Network Layer and Internet Protocol Quiz

The main function of the Network layer in the Internet is to deliver given packets to the destination.

The delivery options provided by the Network layer service model include guaranteed delivery, bounded delay, guaranteed minimum bandwidth, in order delivery, and duplicate suppression.

The Time to Live field indicates the maximum time the datagram is allowed to remain in the internet system. If this field contains the value zero, then the datagram must be destroyed.

<p>The Datagram Delivery Model involves no connection setup and provides best effort service, making the best effort to deliver the packets despite the possibility of packets getting lost, corrupted, reordered, misdelivered, duplicated, or delayed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Heterogeneity refers to the networks differing in terms of addressing conventions, bandwidth, latency, loss rate, and packet sizes, creating a diverse environment for communication among millions of hosts using different technologies.</p> Signup and view all the answers