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The PDU at the Network layer is referred to as a packet. A PDU at the Data Link Layer is referred to as a frame.
What is a PDU? corruption of a frame during transmission data reassembled at the destination retransmitted packets due to lost communication a layer specific encapsulation
Frame, packet, segment, and lastly data shows the correct order of PDU de-encapsulation when a device receives messages from a network.
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A PDU (Protocol Data Unit) is defined by which layer it is in. In the physical layer and network layer, it is synonymous with the packet, in the data link layer, it is the frame. In the transport layer, it is a datagram for UDP. A datagram holds one or more PDU's, as it is the basic unit of transferring information via packet switching.
Frame Header - Network Header - Transport Header - Data - Frame Trailer
The Header and the payload The Header and the payload
manages the data transport between the processes running on each end host
In networking, PDU means "protocol data unit", and it is the generic name of the "packets" of data used at different levels of the network. Using the numbering of the OSI layers: At layer 2, the PDUs are called "frame". Example: An Ethernet frame, a frame-relay frame. At layer 3, the PDUs are called "packets". Example: An IP packet. At layer 4, the PDUs are called "segments". Example: A TCP segment, a UDP segment.
Datagrams TCP/IP layer 4 PDU's are called segments...
The PDU (protocol data unit) @ transport layer (e.g. TCP or UDP) is called as 'segment' .
The Layer 3 Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is commonly referred to as a packet. In the OSI model, Layer 3 corresponds to the Network layer, which is responsible for routing data between devices across different networks. The packet contains not only the payload (the actual data being transmitted) but also essential header information, such as source and destination IP addresses, that helps in directing the packet through the network.