TCP/IP Protocol Suite

Introduction

A network is a group of connected , communicating devices and the internet is two or more networks that can communicate with each other (Forouzan 1 . In computer networks , communication occurs between entities in different systems with agreed-upon protocols . Protocol defines what , how and when it is communicated essential in creating and maintaining an open and competitive market for domestic and global data and telecommunications technology and processes

TCP /IP Protocol Suite

The large collection of networking protocols and services called TCP /IP denotes Transmission Control Protocol (TCP ) offers reliable delivery

for messages of arbitrary size and defines a robust delivery mechanism for all kinds of data across a network and the Internet Protocol (IP manages the routing of network transmissions from sender to receiver along with issues related to network and computer addresses (Chappell Tittel 2 , it is often referred as protocol suite

The TCP /IP protocols were initially developed by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for research network projects to support government needs such as "to withstand a potential nuclear strike , to permit different kinds of computer systems to communicate easily with one another and to interconnect systems across long distances (Chappell Tittel 3 . TCP /IP is a public domain since it is funded by public monies since its inception but there are standards groups involved such as Internet Society , Internet Architecture Board Internet Engineering Task Force , Internet Research Task Force , Internet Societal Discussion Forum and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that are...