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session setup, maintenance, and tear down. checkpoint controls

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The Session layer handles the exchange of information to initiate dialogs, keep them active, and to restart sessions that are disrupted or idle for a long period of time.

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Session establishtment , and handle process to process delivery. e.g. You are chatting on Gtalk , using FB simultaneously. Your Gtalk data will not enter into FB and vice versa.

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