CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC ISP 10612-8-99 (C2008)

This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard ISO/IEC ISP 10612-8:1995. 1. Scope 1.1 General ISO/IEC ISP 10612 is applicable to interworking units concerned with operating in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) environment. It specifies a combination of OSI base standards that collectively provide a MAC relay function between LAN subnetworks. This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10612 is applicable to interworking units operating between Token Ring LAN subnetworks. ISO/IEC ISP 10612-1 specifies the relay function and LAN subnetwork-independent requirements, ISO/IEC ISP 10612-3 specifies the Token Ring LAn subnetwork-dependent requirements, and this part of ISO/IEC ISP 10612 defines the profile RD53.53. 1.2 Position within the taxonomy The taxonomy of OSI profiles is defined in ISO/IEC TR 10000-2. This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10612 defines the profile: RD53.53 Relaying the MAC service, using transparent bridging, between Token Ring LAN subnetworks. 1.3 Scenario Figure 1 illustrates the configuration of systems to which this part of ISO/IEc ISP 10612 is applicable. The figure shows two reference points, but an implementation of this profile may include more attachments to Token Ring LAn subnetworks with a reference point corresponding to each.