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The concept of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) has now been in existence for several years. The aim of OSI was (and is) to allow the standardization of a small set of general-purpose protocols which would make possible the widespread interconnection of heterogeneous computer systems. The protocols are being developed according to a Reference Model which partitions communications into seven layers. This has permitted parallel development of the protocols for the different layers. The first protocols to emerge are for the transport and session layers. These protocols are crucial to the success of OSI, providing as they do the network- and application- independent connection of systems. The capabilities provided by these protocols and their history, functionality, and status are examined.
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Steedman, D. (1984). Open Systems Interconnection Protocols. In: Beauchamp, K.G. (eds) Information Technology and the Computer Network. NATO ASI Series, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87089-7_18
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