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Network Working Group Juha Heinanen Reguest for Comments: 1483 Telecom Finland

                                                             July 1993
          Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5

Status of this Memo

 This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet
 community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
 Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
 Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
 Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

 This memo describes two encapsulations methods for carrying network
 interconnect traffic over ATM AAL5.  The first method allows
 multiplexing of multiple protocols over a single ATM virtual circuit
 whereas the second method assumes that each protocol is carried over
 a separate ATM virtual circuit.

1. Introduction

 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) based networks are of increasing
 interest for both local and wide area applications.  This memo
 describes two different methods for carrying connectionless network
 interconnect traffic, routed and bridged Protocol Data Units (PDUs),
 over an ATM network.  The first method allows multiplexing of
 multiple protocols over a single ATM virtual circuit.  The protocol
 of a carried PDU is identified by prefixing the PDU by an IEEE 802.2
 Logical Link Control (LLC) header.  This method is in the following
 called "LLC Encapsulation" and a subset of it has been earlier
 defined for SMDS [1].  The second method does higher-layer protocol
 multiplexing implicitly by ATM Virtual Circuits (VCs).  It is in the
 following called "VC Based Multiplexing".
 ATM is a cell based transfer mode that requires variable length user
 information to be segmented and reassembled to/from short, fixed
 length cells.  This memo doesn't specify a new Segmentation And
 Reassembly (SAR) method for bridged and routed PDUs.  Instead, the
 PDUs are carried in the Payload field of Common Part Convergence
 Sublayer (CPCS) PDU of ATM Adaptation Layer type 5 (AAL5) [2].
 Note that this memo only describes how routed and bridged PDUs are
 carried directly over the CPCS of AAL5, i.e., when the Service
 Specific Convergence Sublayer (SSCS) of AAL5 is empty.  If Frame

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 Relay Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (FR-SSCS), as defined in
 I.36x.1 [3], is used over the CPCS of AAL5, then routed and bridged
 PDUs are carried using the NLPID multiplexing method described in RFC
 1294 [4].  Appendix A (which is for information only) shows the
 format of the FR-SSCS-PDU as well as how IP and CLNP PDUs are
 encapsulated over FR-SSCS according to RFC 1294.

2. Selection of the Multiplexing Method

 It is envisioned that VC Based Multiplexing will be dominant in
 environments where dynamic creation of large numbers of ATM VCs is
 fast and economical.  These conditions are likely to first prevail in
 private ATM networks.  LLC Encapsulation, on the other hand, may be
 desirable when it is not practical for one reason or another to have
 a separate VC for each carried protocol.  This is the case, for
 example, if the ATM network only supports (semi) Permanent Virtual
 Circuits (PVCs) or if charging depends heavily on the number of
 simultaneous VCs.
 When two ATM stations wish to exchange connectionless network
 interconnect traffic, selection of the multiplexing method is done
 either by manual configuration (in case of PVCs) or by B-ISDN
 signalling procedures (in case of Switched VCs).  The details of B-
 ISDN signalling are still under study in CCITT [5].  It can, however,
 be assumed that B-ISDN signalling messages include a "Low layer
 compatibility" information element, which will allow negotiation of
 AAL5 and the carried (encapsulation) protocol.

3. AAL5 Frame Format

 No matter which multiplexing method is selected, routed and bridged
 PDUs shall be encapsulated within the Payload field of AAL5 CPCS-PDU.
 The format of the AAL5 CPCS-PDU is given below:

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              AAL5 CPCS-PDU Format
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |             .                 |
             |        CPCS-PDU Payload       |
             |     up to 2^16 - 1 octets)    |
             |             .                 |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+
             |      PAD ( 0 - 47 octets)     |
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |       CPCS-UU (1 octet )      |
             +-------------------------------+
             |         CPI (1 octet )        |
             +-------------------------------+CPCS-PDU Trailer
             |        Length (2 octets)      |
             +-------------------------------|
             |         CRC (4 octets)        |
             +-------------------------------+ -------
 The Payload field contains user information up to 2^16 - 1 octets.
 The PAD field pads the CPCS-PDU to fit exactly into the ATM cells
 such that the last 48 octet cell payload created by the SAR sublayer
 will have the CPCS-PDU Trailer right justified in the cell.
 The CPCS-UU (User-to-User indication) field is used to transparently
 transfer CPCS user to user information.  The field has no function
 under the multiprotocol ATM encapsulation described in this memo and
 can be set to any value.
 The CPI (Common Part Indicator) field alings the CPCS-PDU trailer to
 64 bits.  Possible additional functions are for further study in
 CCITT.  When only the 64 bit alignment function is used, this field
 shall be codes as 0x00.
 The Length field indicates the length, in octets, of the Payload
 field.  The maximum value for the Length field is 65535 octets.  A
 Length field coded as 0x00 is used for the abort function.
 The CRC field protects the entire CPCS-PDU except the CRC field
 itself.

4. LLC Encapsulation

 LLC Encapsulation is needed when several protocols are carried over
 the same VC.  In order to allow the receiver to properly process the
 incoming AAL5 CPCS-PDU, the Payload Field must contain information

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 necessary to identify the protocol of the routed or bridged PDU.  In
 LLC Encapsulation this information is encoded in an LLC header placed
 in front of the carried PDU.
 Although this memo only deals with protocols that operate over LLC
 Type 1 (unacknowledged connectionless mode) service, the same
 encapsulation principle applies also to protocols operating over LLC
 Type 2 (connection-mode) service.  In the latter case the format
 and/or contents of the LLC header would differ from what is shown
 below.

4.1. LLC Encapsulation for Routed Protocols

 In LLC Encapsulation the protocol of the routed PDU is identified by
 prefixing the PDU by an IEEE 802.2 LLC header, which is possibly
 followed by an IEEE 802.1a SubNetwork Attachment Point (SNAP) header.
 In LLC Type 1 operation, the LLC header consists of three one octet
 fields:
             +------+------+------+
             | DSAP | SSAP | Ctrl |
             +------+------+------+
 In LLC Encapsulation for routed protocols, the Control field has
 always value 0x03 specifying Unnumbered Information Command PDU.
 The LLC header value 0xFE-FE-03 identifies that a routed ISO PDU (see
 [6] and Appendix B) follows.  The Control field value 0x03 specifies
 Unnumbered Information Command PDU.  For routed ISO PDUs the format
 of the AAL5 CPCS-PDU Payload field shall thus be as follows:
               Payload Format for Routed ISO PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xFE-FE-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |           ISO PDU             |
             |     (up to 2^16 - 4 octets)   |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+
 The routed ISO protocol is identified by a one octet NLPID field that
 is part of Protocol Data.  NLPID values are administered by ISO and
 CCITT.  They are defined in ISO/IEC TR 9577 [6] and some of the
 currently defined ones are listed in Appendix C.
 An NLPID value of 0x00 is defined in ISO/IEC TR 9577 as the Null
 Network Layer or Inactive Set.  Since it has no significance within

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 the context of this encapsulation scheme, a NLPID value of 0x00 is
 invalid under the ATM encapsulation.
 It would also be possible to use the above encapsulation for IP,
 since, although not an ISO protocol, IP has an NLPID value 0xCC
 defined for it.  This format must not be used.  Instead, IP is
 encapsulated like all other routed non-ISO protocols by identifying
 it in the SNAP header that immediately follows the LLC header.
 The presence of a SNAP header is indicated by the LLC header value
 0xAA-AA-03. A SNAP header is of the form
             +------+------+------+------+------+
             |         OUI        |     PID     |
             +------+------+------+------+------+
 The three-octet Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) identifies
 an organization which administers the meaning of the following two
 octet Protocol Identifier (PID).  Together they identify a distinct
 routed or bridged protocol.  The OUI value 0x00-00-00 specifies that
 the following PID is an EtherType.
 The format of the AAL5 CPCS-PDU Payload field for routed non-ISO PDUs
 shall thus be as follows:
              Payload Format for Routed non-ISO PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-00-00         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |     EtherType (2 octets)      |
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |         Non-ISO PDU           |
             |     (up to 2^16 - 9 octets)   |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+
 In the particular case of an Internet IP PDU, the Ethertype value is
 0x08-00:

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              Payload Format for Routed IP PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-00-00         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |       EtherType 0x08-00       |
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |           IP PDU              |
             |     (up to 2^16 - 9 octets)   |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+
 This is compatible with RFC 1042 [7].  Any changes in the header
 format specified in RFC 1042 should be followed by this memo.

4.2. LLC Encapsulation for Bridged Protocols

 In LLC Encapsulation bridged PDUs are encapsulated by identifying the
 type of the bridged media in the SNAP header.  As with routed non-ISO
 protocols, the presence of the SNAP header is indicated by the LLC
 header value 0xAA-AA-03.  With bridged protocols the OUI value in the
 SNAP header is the 802.1 organization code 0x00-80-C2 and the actual
 type of the bridged media is specified by the two octet PID.
 Additionally, the PID indicates whether the original Frame Check
 Sequence (FCS) is preserved within the bridged PDU.  The media type
 (PID) values that can be used in ATM encapsulation are listed in
 Appendix B.
 The AAL5 CPCS-PDU Payload field carrying a bridged PDU shall,
 therefore, have one of the following formats.  Padding is added after
 the PID field if necessary in order to align the user information
 field of the bridged PDU at a four octet boundary.

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             Payload Format for Bridged Ethernet/802.3 PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    PID 0x00-01 or 0x00-07     |
             +-------------------------------+
             |         PAD 0x00-00           |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |  LAN FCS (if PID is 0x00-01)  |
             +-------------------------------+
              Payload Format for Bridged 802.4 PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    PID 0x00-02 or 0x00-08     |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        PAD 0x00-00-00         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    Frame Control (1 octet)    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |  LAN FCS (if PID is 0x00-02)  |
             +-------------------------------+

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              Payload Format for Bridged 802.5 PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    PID 0x00-03 or 0x00-09     |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        PAD 0x00-00-XX         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    Frame Control (1 octet)    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |  LAN FCS (if PID is 0x00-03)  |
             +-------------------------------+
 Note that the 802.5 Access Control (AC) field has no significance
 outside the local 802.5 subnetwork.  It can thus be regarded as the
 last octet of the three octet PAD field, which can be set to any
 value (XX).
              Payload Format for Bridged FDDI PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    PID 0x00-04 or 0x00-0A     |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        PAD 0x00-00-00         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    Frame Control (1 octet)    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |  LAN FCS (if PID is 0x00-04)  |
             +-------------------------------+

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              Payload Format for Bridged 802.6 PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |         PID 0x00-0B           |
             +---------------+---------------+ ------
             |   Reserved    |     BEtag     |  Common
             +---------------+---------------+  PDU
             |            BAsize             |  Header
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |      Common PDU Trailer       |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
 Note that in bridged 802.6 PDUs, there is only one choice for the PID
 value, since the presence of a CRC-32 is indicated by the CIB bit in
 the header of the MAC frame.
 The Common Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Header and Trailer are conveyed
 to allow pipelining at the egress bridge to an 802.6 subnetwork.
 Specifically, the Common PDU Header contains the BAsize field, which
 contains the length of the PDU.  If this field is not available to
 the egress 802.6 bridge, then that bridge cannot begin to transmit
 the segmented PDU until it has received the entire PDU, calculated
 the length, and inserted the length into the BAsize field.  If the
 field is available, the egress 802.6 bridge can extract the length
 from the BAsize field of the Common PDU Header, insert it into the
 corresponding field of the first segment, and immediately transmit
 the segment onto the 802.6 subnetwork.  Thus, the bridge can begin
 transmitting the 802.6 PDU before it has received the complete PDU.
 Note that the Common PDU Header and Trailer of the encapsulated frame
 should not be simply copied to the outgoing 802.6 subnetwork because
 the encapsulated BEtag value may conflict with the previous BEtag
 value transmitted by that bridge.
 An ingress 802.6 bridge can abort an AAL5 CPCS-PDU by setting its
 Length field to zero.  If the egress bridge has already begun
 transmitting segments of the PDU to an 802.6 subnetwork and then

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 notices that the AAL5 CPCS-PDU has been aborted, it may immediately
 generate an EOM cell that causes the 802.6 PDU to be rejected at the
 receiving bridge.  Such an EOM cell could, for example, contain an
 invalid value in the Length field of the Common PDU Trailer.
             +-------------------------------+
             |       LLC  0xAA-AA-03         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |        OUI 0x00-80-C2         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |         PID 0x00-0E           |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |      BPDU as defined by       |
             |     802.1(d) or 802.1(g)      |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+

5. VC Based Multiplexing

 In VC Based Multiplexing, the carried network interconnect protocol
 is identified implicitly by the VC connecting the two ATM stations,
 i.e.  each protocol must be carried over a separate VC.  There is
 therefore no need to include explicit multiplexing information in the
 Payload of the AAL5 CPCS-PDU.  This results in minimal bandwidth and
 processing overhead.
 As indicated above, the carried protocol can be either manually
 configured or negotiated dynamically during call establishment using
 signalling procedures.  The signalling details will be defined later
 in other RFCs when the relevant standards have become available.

5.1. VC Based Multiplexing of Routed Protocols

 PDUs of routed protocols shall be carried as such in the Payload of
 the AAL5 CPCS-PDU.  The format of the AAL5 CPCS-PDU Payload field
 thus becomes:
             Payload Format for Routed PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |         Carried PDU           |
             |    (up to 2^16 - 1 octets)    |
             |             .                 |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+

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5.2. VC Based Multiplexing of Bridged Protocols

 PDUs of bridged protocols shall be carried in the Payload of the AAL5
 CPCS-PDU exactly as described in section 4.2 except that only the
 fields after the PID field are included.  The AAL5 CPCS-PDU Payload
 field carrying a bridged PDU shall, therefore, have one of the
 following formats.
              Payload Format for Bridged Ethernet/802.3 PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |         PAD 0x00-00           |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             | LAN FCS (VC dependent option) |
             +-------------------------------+
              Payload Format for Bridged 802.4/802.5/FDDI PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             | PAD 0x00-00-00 or 0x00-00-XX  |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    Frame Control (1 octet)    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             | LAN FCS (VC dependent option) |
             +-------------------------------+
 Note that the 802.5 Access Control (AC) field has no significance
 outside the local 802.5 subnetwork.  It can thus be regarded as the
 last octet of the three octet PAD field, which in case of 802.5 can
 be set to any value (XX).

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              Payload Format for Bridged 802.6 PDUs
             +---------------+---------------+ -------
             |   Reserved    |     BEtag     |  Common
             +---------------+---------------+  PDU
             |            BAsize             |  Header
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |    MAC destination address    |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |   (remainder of MAC frame)    |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |     Common PDU Trailer        |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
              Payload Format for BPDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |                               |
             |      BPDU as defined by       |
             |     802.1(d) or 802.1(g)      |
             |                               |
             +-------------------------------+
 In case of Ethernet, 802.3, 802.4, 802.5, and FDDI PDUs the presense
 or absence of the trailing LAN FCS shall be identified implicitly by
 the VC, since the PID field is not included.  PDUs with the LAN FCS
 and PDUs without the LAN FCS are thus considered to belong to
 different protocols even if the bridged media type would be the same.

6. Bridging in an ATM Network

 An ATM interface acting as a bridge must be able to flood, forward,
 and filter bridged PDUs.
 Flooding is performed by sending the PDU to all possible appropriate
 destinations.  In the ATM environment this means sending the PDU
 through each relevant VC.  This may be accomplished by explicitly
 copying it to each VC or by using a multicast VC.
 To forward a PDU, a bridge must be able to associate a destination
 MAC address with a VC.  It is unreasonable and perhaps impossible to
 require bridges to statically configure an association of every
 possible destination MAC address with a VC.  Therefore, ATM bridges

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 must provide enough information to allow an ATM interface to
 dynamically learn about foreign destinations beyond the set of ATM
 stations.
 To accomplish dynamic learning, a bridged PDU shall conform to the
 encapsulation described within section 4.  In this way, the receiving
 ATM interface will know to look into the bridged PDU and learn the
 association between foreign destination and an ATM station.

7. For Further Study

 Due to incomplete standardization of ATM multicasting, addressing,
 and signalling mechanisms, details related to the negotiation of the
 multiplexing method as well as address resolution had to be left for
 further RFCs.

Acknowledgements

 This document has evolved from RFCs [1] and [4] from which much of
 the material has been adopted.  Thanks to their authors T.  Bradley,
 C.  Brown, A. Malis, D. Piscitello, and C. Lawrence.  In addition,
 the expertise of the ATM working group of the IETF has been
 invaluable in completing the document.  Special thanks Brian
 Carpenter of CERN, Rao Cherukuri of IBM, Dan Grossman of Motorola,
 Joel Halpern of Network Systems, Bob Hinden of Sun Mircosystems, and
 Gary Kessler of MAN Technology Corporation for their detailed
 contributions.

Security Considerations

 Security issues are not addressed in this memo.

References

 [1]  Piscitello, D. and Lawrence, C., "The Transmission of IP
      Datagrams over the SMDS Service".  RFC 1209, Bell Communications
      Research, March 1991.
 [2]  CCITT, "Draft Recommendation I.363".  CCITT Study Group XVIII,
      Geneva, 19 - 29 January, 1993.
 [3]  CCITT, "Draft Recommendation I.36x.1".  CCITT Study Group XVIII,
      Geneva, 19-29 January, 1993.
 [4]  Bradley, T., Brown, C., and Malis, A., "Multiprotocol
      Interconnect over Frame Relay".  RFC 1294, Wellfleet
      Communications, Inc. and BBN Communications, January 1992.

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 [5]  CCITT, "Draft text for Q.93B".  CCITT Study Group XI, 23
      September - 2 October, 1992.
 [6]  Information technology - Telecommunications and Information
      Exchange Between Systems, "Protocol Identification in the
      Network Layer".  ISO/IEC TR 9577, October 1990.
 [7]  Postel, J. and Reynolds, J., "A Standard for the Transmission of
      IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks".  RFC 1042, ISI, February,
      1988.

Appendix A. Multiprotocol Encapsulation over FR-SSCS

 I.36x.1 defines a Frame Relaying Specific Convergence Sublayer (FR-
 SSCS) to be used on the top of the Common Part Convergence Sublayer
 CPCS) of the AAL type 5 for Frame Relay/ATM interworking.  The
 service offered by FR-SSCS corresponds to the Core service for Frame
 Relaying as described in I.233.
 An FR-SSCS-PDU consists of Q.922 Address field followed by Q.922
 Information field.  The Q.922 flags and the FCS are omitted, since
 the corresponding functions are provided by the AAL.  The figure
 below shows an FR-SSCS-PDU embedded in the Payload of an AAL5 CPCS-
 PDU.
              FR-SSCS-PDU in Payload of AAL5 CPCS-PDU
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |      Q.922 Address Field      | FR-SSCS-PDU Header
             |         (2-4 octets)          |
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |             .                 |
             |             .                 |
             |    Q.922 Information field    | FR-SSCS-PDU Payload
             |             .                 |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+ -------
             |      AAL5 CPCS-PDU Trailer    |
             +-------------------------------+
 Routed and bridged PDUs are encapsulated inside the FR-SSCS-PDU as
 defined in RFC 1294.  The Q.922 Information field starts with a Q.922
 Control field followed by an optional Pad octet that is used to align
 the remainder of the frame to a convenient boundary for the sender.
 The protocol of the carried PDU is then identified by prefixing the
 PDU by an ISO/CCITT Network Layer Protocol ID (NLPID).
 In the particular case of an IP PDU, the NLPID is 0xCC and the FR-
 SSCS-PDU has the following format:

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              FR-SSCS-PDU Format for Routed IP PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       Q.922 Addr Field        |
             |       (2 or 4 octets)         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |     0x03 (Q.922 Control)      |
             +-------------------------------+
             |          NLPID  0xCC          |
             +-------------------------------+
             |             .                 |
             |           IP PDU              |
             |    (up to 2^16 - 5 octets)    |
             |             .                 |
             +-------------------------------+
 Note that according to RFC 1294 the Q.922 Address field shall be
 either 2 or 4 octets, i.e., a 3 octet Address field is not supported.
 In the particular case of a CLNP PDU, the NLPID is 0x81 and the FR-
 SSCS-PDU has the following format:
              FR-SSCS-PDU Format for Routed CLNP PDUs
             +-------------------------------+
             |       Q.922 Addr Field        |
             |       (2 or 4 octets)         |
             +-------------------------------+
             |     0x03 (Q.922 Control)      |
             +-------------------------------+
             |         NLPID  0x81           |
             +-------------------------------+
             |              .                |
             |       Rest of CLNP PDU        |
             |    (up to 2^16 - 5 octets)    |
             |              .                |
             +-------------------------------+
 Note that in case of ISO protocols the NLPID field forms the first
 octet of the PDU itself and shall thus not be repeated.
 The above encapsulation applies only to those routed protocols that
 have a unique NLPID assigned.  For other routed protocols (and for
 bridged protocols), it is necessary to provide another mechanism for
 easy protocol identification.  This can be achieved by using an NLPID
 value 0x80 to indicate that an IEEE 802.1a SubNetwork Attachment
 Point (SNAP) header follows.
 See RFC 1294 for more details related to multiprotocol encapsulation
 over FRCS.

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Appendix B. List of Locally Assigned values of OUI 00-80-C2

           with preserved FCS   w/o preserved FCS    Media
          ------------------   -----------------    --------------
           0x00-01              0x00-07              802.3/Ethernet
           0x00-02              0x00-08              802.4
           0x00-03              0x00-09              802.5
           0x00-04              0x00-0A              FDDI
           0x00-05              0x00-0B              802.6
                                0x00-0D              Fragments
                                0x00-0E              BPDUs

Appendix C. Partial List of NLPIDs

       0x00    Null Network Layer or Inactive Set (not used with ATM)
       0x80    SNAP
       0x81    ISO CLNP
       0x82    ISO ESIS
       0x83    ISO ISIS
       0xCC    Internet IP

Author's Address

 Juha Heinanen
 Telecom Finland
 PO Box 228
 SF-33101 Tampere
 Finland
 Phone: +358 49 500 958
 Email: Juha.Heinanen@datanet.tele.fi

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