Overview#

Network Layer is a Communication Layers and conceptual division of methods in the layered architecture of protocols in the network stack.

OSI-Model#

Network Layer is responsible for packet forwarding including routing through intermediate routers, since it knows the address of neighboring network nodes, and it also manages Quality of Service (QoS), and recognizes and forwards local host domain messages to the Transport Layer (layer 4). !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• AWS Shield
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• Bridge
• Communication Layers
• Dotdot
• Frame
• LoRa
• Load Balancing
• Logical Link Control
• MAC
• Network devices
• OSI-Model
• Packet
• Routing
• Thread network layer
• Transparent Proxy
• Z-Wave