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 ...

Experienced network designers know that the performance achievable of a data link depends on many factors, including the ...

Flight crews traveling over oceans and land will increasingly communicate with air traffic control (ATC) by digital data link. Data link services are available in most of the world’s oceanic routes as ...

We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...