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OSI Layers[edit]

Please, can an expert identify where TIPC fits in a network stack, as per the IP page, http://tipc.sourceforge.net/doc/draft-spec-tipc-02.html indicates TIPC fits on top of any packet protocol, e.g. Ethernet, TCP?, SCTP? I'm coming from the point of view of someone who wants an overview of TIPC so I can know if it will be useful to me.

Answer: Theoretically above any layer 2 (or higher), will try to put that into the article one day when I have time and nobody has done it till then... Mpeylo (talk) 12:20, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(20 months later:) Section 1.2 of the current draft spec says that "TIPC spans the level of transport, network, and signalling link layers". It provides a clustering-oriented Transport Layer, by doing its own addressing, routing and connections (Network Layer) and flow and error control (Logical Link Control sublayer). All in half a megabyte of source code. Cheers, CWC 06:36, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History of TIPC[edit]

I couldn't find out when TIPC was created, but it was released to open source in 2003 [ref: http://www.ericsson.com/ga/res/thecompany/docs/publications/ericsson_review/2006/linux.pdf] 66.31.126.97 (talk) 04:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)RayB[reply]