The key difference between encapsulation and decapsulation is that, in encapsulation, the data moves from upper layer to the lower layer, and each layer includes a bundle of information known as a header along with the actual data while, in decapsulation, the data moves from the lower layer to the upper layers, and ...

What is meant by encapsulation and Decapsulation?

This packaging of data is called encapsulation. At the end, the header is used to retrieve the data from the encapsulated package. Data decapsulation is simply the reverse of encapsulation. This is when an incoming transmission (to be received by the destination computer) is unpacked as it moves up the protocol stack.

How does encapsulation and de encapsulation work in networking?

The encapsulated information is removed from the received data to obtain the original data. This process takes place at the receiver's end. The data is de-encapsulated at the same layer at the receiver's end to the encapsulated layer at the sender's end.