Known as a "layer 2 protocol," the data link protocol is responsible for ensuring that the bits and bytes received are identical to the bits and bytes sent. For example, in a local network ...

For many years, protocols above the data link layer of the OSI model were ?standard protocols? only within the product offerings of a particular vendor. Examples included IBM?s SNA (Systems Network ...

The technical name of a frame of data transmitted over the data link layer (layer 2) in a communications network. Ethernet and Token Ring are examples of this layer. Many people neither use the ...

Multi-layer Security Ethernet has been the preferred data link layer for Internet Protocol (IP) communication for some time and with the emergence of Deterministic Ethernet, any IP-based application ...

Polybus offers a family of InfiniBand Link Layer Cores ranging from a Single Data Rate 4X core (10GBit/Second) to a Quad Data Rate 8X core (80GBit/second). All Link Layer cores are available for both ...