VoIP systems and networking systems are often alike as these technologies originate from legacy circuit-based telephone infrastructure. These communications systems have protocols and layers that govern their implementation. Among these specifications is the Open Systems Interconnection standard developed in 1984, which contains the OSI Reference Model defining the various stages that data must pass through when travelling from one device to another device over a network.

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