Transport Layer
ä First layer in which end-to-end functionality
can be implemented. Issues that need to be
addressed:
ä addressing
ä multiplexing
ä flow control
ä error control
ä connection management
ä Addresses are typically of the form (station,
port), initiating process obtains address of a
target process from:
ä configuration database
ä “well-known” address
ä name server
ä from a server that starts the target process