Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Definitions
4Abbreviations
5Conventions
6FunctionalArchitectureofconnectionlesslayernetworks
6.1Introduction
6.2Relationshipbetweenconnection-orientedand
connectionlesslayernetworks
6.3Architecturalcomponents
6.4Partitioningandlayering
6.5Decompositionofconnectionlesslayernetworks
6.6Applicationofconceptstonetworktopologiesand
structures
AnnexA-Characteristicsofconnectionlessand
connection-orientedlayernetworks
A.1CharacteristicsofaCO-CSnetworkimplementedwithSDH,
OTNorPDH
A.2CharacteristicsofaCO-PSnetworkimplementedwithATM
A.3CharacteristicsofaCLPSnetworkimplementedwithIP
usingbesteffort,destination-basedforwarding
A.4Characteristicsofanetworkimplementedwithethernet
AnnexB-Componentsofconnection-orientedandconnectionless
layernetworks Abstract
Describes the functional architecture of a connectionless transport network from the viewpoint of its information transfer capability.