OSI MODEL

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 Introduction

 Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (OSI

Reference Model or OSI Model) is an abstract description for
layered communications and computer network protocol design. It
was developed as part of the Open Systems Interconnection
(OSI) initiative. In its most basic form, it divides network
architecture into seven layers which, from top to bottom, are the
Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data-Link,
and Physical Layers. It is therefore often referred to as the OSI
Seven Layer Model.
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OSI Model's 7 Layers
Application to Application
APPLICATION APPLICATION

Application to Application
PRESENTATION PRESENTATION

Application to Application
SESSION SESSION

TRANSPORT Process to Process TRANSPORT

NETWORK Source to Destination NETWORK

Router
Source to Destination

Hop to Hop
DATA LINK Switch DATA LINK
Hop to Hop

Hub and Repeater

PHYSICAL PHYSICAL
Physical Medium

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Host and Media Layer

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 Data, Protocol & Activities
OSI Layers TCP/IP Suit Activities

Application Application To allow access to network resources

Telnet, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, DNS, SNMP, Specific address etc…

To Translate, encrypt, and compress

Presentation Presentation data

Session To establish, manage, and terminate

Session session

Transport To Provide reliable process-to-process

Transport SCTP, TCP, UDP, Sockets and Ports address Message delivery and error recovery

Network To move packets from source to

Network IP, ARP/RARP, ICMP, IGMP, Logical address destination; to provide internetworking

Data Link To organize bits into frames; to provide

Data Link IEEE 802 Standards, TR, FDDI, PPP, Physical address Hop-to-hop delivery

Physical To Transmit bits over a medium; to provide

Physical Medium, Coax, Fiber, 10base, Wireless Mechanical and electrical specifications

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Physical Layer 110 10101000000010111 110 10101000000010111
From data link layer To data link layer

Physical layer
Physical layer

Transmission medium

 One of the major functions of the physical layer is to move data in the form of electromagnetic
signals across a transmission medium.
 It’s responsible for movements of individual bits from one hop (Node) to next.
 Both data and the signals can be either analog or digital.

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 Data Link Layer (Host to Host)
From network layer To network layer

Data link layer H2 Data T2 H2 Data T2 Data link layer

To physical layer From physical layer

 Data link layer is responsible for moving frames from one hop (Node) to the next.

 Concerned:
 Framing (stream of bits into manageable data units)
 Physical addressing (MAC Address)
 Flow Control (mechanism for overwhelming the receiver)
 Error Control (trailer, retransmission)

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 Network Layer (Source to Destination)
From transport layer To transport layer

Network layer H3 Data Packet H3 Data Packet Network layer

To data link layer From data link layer

 The network layer is responsible for the delivery of individual packets from the source
host to the destination host.

 Concerned:
 Logical addressing (IP Address)
 Routing (Source to destination transmission between networks)

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 Transport Layer (Process to Process)
From session layer From session layer

Transport layer H4 Data H4 Data H4 Data Data Data H4 Data

Transport layer
H4 H4

Segments Segments

To network layer From network layer

 The transport layer is responsible for the delivery of a message from one process to
another

 Concerned:
 Service-point addressing (Port address)
 Segmentation and reassembly (Sequence number)
 Connection control (Connectionless or connection oriented)
 Flow control (end to end)
 Error Control (Process to Process)

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 Session Layer (Dialog initiation)
From Presentation layer To Presentation layer

H5 Data Data Data H5 Data Data Data Session layer

Session layer
Syn Syn Syn Syn Syn Syn

To transport layer From transport layer

 The session layer is responsible for dialog control and synchronization

 Concerned:
 Dialog Control
 Synchronization

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 Presentation Layer (dependency)
From application layer To application layer

presentation layer H6 Data

H6 Data presentation layer

To session layer From session layer

 The presentation layer is responsible for translation, compression and encryption

 Concerned:
 Translation (interoperability between different encoding system)
 Encryption (Privacy schemes)
 Compression (data compression)

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 Application Layer (user level service) USER
USER
(Human or Program) (Human or Program)

X.500 FTAM X.400

X.500 FTAM X.400

Application layer

Application layer
H7 Data Message H7 Data Message

To presentation layer From presentation layer

 The application layer is responsible for providing services to the user.

 Concerned:
 Network virtual terminal (Software)
 File transfer, access and management
 Mail services
 Directory services (access to distributed database sources for global information about various objects
and services)

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