
Frame Relay Overview
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LAPF defines the following categories of management frames to support reliable
transfer of multiple numbered frames over SVCs:
• Unnumbered control -- Provides connection and disconnection services and
includes set asynchronous balanced mode extended (SABME), disconnect
(DISC), frame reject (FRMR), disconnected mode (DM), and unnumbered
acknowledgment (UA) frames.
• Numbered supervisory -- Provides flow control and retransmission
information and includes receiver not ready (RNR), receiver reader (RR), and
reject (REJ) frames.
• Numbered information (I) -- A numbered command/response that passes data
across the link using a sliding window protocol. The frames are numbered
sequentially and carry an acknowledgment of the highest numbered frame
received by the sending peer. The maximum number of frames outstanding is
configurable. These frames can only be sent after setup of multiple frame
communications on the link. A flag within the frame differentiates a
command from its response.
• Exchange identification (XID) -- An unnumbered command/response used to
allow peers to exchange identification information.
LAPF Operational States
LAPF has three main operational states:
• TEI-assigned -- The terminal endpoint identifier (TEI)-assigned state is the
base interface state. When the LAPF circuit is first established, this is its state.
No timers are running and only unnumbered frames are supported across the
link.
• Active -- This state indicates that multiple frame support is up and running on
the interface. Numbered information frames can travel across the link.
• Timer recovery -- This state indicates that a timer has expired and the peer is
attempting to recover either through retransmission (T200 timeout) or by
initiating an idle time handshake (T203 timeout).
Once multiple frame support is operating on the channel, numbered information
frames are exchanged to transfer data and acknowledge earlier transfers.
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