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 ISSN 2348-1196 (print)
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online)
Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp: (415-417), Month: January - March 2015, Available at: www.researchpublish.com

TCP/IP PROTOCOL LAYERING

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Sravya Mundra, 2Professor Tarik El Taeib

Abstract: Communications between computers on a network is done through protocol suits. The most widely used
and most widely available protocol suite is TCP/IP protocol suite. A protocol suit consists of a layered architecture
where each layer depicts some functionality which can be carried out by a protocol. Each layer usually has more
than one protocol options to carry out the responsibility that the layer adheres to. TCP/IP is normally considered
to be a 4 layer system. The 4 layers are as follows: 1. Application layer, 2. Transport layer, 3. Network layer,
4. Data link layer.
Keywords: Protocol suit, Datagram, Packet, Addressing, Routing, Fragmentation, Application.

I. INTRODUCTION
The TCP/IP (transmission control convention/Internet convention) suite of protocols is the situated of conventions used to
impart over the web. It is additionally broadly utilized on numerous authoritative systems because of its adaptability and
wide show of usefulness gave. Microsoft who had initially built up their own particular arrangement of conventions now
is all the more broadly utilizing TCP/IP, at first for transport and now to bolster different administrations.
There are 4 layers in TCP/IP protocol suit. They are as follows:
1.) Network Interface Layer
2.) Internet Layer
3.) Transport Layer
4.) Application Layer
The each layer has different protocols in it. The diagram given below shows the comparison between OSI model layers
and TCP/IP protocol architecture layers with their corresponding protocols.

Fig. 1 Comparison between OSI model and TCP/IP Protocol layering.

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Network interface layer The Network Interface layer (likewise known by the Network Access layer) is in charge of
putting TCP/IP packets on the system medium and accepts TCP/IP packets off the system medium. TCP/IP was intended
to be free of the system access technique, casing organization, and medium.

 ARP - Address Resolution Protocol

 IP - Internet Protocol.

 RARP - Reverse address resolution protocol.

Internet layer The Internet layer is in charge of addresses, directing capacities. The center conventions of the Internet
layer are IP, ARP, ICMP, and IGMP.

 The Internet Protocol is a routable convention in charge of IP addressing, routing, and the fragmentation and
reassembly of packets.

 The Address Resolution Protocol is in charge of the determination of the Internet layer location to the Network layer.

 The Internet Control Message Protocol is in charge of giving symptomatic capacities and reporting mistakes because
of the unsuccessful conveyance of IP parcels.

 The Internet Group Management Protocol is in charge of the administration of IP multicast bunches.

Transport layer The Transport layer (otherwise called the Host-to-Host Transport layer) is in charge of giving the
Application layer session and datagram. The main protocols of this layer are TCP and the UDP.

 TCP provides a one-to-one, connection-oriented, reliable communications service.

 UDP provides a one-to-one or one-to-many, connectionless, unreliable communications service.

Application layer The Application layer alternates layers and characterizes the protocols that applications utilization to
trade information.

The protocols are:

 HTTP is utilized to exchange documents that making the Web pages of the World Wide Web.

 The FTP is utilized for intelligent record exchange.

 The SMTP is utilized for the exchange of messages and connections.

 Telnet utilized for signing on remotely to system has.

Example The given beneath graph demonstrates the data streams descending through every layer on the sender host.

Here the protocol TCP doles out some more data to the information originating from upper layer so that the
correspondence stays dependable i.e., a track of sent information and got information could be kept up.

At the following lower layer, IP includes its own particular data over the information originating from transport layer.
This data would help in bundle going over the system. In conclusion, the information connection layer verifies that the
information exchange to/from the physical media is carried out appropriately. Here again the correspondence done at the
system access layer can be dependable or inconsistent.

This data goes on the physical media and achieves the destination host.

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Fig. 2 Example for communication between two hosts

II. CONCLUSION
A protocol is a situated of standards that empowers PCs to unite and transmit information to each other; this is likewise
called an communications protocol. TCP/IP is the suite of communications protocols that is utilized to join has on the
Internet and on most other PC arranges too.
TCP/IP c protocol suit is a uninhibitedly accessible convention and not a mystery c protocol that is claimed by a solitary
organization. This makes it feasible for anybody with sufficient specialized information to enhance it. It is good with
basically all advanced working frameworks, and therefore it empowers any framework to correspond with some other
framework. It is likewise good with for all intents and purposes a wide range of PC equipment and system arrangements.
It gives dependable information conveyance.

REFERENCES
[1] Himanshu Arora ,“TCP/IP protocol fundamentals explained with diagram” November 2, 2011.
[2] Microsoft,” TCP/IP protocol architecture” 2007
[3] Paul.Buis,”TCP/IP protocol layering,” 1996.
[4] Agustin.Velasco,”TCP/IP networking protocols” 2000
[5] LINFO,”TCP/IP definition,” 2005

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