AS 4802.

5—1992
ISO/IEC 8802-5:1992

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

Local area networks

Part 5: Token ring access method

and physical layer specifications

[OSI/IEC title: Information technology—Local and metropolitan area

networks Part 5: Token ring access method and physical layer
specifications]
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/1, Information Systems—
Interconnection. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
8 October 1992 and published on 16 November 1992.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/1:

AUSSAT
Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies
Australian Bankers’ Association
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Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Telecommunications Users Group
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Confederation of Australian Industry
Department of Defence
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
Information Exchange Steering Committee
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, CSIRO
Life Insurance Federation of Australia
OTC
Standards New Zealand
Telecom Australia

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 AS 4802.5—1992

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

Local area networks
Part 5: Token ring access method
and physical layer specifications

First publi shed as AS 4802.5—1992.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 7903 X
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Systems—
Interconnection. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 8802-5:1992, Information
technology—Local and metropolitan area networks, Part 5: Token ring access method and physical layer
specifications.
The Standard is one of a series of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standards which are currently
under development. Since OSI Standards are developmental, there may be some minor difficulties
encountered in their implementation. For this reason, Standards Australia will be providing, through the
OSI Help Desk, a service to coordinate and disseminate information concerning difficulties which are
identified in using this Standard.
Under arrangements made between Standards Australia and the international Standards bodies, ISO
and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, users of this Standard are advised of the
following:
(a) Copyright is vested in Standards Australia.
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(b) The number of this Standard is not reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on the cover
and title pages.
For the purpose of this Australian Standard, the ISO/IEC text should be modified as follows:
(i) Terminology The words ‘Australian Standard’ should replace the words ‘International Standard’
wherever they appear.
(ii) References The references to International Standards should be replaced by references to the
following Australian Standards:
Reference to International Australian Standard
Standard or other Publication
ISO AS
7498 Information processing systems—Open 2777 Information processing systems—
S y st em s I nt er co nn ec t i on — B as i c Open Systems Interconnection—
Reference Model Basic reference model
9646 I nf or m a ti on t ec h n o l og y— O S I —
conformance testing methodology and
framework
9646-2 Part 2: Abstract test suite specification —
ISO/IEC
7498 Information processing systems—Basic 2777 Information processing systems—
Reference Model Open Systems Interconnection—
Basic reference model
7498-4 Part 4: Management framework 2777.4 Part 4: Management framework
9646 I nf or m a ti on t ec h n o l og y— O S I —
conformance testing methodology and
framework
9646-1 Part 1: General concepts —
10039 Information processing systems—Open —
Systems Interconnection—Local area
networks—MAC service definition
IEC
435 Safety of data processing equipment —
950 Safety of information technology 3260 Approval and test specification—
equipment including electrical business Safety of information technology
equipment equipment including electrical
business equipment
CISPR
22 Limits and Methods of Measurement of —
Radio Interference Characteristics of
Information Technology Equipment
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CONTENTS

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1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . 7
1.1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 7
1.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 8
1.3 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 11
1.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 13
1.5 Conformance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . 14
1.5.1 Static Conformance Requirements . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 14
1.5.2 Dynamic Conformance Requirements . . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 15

2. General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. Formats and Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 20

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3.1 Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . 20

3.1.1 Token Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 20
3.1.2 Frame Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 20
3.1.3 Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . 21
3.2 Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 21
3.2.1 Starting Delimiter (SD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 21
3.2.2 Access Control (AC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 21
3.2.3 Frame Control (FC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 22
3.2.4 Destination and Source Address (DA and SA) Fields .... .. . 23
3.2.5 Routing Information (RI) Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 26
3.2.6 Information (INFO) Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 26
3.2.7 Frame-Check Sequence (FCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 28
3.2.8 Ending Delimiter (ED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 28
3.2.9 Frame Status (FS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 29
3.3 Medium Access Control (MAC) Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . 29
3.3.1 Vector Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 30
3.3.2 Subvector Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 32
3.3.3 Table of MAC Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 35
3.4 Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . 35
3.4.1 Timer, Return to Repeat (TRR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 35
3.4.2 Timer, Holding Token (THT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . 35
3.4.3 Timer, Queue PDU (TQP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 35
3.4.4 Timer, Valid Transmission (TVX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 35
3.4.5 Timer, No Token (TNT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 35
3.4.6 Timer, Active Monitor (TAM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 36
3.4.7 Timer, Standby Monitor (TSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 36
3.4.8 Timer, Error Report (TER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . 36
3.4.9 Timer, BCN Transmit (TBT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . 36
3.4.10 Timer, BCN Receive (TBR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . 36
3.5 Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 36
3.5.1 I Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.2 SFS Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.3 MA Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.4 SMP Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.5 NN Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 36
3.5.6 BR Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.7 ETR Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 36
3.5.8 NOT_MA Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 39
3.6 Priority Registers and Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 39
3.6.1 Pr and Rr Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 39
3.6.2 Sr and Sx Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 39
3.7 Latency Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 39
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3.8 Counters .... .. ... .. ..... ..... ........... .. . . ... . . .. .. . 39

3.8.1 Line Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 39
3.8.2 Internal Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 39
3.8.3 Burst Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 39
3.8.4 AC Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 39
3.8.5 Abort Delimiter Transmitted (AD_TRANS) .. . . .. .. . .. .. . 40
3.8.6 Lost Frame Error (LOST_FR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . 40
3.8.7 Receive Congestion Error (RCV_CON) . . . . . . . .. .. . .... . 40
3.8.8 Frame Copied Error (FR_COPIED) . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . ... . 40
3.8.9 Frequency Error (FREQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 40
3.8.10 Token Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 40
3.8.11 Frame Count (FR_CNT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . .... . 40

4. Token Ring Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 41

4.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 41
4.1.1 Frame Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 41
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4.1.2 Token Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 41

4.1.3 Stripping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 41
4.1.4 Frame Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 41
4.1.5 Priority Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 42
4.1.6 Beaconing and Neighbor Notification . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 43
4.1.7 Error Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. . . . . . .. . . 45
4.1.8 Administration of Ring Parameters . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 45
4.1.9 Configuration Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ... . . . . .. . . 45
4.1.10 Early Token Release (ETR) . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 45
4.2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 45
4.2.1 Receive Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 46
4.2.2 Operational Finite-State Machine . . . . . . ... . . ... . . . .. . . 48
4.2.3 Standby Monitor Finite-State Machine . . ... . . ... . . . . .. . . 52
4.2.4 Active Monitor Finite-State Machine . . . .... . .... . . . .. . . 57

5. Physical Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . 61
5.1 Symbol Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 61
5.2 Symbol Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 62
5.3 Data Signalling Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 63
5.4 Symbol Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 63
5.5 Latency Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 63
5.5.1 Assured Minimum Latency . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 63
5.5.2 Phase Jitter Compensation . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 63

6. Service Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...... .. . ..... . .. . . . 65

6.1 MAC to LLC Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..... .. .. . ..... . .. .. . 65
6.2 PHY to MAC Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....... .. . .. ... . .. .. . 65
6.2.1 Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ..... . .. . ..... . .. .. . 65
6.2.2 Detailed Service Specifications ..... .... .. . ..... . .. .. . 66
6.3 MAC to SMT Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .... . . . ..... . .. .. . 67
6.3.1 Overview of MAC Interaction .... .. ... .. . .... . . .. . . . 67
6.3.2 MAC Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . ..... . .. .. . 68
6.3.3 MAC Transients . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . ..... . .. .. . 70
6.4 PHY to SMT Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ..... .. . .. .. . . .. .. . 73
6.4.1 Overview of PHY Management Interaction .. . . .. .. . .. .. . 73
6.4.2 PHY Transients . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . ..... . .. .. . 73

7. Station Attachment Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . . ... . . 74

7.1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . . 74
7.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . . ... . . 74
7.3 Coupling of the Station to the Ring . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . .. .. . . ... . . 75
7.4 Ring Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. ... . . 75
7.4.1 Current and Voltage Limits . . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . . 75
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7.4.2 Insertion/Bypass Transfer Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

7.5 Signal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.5.1 The Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.5.2 The Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.5.3 The Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.5.4 Error Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.6 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.7 Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.8 Electromagnetic Emanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.9 Medium Interface Connector (MIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.9.1 Medium Interface Connector—Contactor Detail . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.9.2 Medium Interface Connector—Locking Mechanism Detail . . . . 83

FIGURES AND TABLE

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Fig 2-1 Relation of OSI Reference Model to the LAN Model . . . . . . ... . . ... . 16
Fig 2-2 Token Ring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 17
Fig 2-3 Relationship of Data Stations, Servers, and System Manager ... . .. .. . 18
Fig 3-1 MAC Frame Information Field Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . 26
Fig 4-1 An Example of a Failure Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . 44
Fig 4-2 Receive Action Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 47
Fig 4-3 Operational Finite-State Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. . 49
Fig 4-4 Repeat State Loop Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 50
Fig 4-5 Standby Monitor Finite-State Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ... . 54
Fig 4-6 Standby State Transition Loop Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 56
Fig 4-7 Active Monitor Finite-State Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 58
Fig 5-1 Example of Symbol Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 62
Fig 7-1 Partitioning of PHY and Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . 74
Fig 7-2 Example of Station Connection to the Medium . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . 76
Fig 7-3 Receive Signal Eye Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 79
Fig 7-4 Medium Interface Connector—Isometric View . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . 82
Fig 7-5 Medium Interface Connector—Contactor Detail . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . 84
Fig 7-6 Medium Interface Connector—Locking Mechanism Detail . . .. . . ... . . 85

Table 3-1 MAC Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ANNEXES

Annex A - Address Structuring (Informative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Annex B - LLC Type 3 Support (Informative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Annex C - PICS Proforma (Normative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. .. . 88

C1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . . . .. . 88
C2. Abbreviations and Special Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. .. . 88
C2.1 Status Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. .. . 88
C2.2 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. .. . 88
C3. Instructions for Completing the PICS Proforma . . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . 89
C3.1 General Structure for the PICS Proforma . . . . . . ... . . .. .. . 89
C3.2 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. .. . 89
C3.3 Exception Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . 90
C3.4 Conditional Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .. .. . 90
C4. Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . .. .. . 91
C4.1 Implementation Identification . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. .. . 91
C4.2 Protocol Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . . . .. . 91
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C5. Major Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 92

C6. PICS Proforma for the MAC Sublayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .... 92
C6.1 Frame Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 92
C6.2 Destination and Source MAC Address Fields . . .. .. .. . .. .. 92
C6.3 Frame Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 93
C6.4 MAC Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 94
C6.5 MAC Frame Subvectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .... . 95
C6.6 Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .... . 97
C6.7 Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ... .. 98
C6.8 Priority Registers and Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. ... 98
C6.9 Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 98
C7. PICS Proforma for the Physical Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .... 99
C7.1 Symbol Encoding and Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .... . 99
C7.2 Data Signalling Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 99
C7.3 Symbol Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... .. 99
C7.4 Latency Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 99
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C8. Station Attachment Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ..... 100

C8.1 Coupling of the Station to the Ring . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. ... 100
C8.2 Transmitter Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .... 100
C8.3 Receiver Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .... . 100
C8.4 Medium Interface Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. ... 100
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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD

Information processing systems—Local area networks

Part 5:
Token ring access method and physical layer specifications
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1. General
1.1 Scope. For the purpose of compatible interconnection of data processing
equipment via a local area network (LAN) using the token ring access method, this
standard
(1) Defines the frame format, including delimiters, addressing, routing infor-
mation, and frame-check sequence (FCS), to allow operation on a single ring
or on multiple rings connected by source routing or transparent bridges, and
introduces medium access control (MAC) frames, timers, counters, and
priority stacks (see Section 3);
(2) Defines the MAC protocol. The finite-state machine and state tables are
supplemented with a prose description of the algorithms (see Section 4);
(3) Defines the physical layer (PHY) functions of symbol encoding and decod-
ing, symbol timing, and latency buffering (see Section 5);
(4) Describes the services provided by the MAC to the station management
(SMT) and the logical link control sublayer (LLC) and the services provided
by the PHY to SMT and the MAC. These services are defined in terms of
service primitives and associated parameters (see Section 6);
(5) Defines the 4 and 16 Mb/s, shielded twisted pair attachment of the station
to the medium including the definition of the medium interface connector
(MIC) (see Section 7);
(6) Includes the PICS proforma in compliance with the relevant requirements,
and in accordance with the relevant guidance, given in ISO 9646-2 [7] 1
(see Annex C).
The defini tion of suitabl e media (t wisted pair, coaxial cable, and optical fiber)
for connect ing stations that meet the attachment standard specifi ed herein is a
subject for future consideration. Unti l such time as these media are specified, t he

1 The numbers in the brackets correspond to those of the references in 1.4.

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AS 4802.5-1992, Information processing systems -

Local area networks Token ring access method
and physical layer specifications
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