According to the OSI Model, the session layer is where connections are established, managed, and torn down. For connection-oriented network protocols, understanding how the session layer works, and ...

The processing in a network protocol that initiates and terminates a session. The session layer is layer 5 of 7 in the OSI model. See TCP/IP and OSI model. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

For many in the communication industry, the open system interconnect (OSI) network model is a simply a stack. But, designers shouldn't be so quick to diminish the value that the OSI model provides to ...