Posted: February 21st, 2015

In a network based on the bus topology, the bus is a non-shareable resource for which the machines must compete in order to transmit messages. How is deadlock (see the optional Section 3.4) controlled in this context?

1. What is the OSI reference model?

2. In a network based on the bus topology, the bus is a non-shareable resource for which the machines must compete in order to transmit

messages. How is deadlock (see the optional Section 3.4) controlled in this context?

3. List the four layers in the Internet software hierarchy and identify a task performed by each layer.