The main objective of the OSI model is to process the communication between two endpoints in a network.
The seven open systems interconnection layers are listed below:
- Application layer (layer 7) - It allows users to communicate with network/application whenever required to perform network-related operations.
- Presentation layer (layer 6) - It manages encryption and decryption of data required for the application layer. It translates or formats data for the application layer based on the syntax of the application that accepts.
- Session layer (layer 5) - It determines the period of a system that waits for other applications to respond.
- Transport layer (layer 4) - It is used for sending data across a network and also offers error checking practices and data flow controls.
- Network layer (layer 3) - It is used to transfer data to and fro through another network.
- Data-link layer (layer 2) - It handles the flow of data to and fro in a network. It also controls problems that occur due to bit transmission errors.
- Physical layer (layer 1) - It transfers the computer bits from one device to another through the network. It also controls how physical connections are set up to the network and also bits represented into signals while transmitting either optically, electrically, or radio waves.
