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Segments, Packets and Frames

The document discusses the differences between segments, packets, and frames, explaining that segments contain transport layer headers and data, packets contain network layer headers and may contain segments, and frames contain data link layer headers and may contain packets.

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Segments, Packets and Frames

The document discusses the differences between segments, packets, and frames, explaining that segments contain transport layer headers and data, packets contain network layer headers and may contain segments, and frames contain data link layer headers and may contain packets.

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The differences between Segments, Packets and Frames

 Segment is the original data + Transport Layer header.


 Packet is a Segment + Network Layer header.
 Frame is a Packet + Data Link Layer header.
So basically that means that if we put the headers aside, Segments
= Packets = Frames.

Each layer has its header, as you can see:


 Segments: Transport layer (TCP/UDP) = transport header +
data (from upper layer)
 Packet: Internet layer (IP) = network header + transport
header and data (both transport and data from upper layers)
 Frames: Network layer (Ethernet) = frame header + network ,
transport header and data (from three upper layers).
So the difference between segment, packet and frames are
basically what its respective layer consider as "data". On a
segment, data comes from the application layer; on a packet, data
comes from the transport layer (transport header + data); and on a
frame, the data comes from the internet layer (transport and
internet headers + data from application layer).

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