In order for network devices and applications to communicate with each other, they must follow protocols and specific rules that are laid out by the Open System Interconnection (OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) model. In order for data to travel from one device to another, seven layers were created for the OSI & TCP/IP model. These seven layers are a basic standard, utilized by most networks today and are based on the OSI. Even though the OSI model is standard and widely used, it does have some drawbacks.
According to Google, the OSI is defined as a “conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the internal functions of a communication system by partitioning it into abstraction layers” (2005). According to Kozierk, the history of the OSI Model started in the late 1970’s when two independent designs were started with the same common purpose. One was by the ISO and the second was by CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee). The two developments each outlined parallel networking models and was combined in 1983 and was called The Basic Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection (2012). It was renamed the OSI Model and published in 1984 by the International Organization for Standardization to set …show more content…
This layer works with the Application and Session layer and is in charge of presenting and formatting data so that both the sender and receiver can read it (The OSI, 2014). The chief purpose of this layer is to take the data received from the Application layer, condense the data (to limit the number of bits sent), and convey the data in an appropriate format for the Session layer (An Overview, 2009). The tech-faq website lists the functions performed by the Presentation layer as: “protocol conversion, data transmission, data encryption and decryption, data compression, character set conversion, interpretation of graphics commands” (The OSI,
According to Google, the OSI is defined as a “conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the internal functions of a communication system by partitioning it into abstraction layers” (2005). According to Kozierk, the history of the OSI Model started in the late 1970’s when two independent designs were started with the same common purpose. One was by the ISO and the second was by CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee). The two developments each outlined parallel networking models and was combined in 1983 and was called The Basic Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection (2012). It was renamed the OSI Model and published in 1984 by the International Organization for Standardization to set …show more content…
This layer works with the Application and Session layer and is in charge of presenting and formatting data so that both the sender and receiver can read it (The OSI, 2014). The chief purpose of this layer is to take the data received from the Application layer, condense the data (to limit the number of bits sent), and convey the data in an appropriate format for the Session layer (An Overview, 2009). The tech-faq website lists the functions performed by the Presentation layer as: “protocol conversion, data transmission, data encryption and decryption, data compression, character set conversion, interpretation of graphics commands” (The OSI,