HIGH LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL (HDLG)

HOLC 0s aBit 0riebled Psttocel yor communication uer poirt -to- póint ond
mulipointlnks.

HDIe paOuide t Common transfer mode that can be used in different

’ Normal Besponse Mode (NRM) ard Asynchnaus BalancedtMode.
con
Notmal Response Mode i
In this shaion com4iguxafiery k unbalamed. We have one primyohalkoy and
multipte seLondary slaliens. NRM is ysed tor both point to-point k multHple-poist irks.
A primamy stalion cam send commands
saion Can

@ Point to Commamd
Pomt

TRtmar beondary
seondary berondan
Malipait
Primary
(ommand
Response 4-Response
Asyndonous Balaneed Mode i
asynehsonaus balameed made ABM),he confiqusakon is Balanced.
The liak is pointbo point.and each statioy Can tuncien as a

saLondeny (ating as peers). Ihis is -the common mode

and a
toda
Combined tombined
command reponse
tommand
yesþonse
 Frames
HDLC
defines thee types o4 frames : nformaion Frames
(I- Frame), Supervisor fromes (S-Frames) and Unumbered fvames
(u-frames).
Each trames Serves a cnvelope fo he Transnission oa

I- Frames : ’
ave used to transpost ustY data and tonbrsl inkormahn relaing
to use data
Cpiasybating
S-Frames i’ are Used to transþovt Conhro fnformat?an.

u Prames: ’ ave steserved tor syakem management. mjormakon caried by

-Frames is iodended or mamaging the ins Ihe

Frome Format
I-FRAME

Fa Address Contro vser mformabem FCS log

S FRAME
Plag Addvess Combet FeS Flag
;U-ÉRAME
Aag Add Cone Mgmt nyo. FCS lag

ORag Fild:- it iu a 8-bit sequene. Pait patkrn 0441 1110 that

iaentikies bth the and the end o aama and serre as a

Addsess ild:-> t ontain the addnes o he necondary

shahon erakd the tuame ,uit cowains a to addnes. If the
ereated adds trame, conkaima a on 9cimdag
acddeg.
staln

’ jt cam be a.4byte oY Several

gdepanding upon the nerda
One bye iaentiyupto 129 bi~s, (t -the addru
the nehuont.
only 4bye,the Iat bit is alus ad. f he addres /s more
than ibyte, al bytes but helast 'ane will end uoith O, only the
Aast end wth 1
 Conte Fiedd > 1 or 2
Oye segments of the frame used or lous ernd error
Contaol The interpretakon o Gk in this field dependa n dhe fromebype

@njomnakan Reld ’ he n<ormglion feld taniains the wors dáta 4rom tbe mlus dayen
o4 management infomatien. Is langtth can vary tyu
can varyo one nekoors t another.

OFS feld > Ihe fxame chech seqvence (Fcs) is the HOLe eroY deection eld.
E can eontain either a 2-0r-4 ITu-T CRe.

lootol field.
The contxal fceld dekermings yhe type of frame and defina its funchoralit
I-FYame
NCS)
4 S- Franme
code
4 U-Fyame
Code Code

Control Feld for I-Frames

1-frames ore user data tom tht In addition, they can
include auo and eoas Contl in<ounatinn piggybackimg
Fixt bit dehes he r
If the yiaat bit t tontael is 0,thia means the yrame. uan Iframe, Net 3bits,
caled NcS), deine a Beauence Number b<w o and .
*The ladt 3bits, caled NCR) torrespond o he Acknoekadgemat numberwhes
bit b<uw N(S) md NR) is called the P|e bs.
aT Ple fid isa single bit withaduat pungose. Hhas meaning anly ohen it is
et (bit=1) and can mean poll or inal.
means poll ahey the trame is sert bya primary stationo
seLndang
-t mpans 4inal soben the frame ts sat bya secanarytea pimang
Contot Reld Yor S- FMames
o thu fra me.
an Sframe yhe fist tuwo bits o the contbpl feld dain thu type
Set to 10.
"These bits are aluogs
" The ast g bits, called N/R, corresþond to the acknowledzeraest number
megal we
CACK) oY megali aknouted enest (NAR) depending om thetype of sframe
he 2bis caçed Code ,is Osed to de;ine the typeas_of Srame itse
descDbed belows’

(@) Receive Ready CRR)

Sfrome. Jbis kind
{ he value af code subfield is 00, ît is an B8
amcs.
frame orptmumber.
af frane ackngaoladacs Jhe eceiat af aafe acknouoledgmest
y dhit case, the value NCR) field deLines the

(6) Beceive Not Aeady (GNA)

S-frame., Ihis lnd st
4 the value a the code. subfield ik 40 it s on BNR
sfame is an RA fame oith addittonal fmetons. It acksooledges. the receipt
bosy
ga frame gmup a rmes, nd it announces that he receiver îs
and cannot eceive mote ramc.
Act as kod of conqeshn conhel rnechrái,.
(C) Reject (RE)
4 the value af the code aubtield is o1 l+ is a NáK4ramé. but nof
ilee one ased in Selechive Bepeat ARQ.F is a NAK that con be osed n Go-Back

NARQ to im þrove the <fiueng of the

value a NCR js the negatire acknooledgement mumber
ca) Selectiue Bejeet (SREI)
"Ifthe code a sibied is 41,
"It is an SREI Srame. This is a NAK yrame ysed in Selective Repeat ARB.
The value oNR) 0s the
gthe aaknaalalement muniber.
Conta field tor U-frams.
UnmumberedLfromes ave used do exchango 5tssion and contro ingormaie
bls tonnecked detees, Unlihe samcs, U4rames contan am intormatin
mot ser daa.
urame code dlivided nto &sech oni Qhik pretix bfore the /f bit
and 3-bit sufie atwthe p/E bit. Toaethen. these tuo
cam be ubed bereoake up to 32 di4teuenttpes o U-rames