Packet Switching and X.25 Networks. APPENDIX B 2
B 1.3 Coding of Control Field
Contents of field
high order low order
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
I Information frame
0
S Supervisory frame
0 1
RR Receiver Ready
0 0 0 1
RNR Receiver Not Ready
0 1 0 1
REJ Reject
1 0 0 1
U Unnumbered frame
1 1
SARM Set Asynchronous Response Mode
0 0 0 1 1 1 1
SABMSet A synchronous Balanced Mode
0 0 1 1 1 1 1
DISC Disconnect
0 1 0 0 0 1 1
UA Unnumbered Acknowledgement
0 1 1 0 0 1 1
CMDR/FRMR Command/Frame Reject
1 0 0 0 1 1 1
• CMDR/FRMR choice is determined by whether Response mode or Balanced mode
is in effect
• The coding for the SARM command is the same as for the DM response
B 1.4 Information (I) Frame
The contents of the Control field for the I-frame are as follows:
Contents of field
high order low order
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
R R R P S S S 0
Where— RRR represents the N(R) value
represents the Poll bit
P
represents the N(S) value
SSS
The frame portion between the Control field and the FCS contains the layer three packet
information.

