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Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for ensuring flow control so that the destination station does not receive more packets that it can process at any given time?

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The Layer 4 (Transport layer)

Step-by-step explanation:

The transport layer is the fourth layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model that is responsible for transmitting data between networking devices. Some of its other functions are;

i. It maintains flow control so that the destination station does not receive more packets than it can handle or process at a particular time.

ii. it also maintains error control so that the entire message (data) sent arrives at the layer without any error due to incompleteness, loss, damage or duplication.

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