Friday, September 19, 2014

Bit-Oriented Protocols-Cont

o    Information  field  contains  the  user's  data  in  an  I-Frame  and  Network  Management
information in a U-Frame
o    An S-Frame has no information field
o    Its  length  can  vary  from  one  network  to  another  but  remains  fixed  within  each
network
o    It is possible to send Control information in the information field of the I-Frame along
with data.
o    This process is called Piggybacking

o    The FCS is HDLC's error detection field

o    It can contain a two- or four byte CRC





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