Below you will find example sentences with "link layer". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Link Layer in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: link
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "link layer" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as the data link layer layer 2, a data link layer layer 2, data, network and model stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with layer protocol, network layer, thin layer and data link, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with link layer
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
No network services above the data link layer are required for these applications. (13 words)
To alleviate these problems, bridging was created to communicate at the data link layer while isolating the physical layer. (19 words)
Link layer The link layer has the networking scope of the local network connection to which a host is attached. (20 words)
The size of the ARP message depends on the upper layer and lower layer address sizes, which are given by the type of networking protocol (usually IPv4 ) in use and the type of hardware or virtual link layer that the upper layer protocol is running on. (46 words)
The magic packet is sent on the data link layer (layer 2 in the OSI model ) and when sent, is broadcast to all attached devices on a given network, using the network broadcast address ; the IP-address (layer 3 in the OSI model) is not used. (46 words)
Different authors have interpreted the TCP/IP model differently, and disagree whether the link layer, or the entire TCP/IP model, covers OSI layer 1 ( physical layer ) issues, or whether a hardware layer is assumed below the link layer. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Different authors have interpreted the TCP/IP model differently, and disagree whether the link layer, or the entire TCP/IP model, covers OSI layer 1 ( physical layer ) issues, or whether a hardware layer is assumed below the link layer.
It is common for physical layer standards bodies to refer to lower-layer (physical layer and link layer ) encryption as scrambling as well.
The size of the ARP message depends on the upper layer and lower layer address sizes, which are given by the type of networking protocol (usually IPv4 ) in use and the type of hardware or virtual link layer that the upper layer protocol is running on.
With respect to the OSI model of network design, a cable modem is both Physical Layer (Layer 1) device and a Data Link Layer (Layer 2) forwarder.
It thus forms the basis of most of the link layer (OSI Layer 2 ) networking upon which upper layer protocols rely to produce complex, functioning networks.
The magic packet is sent on the data link layer (layer 2 in the OSI model ) and when sent, is broadcast to all attached devices on a given network, using the network broadcast address ; the IP-address (layer 3 in the OSI model) is not used.
Link layer The link layer has the networking scope of the local network connection to which a host is attached.
Error control Error recovery procedures at the packet layer assume that the data link layer is responsible for retransmitting data received in error.
Integrity protection is assumed to be assured by both the link layer or error detection and correction methods in higher-layer protocols, such as TCP and UDP.
Network design An Ethernet switch operates at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model to create a separate collision domain for each switch port.
The packet layer includes mechanisms to maintain virtual calls and to signal data errors in the event that the data link layer cannot recover from data transmission errors.
To alleviate these problems, bridging was created to communicate at the data link layer while isolating the physical layer.
Typically the link layer encapsulates IP packets in frames with a CRC footer that detects most errors, and typically the end-to-end TCP layer checksum detects most other errors.
It does not discuss hardware-specific low-level interfaces, and assumes availability of a Link Layer interface to the local network link to which the host is connected.
The TCP/IP model's link layer corresponds to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model physical and data link layers, layers one and two of the OSI model.
Alternating bit protocol (ABP) is a simple network protocol operating at the data link layer that retransmits lost or corrupted messages.
As there are only two endpoints on a tunnel, the tunnel is a point-to-point connection and PPP is a natural choice as a data link layer protocol between the virtual network interfaces.
By contrast, in order to increase performance, and since current link layer technology is assumed to provide sufficient error detection, RFC 1726 section 6.2 the IPv6 header has no checksum to protect it.
In fact, some network protocols (such as SNA 's Path Control in its early stages) require a connection-oriented data link layer.
No network services above the data link layer are required for these applications.