The role is to transfer frames to packets
What is the function of Data-Link layer in OSI reference model
Addressing
Acknowledgment
Sequencing
Framing
It is to transfer frames to packets
Damaged frames are discarded. Retransmission - if needed - is handled by higher-layer protocols, like TCP.
Network Layer This layer addresses the data. It adds an IP address which allows our data to flow across networks. The protocols involved in this layer are IP and IPX. Data Link Layer This layer provides the functional and procedural means to transfer data. It also corrects any errors that may occur in the Physical layer. The protocols used at this layer are media access control and logical link control.
Elementary data link protocols must agree at the most rudimentary level. The data frame must be constructed from this level, and all protocols must agree.
the network layer --> check your question. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That is totally not the right answer, how about you actually read the book for the course. It is the data link layer that does encapsulation. I agree - its the Data Link Layer which encapsulates the Network layer...NOT the Network Layer.
Data link layer
Data link layer protocols like PPP and HDLC define how data is encapsulated for transmission across a WAN link.
Damaged frames are discarded. Retransmission - if needed - is handled by higher-layer protocols, like TCP.
TELNET
The most common WAN data-link protocols are: 1. HDLC 2. PPP 3. Frame Relay 4. ATM
physical layer.
Here's what you should know: Data link layer protocols must be concerned with the rules for transmitting data across the network media, particularly with encoding and carrying "frames" of data. Although this layer includes providing error detection and notification by adding the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), the Transport Layer is primarily responsible for end-to-end error-free message delivery. WAN Data-Link protocols primarily define how data frames should be packaged for different types of networks. To quote: The data link protocols available for WAN communications define how networks will carry the data frames on a given data link. The data link protocols used for WANs come in three categories: 1. Interface to IBM enterprise data centers: SDLC 2. WAN connections using peer devices: HDLC & PPP 3. Switched or relayed services: X.25/LAPB, Frame Relay, ISDN/LAPD, ATM. Some of these protocols provide functionality as high as in the Network layer of the OSI, and all of these protocols transfer data over a WAN data link.
Network Layer This layer addresses the data. It adds an IP address which allows our data to flow across networks. The protocols involved in this layer are IP and IPX. Data Link Layer This layer provides the functional and procedural means to transfer data. It also corrects any errors that may occur in the Physical layer. The protocols used at this layer are media access control and logical link control.
network data-link
Atm frame relay
atm and frame-relay
The data link layer is still needed for flow control over the transmission channel and for framing the data. In a multiple access medium such as a LAN, the data link layer is required to coordinate access to the shared medium among the multiple users.
TCP/IP is composed of layers, wherein each layer is responsible for performing certain operations on the data it receives and passing it to the higher layers. Each layer deals with certain issues related to the transmission of data and renders certain services to its higher layers. The TCP/IP model consists of the link layer, the Internet layer, the transport layer and the application layer. Each layer consists of a set of protocols that function on the level of that layer. The link layer protocols are responsible for connecting the nodes in a network. The Internet layer consists of protocols, specifications and methods that are used to transport data packets across the network. The transport layer protocols deal with the transmission of data packets between source and destination network hosts. The application layer, the topmost layer in TCP/IP, directly interacts with application services. Thus, we see that TCP/IP functions at all the levels of communication between the components of a network. It is truly, the heart of network communication.