COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which layer is responsible for establishing a temporary communication session between the source and destination host applications?

A	Network Layer
B	Physical Layer
C	Transport Layer
D	Application Layer

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The transport layer is responsible for establishing a temporary communication session between the source and destination host applications.

Detailed explanation-2: -The transport layer deals with the process-to-process communication or port-to-port communication. The network layer deals with host-to-host communication. The various protocols used in the transport layer are TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which transport layer feature is used to establish a connection-oriented session? TCP uses the 3-way handshake. UDP does not use this feature. The 3-way handshake ensures there is connectivity between the source and destination devices before transmission occurs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transport layer provides a total end-to-end solution for reliable communications. TCP/IP relies on the transport layer to effectively control communications between two hosts.

There is 1 question to complete.