ANSI T1.618 

Reference Standard: ANSI T1.618.

T1.618 frame structure: fields

bits 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 field
octets 1-i Address ( 2, 3 or 4 octets)
octet i+1 Control
octets (i+2)-n Information

CLLM (Consolidated Link Layer Management) message.

bits 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 field
octets 1-i Address ( 2, 3 or 4 octets)
octet i+1 AFh = XID control field
octet i+2 82h = Format identifier
octet i+3 0Fh = Group identifier
octet i+4 Group length octet 1
octet i+5 Group length octet 2
octet i+6 00h = Parameter identifier
octet i+7 04h = Parameter length
octet i+8 105d =Parameter value (IA5 character ‘I’)
octet i+9 49d =Parameter value (IA5 character ‘1’)
octet i+10 50d =Parameter value (IA5 character ‘2’)
octet i+11 50d =Parameter value (IA5 character ‘2’)
octet i+12 02h = Parameter identifier
octet i+13 01h = Parameter length
octet i+14 Cause value
octet i+15 03h =Parameter value (DLCI identifier)
octet i+16 Parameter length
octets i+17-n DLCI value octets (1rst DLCI)
DLCI value octets (ntht DLCI)

T1.618 frame structure: address field

They are 3 possible formats for the address field:

Address field 2 octets

- Octet 1:
bits 8-3 upper DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 2 C/R: Command/Response
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 2:
bits 8-5 lower DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 4 FECN: forward explicit congestion notification
bit 3 BECN: backward explicit congestion notification
bit 2 DE: discard eligibility indicator
bit 1 Address field extension (1)

Address field 3 octets

- Octet 1:
bits 8-3 upper DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 2 C/R: Command/Response
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 2:
bits 8-5 DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 4 FECN: forward explicit congestion notification
bit 3 BECN: backward explicit congestion notification
bit 2 DE: discard eligibility indicator
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 3:
bits 8-3 lower DLCI or DL-CORE control
bit 2 D/C: DLCI (0) /DL-CORE (1) control indicator
bit 1 Address field extension (1)

Address field 4 octets

- Octet 1:
bits 8-3 upper DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 2 C/R: Command/Response
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 2:
bits 8-5 DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 4 FECN: forward explicit congestion notification
bit 3 BECN: backward explicit congestion notification
bit 2 DE: discard eligibility indicator
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 3:
bits 8-2 DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
bit 1 Address field extension (0)
- Octet 4:
bits 8-3 lower DLCI or DL-CORE control
bit 2 D/C: DLCI (0) /DL-CORE (1) control indicator
bit 1 Address field extension (1)

T1.618 frame structure: control field

- octet:
bits 8-6 M M M M: modifier function bit
bit 5 P/F Poll bit when issued as a command

Final bit when issued as a response

bits 4-3 M M M: modifier function bit
bits 2-1 1 1

 

bits M : 876 - 43 Command Response Frame designation
0 0 0 - 0 0 UI Unnumbered Information
1 0 1 - 1 1 XID Exchange Identification

The encoding values of the five M bits included in the first octet of the control field can also be listed and ordered according to their hexadecimal code.

P=0 P=1 Type C/R Frame designation
03 13 UI C/R Unnumbered Information
AF BF XID R Exchange Identification

Note : Hexadecimal code corresponds to b8-b1 with P/F bit=0 or P/F bit=1.

 


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updated:  27-Feb-04