Protocols for Application Communication: A Top-down Guide to OSI, TCP/IP, and SNADesigned for applications programmers, software engineers, communications professionals and network managers, this text provides a background to application communications and then fits in the individual protocol suites, including the difficult area of SNA and the widely-used X.25 and OSI CONS. Message handling is explained with reference to the Internet, SNA networks and X.400. |
Contents
The Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection | 13 |
Systems Network Architecture | 32 |
The TCPIP suite of Internet Protocols | 56 |
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accept activity allows application architecture assigned association attribute called carried Chapter command communication component confirmation connection consists contains context conversation datagram defined definition delivered delivery described destination determine distributed document domain element enable entity entry error established example exchange facilities field Figure flow format frame functional unit header identifier implemented includes indicates initiator interface Internet issues layer length logical machine mapped mode node object octet operation optional origin packet parameters particular performed port presentation primitives protocol receiver reference release reliable remote request response result returned route segment selected sent sequence server session shown specified standards station structure sub-area synchronization Table tion token TPDU transaction transfer transmission Transport user data