Application layer

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 Summary of Layers

Figure 2.15 Summary of layers

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 2-4 TCP/IP PROTOCOL SUITE

• The layers in the TCP/IP protocol suite do not exactly

match those in the OSI model.

• Compared to OSI, TCP/IP protocol suite is made of five

layers: physical, data link, network, transport, and
application.

• Layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite contain relatively

independent protocols that can be mixed and matched
depending on the needs of the system.

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 Figure 2.16 TCP/IP and OSI model
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 2-5 ADDRESSING
• Four levels of addresses are used in an internet employing
the TCP/IP protocols:
1. Physical (link) addresses
2. Logical (IP) addresses
3. Port addresses
4. Specific addresses

Figure 2.17 Addresses in TCP/IP

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 Figure 2.18 Relationship of layers and addresses in TCP/IP
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 PHYSICAL ADDRESSES
• Address of a node as defined by its LAN or WAN
• Included in frame used by data link layer.
• Most local-area networks use a 48-bit (6-byte) physical address
written as 12 hexadecimal digits.

• Example:

Figure 2.19 Physical addresses

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 Note

The physical addresses will change from hop to hop,

but the logical addresses usually remain the same.

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 LOGICAL ADDRESSES
• Address for universal communication that are
independent of underlying physical networks.

• A universal addressing system is needed in which each

host can be identified uniquely, regardless of the
underlying physical network.

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 Example

Figure 2.20 IP addresses

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 PORT ADDRESSES

• In the TCP/IP architecture, the label assigned to a

process is called a port address.

• Port address in TCP/IP is 16 bits in length.

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 Figure 2.21 Port addresses
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 Note

The physical addresses change from hop to hop,

but the logical and port addresses usually remain the same.

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 SPECIFIC ADDRESSES
• Some applications have user-friendly addresses that
are designed for that specific address.

• Examples :
i. E-mail address
ii.Universal Resource Locator (URL)

• These addresses, however, get changed to the

corresponding port and logical addresses by the
sending computer.

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 ITT400
Introduction to Data Communication and
Networking

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Mazlan Osman, FSKM, UiTM (Terengganu) 2014