OSI Layer Session

In short: Layer 5 of the OSI model (session layer) sets up, manages and ends sessions between applications.

In more detail: It can, for example, set synchronisation points so that after an interruption work can continue at a certain place.

In Depth

Examples

NetBIOS sessions, RPC, SQL sessions. In practice the tasks of layers 5 to 7 are often combined in the application itself on the internet.

See also

session, OSI layers, NetBIOS.

See also: OSI Layers, Session, OSI Layer: Transport