The application layer in the TCP/IP stack, and its equivalent layers in the OSI model, deals with session management and applications executed on the equipment.

It’s at the OSI model’s and TCP/IP stack’s applications layer that confusion also arises. Ditter says this is due to so many protocols existing, because “everyone is trying to build a better mousetrap ...

This paper explains the 2 popular reference models: OSI reference model and TCP/IP model, by comparing the functionality of each layer in both models.

TCP/IP’s layers are much simpler to remember than the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) conceived in the 1980s.

CT20602 is a complete USB Power Delivery 3.1 Physical Layer. It also implements that part of the USB Power Delivery 3.1 Protocol Layer which are defined in the Type-C Port Controller specification, ..

Internet Protocol The IP protocol is so adaptable that it has become a common denominator in many communication environments. Physical layer interfaces pass their messages to upper layers that end up ...

ODVA announced today that conformance testing is now available for EtherNet/IP network-enabled devices that communicate over the Ethernet-APL physical layer.

IPv6 The current IP address scheme of 32-bit words is fast becoming inadequate. It would appear that 232 = 4 294 967 296 combinations of addresses should ...