transport layer

TCP, UDP

2021-01-15

libp2p
- transport layer transport agnostic - developer chooses which transport protocol to use. provides communication primitives - listening and dialing. multaddress - specify transport protocols, addresses, peerId. TBD - peer routing - do not have to use transport addresses. switch (previously swarm) - multiplexing, protocol negotation, secure comms.
Multiplexing (Muxing)
- Note: here transport does not refer specifically to transport layer , rather the channel through which we are transporting the information stream. So this could refer to transports in other layers, see: Internet protocol stack / Network stack
Internet protocol stack / Network stack
- transport layer