Typical message formats

• Each layer adds control information to the message - this process is called encapsulation.

data

data

Message

TCP message

IP packet

Ethernet frame

TCP

header

data

TCP

header

IP

header

data

TCP

header

IP

header

Ethernet

header

Ethernet

trailer

14 20 8 400 bytes 4

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