Internet Protocol The IP protocol is so adaptable that it has become a common denominator in many communication environments. Physical layer interfaces pass their messages to upper layers that end up ...

IP is a core protocol that moves datagrams from one device to another. A datagram is defined as a self-contained, independent entity of data carrying sufficient information to be routed from the ...

Payload length: a 16 bit field denoting the size of the user payload in bytes. Next header: an 8 bit field identifying the type of header that follows the IP header. Codes here are the same as those ...