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Everything about Link layer
Lowest abstraction layer in the Internet protocol suite
In computer networking, the link layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite, the networking architecture of the Internet. The link layer is the group of methods and communications protocols confined to the link that a host is physically connected to. The link is the physical and logical network component used to interconnect hosts or nodes in the network, and a link protocol is a suite of methods and standards that operate only between adjacent network nodes of a network segment. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Link layerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Link-Layer Retransmission-Based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A SurveyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Computer NetworksThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The LTE link-layer designCited 188 times
- Go sideways: Internet layerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Address Resolution ProtocolA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The LTE link-layer design
Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks
AIRMAIL: A link-layer protocol for wireless networks
Link prediction via layer relevance of multiplex networks
Adaptive link layer strategies for energy efficient wireless networking
Cross-layer modeling of wireless channels for data-link and IP layer performance evaluation
Survey on Traffic Management in Data Center Network: From Link Layer to Application Layer
Link-layer-and-above diversity in multihop wireless networks
🆕 Influential since 2022
Link-Layer Retransmission-Based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey
Resource-Aware Time Series Imaging Classification for Wireless Link Layer Anomalies
Modular Link Level Simulator for the Physical Layer of Beyond 5G Wireless Communication Systems
HOPLP − MUL: link prediction in multiplex networks based on higher order paths and layer fusion
Bluetooth Low Energy Device Identification Based on Link Layer Broadcast Packet Fingerprinting
📚 Books worth reading
Computer NetworksAndrew S. Tanenbaum, John David Wetherall · 1981
Computer networkingJames F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross · 1900
Invitation to Computer ScienceG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting · 1995
Data Communications and NetworkingBehrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs · 2000
HackingJon Erickson, Jon Erickson · 2003
Linux Kernel DevelopmentRobert Love · 2004
IEEE standards for local and metropolitan area networksInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Electrical · 1991
Information Technology-Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems-Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-Specific RequirementsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1994
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