In networking and communications, the formats, codes and procedures for transmitting a unit of data (frame, packet) from one node to another. Known as a "layer 2 protocol," the data link protocol is ...

A network protocol that encapsulates packets at a peer level or below. It is used to transport multiple protocols over a common network as well as provide the vehicle for encrypted virtual private ...

Are you interested in defining a MAC (media-access-control) protocol for use in add/drop packet rings for local-, wide-, and metropolitan-area networks? You may want to contact the nonprofit Resilient ...

Altera Corp. is discovering that, even as the world centers on Ethernet and TCP/IP as the dominant protocols for high-speed communications, FPGA vendors nevertheless are being tasked with more and ...

What is FTP Protocol? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is, as its name indicates, a protocol for transferring files. The implementation of FTP dates from 1971, when a file transfer system (described in ...