The Internet layer is responsible for delivering packets from the source network to the destination network. It does this by providing logical addressing with the Internet Protocol (IP) and by determining the best path for data through routing. Reliable delivery mechanisms such as flow control and retransmission are handled by the Transport layer, not the Internet layer. Data representation tasks like encryption or compression are duties of the Presentation layer in the OSI model, while the actual transmission of bits over physical media belongs to the Network Access (Link) layer in the TCP/IP model. Therefore, logical addressing and routing are the core services of the Internet layer.
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