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Logical Link Control Layer

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:47 am

The Logical Link Control (LLC) layer is one of two sublayers that make up the Data Link Layer of the OSImodel. The Logical Link Control layer controls frame synchronization, flow control and error checking.

See a breakdown of the seven OSI layers in the Quick Referencesection of Webopedia.

Also see “The OSI Reference Model – Understanding Layers” in Webopedia’s “Did You Know…” section.