Introduction - Transport layer

• Responsible for end-to-end delivery of messages

  • Sets up virtual circuits (when needed)

• Responsible for segmentation and reassembly

  • Breaking the message into several smaller pieces at the sending end
  • Reconstructing the original message into a single whole at the receiving end

• Interacts with Application Layer

Transport Layer

Application Layer

Network Layer

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