Why flag is of 8-bit in the case of bit and byte oriented protocol ?

Morningdot Hablu

Morningdot Hablu

@morningdot-6Xuj4M • Oct 27, 2024
hello friend's,
Just have some read about about character and bit oriented protocol.I seen that flag is added to separate one frame from the next.But i didn't able to find the reason that why the flag is taken to be of 8-bit...?
Can any one tell me the reason....?
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  • alicwilliam

    alicwilliam

    @alicwilliam-YSy0CB • Nov 18, 2010

    it depends on your application
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  • Leo

    Leo

    @leo-ZJQlmh • Nov 18, 2010

    Sorry William i doesn't depend on application,
    The the 8 bit flag is set to tackle problem of variable size framing. As we know a frame in data link layer may consists of header+trailer along with information about payload, error correction, detection and redundant bits. And they all are in multiple of 8 bits. So it might happen that payload may get mis-undertaken as any other data if matching bits are found so to separate each frame 8 extra bits are flagged on either sides of frame to differentiate it from other frames. A flag consists of start or end of frame and some other details. I hope that was easy explanation.
    Guys specially from Networking field please correct if something went wrong.
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  • silverscorpion

    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Nov 18, 2010

    Yes.. Not only flags, but most of the fields in many protocols, like payload length, time to live etc.. are made as 8 bits or a multiple of 8 bits, so that the total no. of bits will be a multiple of 8.
    In some protocols, if the payload length is not a multiple of 8, then zeroes are padded to the end to make it a multiple of 8, for the same reason.
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