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Network Layer (OSI Layer 3) Protocols

The very important network layer contains the Internet Protocol and several
related and support protocols, as shown in Table 21.

Table 21: TCP/IP Protocols: Network Layer (OSI Layer 3)

Protocol Name Protocol Abbr. Description

Provides encapsulation and
connectionless delivery of
Internet Protocol,
transport layer messages
Internet Protocol IP, IPv6
over a TCP/IP network. Also
Version 6
responsible for addressing
and routing functions.
Allows addresses on a
private network to be
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Translation public network, providing
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Network Protocol benefits. (Note that some
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strict sense of that word.)
A set of IP-related protocols
IP Security IPSec that improve the security of
IP transmissions.
Resolves certain problems
Internet Protocol
Mobile IP with IP associated with
Mobility Support
mobile devices.
A “support protocol” for IP
and IPv6 that provides error-
Internet Control ICMP/ICMPv4,
reporting and information
Message Protocol ICMPv6
request-and-reply
capabilities to hosts.
A new “support protocol” for
Neighbor Discovery IPv6 that includes several
ND
Protocol functions performed by ARP
and ICMP in conventional IP.
Routing Information
Protocol, Open Shortest
Path First, Gateway-to-
Gateway Protocol,
HELLO Protocol, Interior RIP, OSPF, Protocols used to support
Gateway Routing GGP, HELLO, the routing of IP datagrams
Protocol, Enhanced IGRP, EIGRP, and the exchange of routing
Interior Gateway Routing BGP, EGP information.
Protocol, Border
Gateway Protocol,
Exterior Gateway
Protocol

Host-to-Host Transport Layer (OSI Layer 4) Protocols

The transport layer contains the essential protocols TCP and UDP, as shown in
Table 22.

Table 22: TCP/IP Protocols: Host-to-Host Transport Layer (OSI Layer 4)

Protocol
Protocol Name Description
Abbr.
The main transport layer protocol for TCP/IP.
Transmission
Establishes and manages connections
Control TCP
between devices and ensures reliable and
Protocol
flow-controlled delivery of data using IP.

A transport protocol that can be considered a

“severely stripped-down” version of TCP. It is

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