AS/NZS 4093:1994

ISO/IEC TR 9577:1993

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Telecommunications and
information exchange between
systems—Protocol identification
in the network layer
 AS/NZS 4093:1994

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee IT/1, Information Systems—Interconnection. It was approved on behalf of
the Council of Standards Australia on 19 May 1994 and on behalf of the Council of
Standards New Zealand on 9 May 1994. It was published on 11 July 1994.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/1:

Australian Bankers’ Association

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Department of Defence, Australia
Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development, Australia
Government Computing Service, New Zealand
Information Exchange Steering Committee, Australia
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, CSIRO, Australia
OPTUS Communications, Australia
Telecom Australia
Telecom New Zealand

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 AS/NZS 4093:1994

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Telecommunications and
information exchange between
systems—Protocol identification
in the network layer

First publi shed as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4093:1993.

Second editi on 1994.

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY:

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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Homebush NSW 2140 Australia

STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

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ISBN 0 7262 9015 7
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee IT/1 on
Information Systems—Interconnection to supersede AS/NZS 4093:1993. It is identical with and has been
reproduced from ISO/IEC TR 9577:1993, Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange
between systems—Protocol identification in the network layer.

This Standard is issued as a Joint Standard under the terms of the Active Cooperation Agreement between
Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

The objective of this Standard is to provide OSI network designers with the means to permit a protocol in the
network layer to be identified and provide a record of the structure and allowable ranges of protocol identifiers
which can be assigned by JTC 1 and other authorities.

This 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
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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.

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with ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, that the number of this Standard is not
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For the purpose of this Standard, the source text should be modified as follows:

(a) Terminology The words ‘this Australian/New Zealand Standard’ should replace the words ‘this International
Standard’ wherever they appear.

(b) Decimal marker Substitute a full point for a comma where it appears as a decimal marker.

(c) References The references to international Standards should be replaced by references, where appropriate,
to the following Australian or Joint Australian/New Zealand Standards:

Reference to International Standard Australian or Joint

or other publication
ISO
8473 Information processing systems—Data
communications—Protocol for providing
the connectionless-mode network service
ISO/IEC
8073 Inf orma t i on t ec hnol ogy— T el e com-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Open Systems Inter-
connection—Protocol for providing the
connection-mode transport service
8208 Information technol ogy—Data com-
munications—X.25 Packet Layer Protocol
for Data Terminal Equipment
8878-1 Inf orma t i on t ec hnol ogy— T el e com-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Use of X.25 to provide
the OSI Connection-Mode Network
Service
Australian/New Zealand Standard
AS/NZS
3682 Informat i on processi ng syst ems— Dat a
communications—Protocol for providing the
connectionless-mode network service
2912 I n f o r m a t i o n t e ch n o lo g y — T e le c om -
munications and information exchange
between systems—Open Systems Inter-
connection—Protocol for providing the
connection-mode transport service
3621 In fo rma tion tec hno lo gy —Da ta
communications—X.25 packet layer protocol
for data terminal equipment
3604 I n f o r m a t i o n t e ch n o lo g y — T e le c om -
munications and information exchange
between systems—Use of X.25 to provide the
OSI connection-mode network service.

ISO/IEC
8880 Informat i on technol ogy— T el ecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Protocol combina-
tions to provide and support the OSI
Network Service
8880-2 Part 2: Provision and support of the
connection-mode Network Service
8880-3 Part 3: Provision and support of the
connectionless-mode Network Service
9542 Informat ion processi ng syst ems—
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems—End system
to Int ermedi at e syst em routeing
exchange protocol for use in conjunction
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with the Protocol for providing the
connectionless-mode network service
10030 Informat i on technol ogy— T el ecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—End System Routeing
Information Exchange Protocol for use
in conjunction with ISO 8878
10589 Informat i on technol ogy— T el ecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Intermediate system
to intermediate system intra-domain
routeing routine information exchange
protocol for use in conjunction with the
protocol for providing the con-
nectionless-mode Network Service
(ISO 8473)
10747 Informat i on technol ogy— T el ecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Protocol for exchange
of inter-domain routeing information
among intermediate systems to support
forwarding of ISO 8473 PDUs
11570 Informat i on technol ogy— T el ecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—Open Systems Inter-
connection—Transport Protocol Identi-
fication Mechanism
ITU-T Recommendation
G.764 Voice packetization—Packetized voice
protocol
Q.93B Broadband ISDN Signalling protocol
Q.931 ISDN User-Network Interface Layer 3
Specification
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AS/NZS
4107 In fo r matio n tec h no lo gy —Te leco m -
munications and information exchange
between systems—Protocol combinations to
provide and support the OSI network service
4107.2 Part 2: Provision and support of the
connection-mode network service
4107.3 Part 3: Provision and support of the
connectionless-mode network service
3651 Information processing systems—Telecom-
munications and information exchange
between systems—End system to inter-
mediate system routing exchange protocol
for use in conjunction with the protocol for
providing the connectionless-mode network
service
4095 In fo r matio n tec h no lo gy —Te leco m -
munications and information exchange
between systems—End system routing
information exchange protocol for use in
conjunction with AS 3604
4149 In fo r matio n tec h no lo gy —Te leco m -
munications and information exchange
between systems—Intermediate system to
intermediate system intra-domain routing
information exchange protocol for use in
conjunction with the protocol for providing
the connectionless-mode network service
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ITU-T Recommendation AS/NZS

Q.932 Generic Procedures for the Control of —
ISDN Supplementary Services
Q.933 Signalling Specification for Frame Mode —
Bearer Service
T.70 Network-independent basic t ransport —
service for the telematic services
X.29 Procedures for the exchange of control —
information and user data between a packet
assembly/disassembly facility (PAD) and a
packet mode DTE or another PAD
X.39 Procedures for the exchange of control —
information and user data between a
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facsimile packet assembly/disassembly

(FPAD) facility and a packet mode DTE or
another FPAD
X.244 Exchange of protocol identification during —
virtual call establishment on Packet
Switched Public Data Networks

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Information technology—Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems—Protocol
identification in the network layer
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1 Scope
This Technical Report provides
a) the description of a means to permit a protocol to
be identified;
b) a record of the structure and allowable ranges of
protocol identifier(s) which can be assigned by
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6, CCITT and other authorities;
c) a record of the values of protocol identifiers used
by OSI Network Layer protocols and non-OSI pro-
tocols occupying a similar position, in particular,
only protocols with protocol control information
commencing in octet 1 of the protocol data unit
are covered; and
d) a record of the values that are in use as protocol
controlinformationin non-NetworkLayer protocols
where they impact on Network Layer protocol
identification.
The application of this Technical Report is
a) in the identification of internationally standardized
Network Layer protocols operating directly above
the Data Link Service;
b) in the identification of protocols used in conjunc-
tion with internationally standardized Network
Layer protocols that operate directly above the
Data Link Service; and
c) to distinguishbetweenInternationallystandardized
Network Layer protocols, and other internationally
standardized protocols used in conjunction with
internationally standardized Network Layer
protocols.
This Technical Report is for use by ISO/IEC Technical
Committees and other authorities in applying the principles
contained in clause 4, and in selecting an unused value or
values from the range of values permitted in clause 5 or
clause 6, as appropriate. When a new value is selected,
that value and its usage should be brought to the attention
of ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC6 so that this Technical Report can
be amended.
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2 References
ISO/IEC 8073 : 1992, Information technology -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Open Systems Interconnection - Protocol for
providing the connection-mode transport service
NOTE - See also CCITT Recommendation X.224.
ISO/IEC 8208 : 1990, Information technology - Data
communications - X.25 Packet Layer Protocol for Data
Terminal Equipment.
NOTE - See also CCITT Recommendation X.25.
ISO 8473 : 1988, Information processing systems - Data
communications - Protocol for providing the
connectionless-mode network service.
ISO/IEC 8878-1 : 1992, Information technology -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Use of X.25 to provide the OSI
Connection-Mode Network Service
NOTE - See also CCITT Recommendation X.223.
ISO/IEC 8880-2 : 1992, Information technology -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Protocol combinations to provide and support
the OSI Network Service - Part 2: Provision and support
of the connection-mode Network Service
ISO/IEC 8880-3 : 1990, Information technology -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - Protocol combinations to provide and support
the OSI Network Service - Part 3: Provision and support
of the connectionless-mode Network Service
ISO/IEC 9542 : 1988, Information processing systems -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - End system to Intermediate system routeing
exchange protocol for use in conjunction with the Protocol
for providing the connectionless-mode network service
(ISO 8473)
ISO/IEC 10030 : 1990, Information technology -
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems - End System Routeing Information Exchange
Protocol for use in conjunction with ISO 8878.
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