Responsibilities of Network layer

Describe in brief the responsibilities of Network layer?

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The responsibilities of Network layer are as described below:

a) Logical addressing: If a packet passes the network boundary, we require another addressing system for source and destination termed as logical address.

b) Routing: The devices that join different networks are termed as routers and are responsible for delivering the packets to final destination. 

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