Advantages of Network Layer
- Using the network layer in the OSI paradigm offers a multitude of advantages. Let’s delve into some of these benefits:
- The network layer takes the data and breaks it down into packets, which makes transmitting the data over the network easier. This process also eliminates any weak points in the transmission, ensuring that the packet successfully reaches its intended destination.
- Router is the important component of the network layer . Its role is to reduce network congestion by facilitating collisions and broadcasting the domains within the network layer.
- Used to send data packets across the network nodes, the forwarding method is various.
Network Layer in OSI Model
OSI stands for Open Systems Interconnection. It was developed by the ISO – ‘International Organization for Standardization‘, in the year 1984. It is a 7-layer architecture with each layer having specific functionality to perform. All these 7 layers work collaboratively to transmit the data from one person to another across the globe.