Table of Contents
1.0INTRODUCTION
1.1PurposeofthisDocument
1.2Background
1.3RelationshipofthisDocumenttoOtherARINCStandards
1.4RelationshiptoOtherStandards
1.5RelationshiptoOSIProtocols
2.0INTEROPERABILITY
2.1SubnetworkInteroperability
2.2VDLM2/ACARSRFCoexistence
2.3VDLM2/ACARSProtocolCoexistence
3.0SYSTEMOVERVIEW
3.1GeneralDescription
3.2SystemArchitecture
4.0CONCEPTSOFOPERATION
4.0Introduction
4.1RadioFrequencyManagement
4.2VHFandLinkManagementEntities(VME/LME)
4.3HandoffManagement
4.4ProvisionsforTestDSP
5.0PHYSICALLAYERSPECIFICATION
5.1Introduction
5.2VDRDesignSpecificationsandPrimitives
5.3PhysicalLayerOverview
6.0MEDIAACCESSCONTROLSUB-LAYERSPECIFICATION
6.1Introduction
6.2FunctionsoftheMACSub-Layer
6.3ProceduresoftheMACSub-Layer
6.4MACParameters
6.5MultipleLinkOperation
7.0DATALINKLAYERSPECIFICATION
7.1Introduction
7.2DataLinkLayerPartitioning
7.3TransmitQueueManagement
7.4Addressing
7.5GroundStationInformationFrames
7.6Timers
7.7SystemMaskParameter
7.8HDLCPublicParameterSetID
7.9AVLCSpecificOption
7.10VDLParameterLength
7.11EmbeddedAcknowledgment
7.12PICS
7.13EncodingofXIDPublicParameters
7.14UnrecognizedXIDParameters
8.0SUBNETWORKLAYERSPECIFICATION
8.1Introduction
8.2ConnectionEstablishment
8.3FastSelect
8.4CallMaintenance
8.5CallSwitchingWithinSameRoutingDomain
8.6CallClearing
8.7Priority(QOS)
8.8DTEAddressing
8.9PICS
8.10FlowcontrolWindowClosure
9.0LINKMANAGEMENTENTITY(LME)SPECIFICATION
9.1Introduction
9.2InitialFrequencyAcquisition
9.3LinkEstablishment
9.4LinkMaintenance
9.5GroundStationSelection
9.6ParameterNegotiation
9.7ATNRouterNETParameter
9.8FrequencyManagement/Auto-Tune
9.9PECTMaintenance
10.0EXTERNALINTERFACES
10.1Introduction
10.2VDLM2toSystemManagementInterface
10.3SNAcPtoSNDCFInterface
10.4VDLM2CMUtoVDRInterface
ATTACHMENTS
1ProtocolArchitectureDiagrams
2DataLinkLayerPICS
3SubnetworkLayerPICS
4EncodingofXIDParameters
APPENDICES
A-TermsandAcronyms
B-DefinitionofVDLAddresses,GroundSystem,System
MaskandUseofTheseParametersforVDLLink
Handoff
C-MessageSequenceCharts
D-VSDAConfigurationIssue
E-StateMachines
F-AllocationofGroundStationAddresses
G-FIS-BandAOAExtendedProtocolIdentifierforVDL
Mode2LinkLayer
H-MessageSequenceChartsfor
AutotuneandTGS
I-GenericDataLinkInterface
JAirborneATNSystemArchitecture
K-MessageSequenceChartsforGround-InitiatedHandoff
ARINCStandard-ErrataReport
ARINCIAProjectInitiation/Modification(APIM)Guidelines
forSubmittal Abstract
Describes the functions to be performed by airborne and ground components of the VDLM2 to successfully transfer messages from VHF ground networks to avionics systems on aircraft and vice versa where the data are encoded in a code and byte independent format.
