- 2071 Chaitra · 2 marks
Meaning of network architecture
Short answer
Network architecture is the complete design specifying hardware, software, protocols, and topology. It includes a layered protocol structure, physical topology, functional organization, transmission media, and addressing for reliability, performance, and security.
What do you mean by network architecture?
Network architecture is the complete design of a computer network. It specifies how the hardware, software, protocols and connection methods are organised so that devices can communicate.
It includes:
- Layered protocol structure with the services and interfaces between layers (OSI and TCP/IP models).
- Physical topology such as bus, star or ring.
- Functional organisation of the network, for example client-server or peer-to-peer.
- Transmission media, devices and addressing schemes.
A good architecture gives reliability, performance, scalability and security. For example, the TCP/IP architecture defines four layers and the protocols at each layer.
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