Ouroboros Protocols
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The protocols in Ouroboros are designed with strong adherence to the principles of separation of concerns and separation of mechanism and policy in mind to prevent network ossification and protocol ossification from occuring.
There are 5 core protocols in Ouroboros.
Data Transfer Protocol
Main page: Ouroboros Data Transfer Protocol
The Data Transfer Protocol resides in the network forwarding layer.
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+ Destination Address +
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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+ EID +
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. .Flow and Retransmission Control Protocol
Main page: Flow and Retransmission Control Protocol
The Flow and Retransmission Control Protocol resides in the application end-to-end layer.
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Flow Allocation Protocol
Main page: Ouroboros Flow Allocation Protocol
The Flow Allocation Protocol resides in the network end-to-end layer.
Connection Establishment Protocol
Main page: Ouroboros Connection Establishment Protocol
Enrollment Protocol
Main page: Ouroboros Enrolment Protocol
The Enrollment protocol is best seen as one of the application protocols for IPCPs.