•Computer communications is at three
levels
•Application level
•Computer level
•Communication channel
•Protocol
•Set of rules for communications
•OSI Standard
ISO Website
Protocols for Computer Communication
ISO Website
Protocols for Computer Communication
•Early computers
•Terminals
•Sneaker net
•System Network Architecture (SNA)
•Established by IBM in 1974
•Proprietary
•Token-Ring
•Host computer controlled
•peer-to-peer
•Ethernet
•Xerox working with Intel and Digital
Equipment Corporation developed this protocol
•Non-proprietary
•Defined by IEEE
•Works on a single transmission line
•No token is passed
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