Open Systems Interconnection

This introduction to OSI fundamentals provides extensive coverage of the services and protocols at each layer, with an emphasis on the upper layers. Experts Jain and Agrawala offer a mix of fundamentals and theory for network managers and designers and all data communication professionals who need a complete, detailed understanding of OSI. The book discusses the OSI architecture and its various applications, including how to define the service provided by a given layer; specifying a protocol that realizes a given service; protocols for the physical layer through the network layer; the complex protocols used at the transport layer; the problem of information representation and its solution; commonly used application services; major issues concerning implementation of OSI-based networks; and much more.