
58 Cloud ComPuting networking
Internet packet will be carried by a frame formed by the Ethernet technology. By
using a network interface card, the frame is then converted to binary signals and is
transmitted by electric currents, light pulses, or electromagnetic radio waves to the
remote destination. Once the binary signals reach the destination host, the network
interface card on the destination host will verify the destination address with its own
hardware address. If there is a match, the binary signals will be reassembled to get
the Internet packet back. At the destination, TCP will perform error checking and
decide if a resend is necessa ...