An argument for judicious use of error detection mechanisms in LANs

The authors examine the ISO Open Systems Interconnection philosophy and the error detection mechanisms at each layer. They trace the progress of a message through each of these layers and comment on the overhead of error detection. They also offer some performance results at the transport layer. They argue that the error detection rate in modern LANs is not improved by mechanisms above the MAC, but rather that performance is severely degraded.<
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