[e2e] Lost Layer?

[Detlef Bosau]

Am 11.02.2014 16:10, schrieb Joe Touch:
>
>
> On 2/11/2014 5:41 AM, Detlef Bosau wrote:
>> Am 11.02.2014 03:31, schrieb Joe Touch:
> ...
>>> I have no idea what a 'network' layer is that is different from what
>>> we currently call the link layer.
>>
>> And you are not the only one to have this problem.
>>
>> When you have a look at
>> @article{cerf,
>> title={ Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication},
>> author={V.~ Cerf and R.~Kahn},
>> journal={IEEE Transactions on Communications},
>> month= "May",
>> year= "1974",
>> volume = "22",
>> number = "5",
>> pages = "637-- 648"
>> }
>
> At that time, the terminology was in flux.

Isn't it today?

And I well try to understand thins in their temporal context.

However, I think that an "entity" (not necessarily "layer") flow, as it
is known in multimedia architectures, is useful here.


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