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    X.

    25 Packet Switching Protocol


    Advanced Protocols

    X.25 Overview
    In the childhood of data transmission, analogue first public data networks and for many years in-
    line quality was poor so the need for a reliable and dustries like banking and air lines relied heavily on
    safe packet switching protocol was evident. Also their X.25 networks. Today the protocol has lost its
    network devices at that time did not possess the importance, but derivatives are still used, e.g. in
    complex features which in today´s devices are tak- GPRS, in amateur radio as AX.25 and in the aero-
    en for granted. This lead in 1976 to the creation of nautical networks.
    the fairly complicated X.25 protocol used on the

    Fig. 1 X.25 protocol stack Fig. 2 X.25 WAN and devices

    X.25 Architecture

    The illustration below shows the X.25 protocol lay- In an X.25 network a DTE (Data Transmission
    ers compared to the standard OSI Reference Mod- Equipment) connects to another DTE via DCEs
    el. The physical layer consists of the various electri- (Data Circuit-terminating Equipment) and interme-
    cal interfaces which allow a device to connect to diary packet switches (PSEs). Communication takes
    the network or directly to another device. place on logical channels, either as Switched Virtual
    At the data link layer the LAPB (Link Access Proto- Circuits, which are set up at the beginning of a call
    col - Balanced) is an implementation of the ISO and maintained for the duration of this call, much
    HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) bit-oriented similar to a telephone call, or a Permanent Virtual
    protocol. This layer performs link setup and discon- Calls which acts much as a leased line and not re-
    nect, error control and data flow control. quiring call setup or tear-down.
    The PLP (Packet Layer Protocol) at the network lay- Another characteristic of a X.25 network is the abil-
    er takes care of call establishment and tear-down, ity of each DTE to multiplex up to 4096 logical con-
    data transfer and restarts and thus allows users to nections.
    communicate each other via a network.
    X.25 Packet Switching Protocol
    Advanced Protocols

    X.25 Frame structure


    The LAPB frame contains the fields below. The control field indicates which frame is being transmitted.
    I-frames contain data and U- and S-frames contain control information.

    Fig. 3 LAPB frame structure

    X.25 Frame format


    X.25 provides three frame formats, the difference modulo 8 operation. In case of the Extended
    being the size of the sequence number. The Basic frame, the increment is a modulo 128 operation
    frame has a frame sequence number size of 3 bits, and in case of the Super frame a modulo 32768 op-
    so that the increment of the sequence number is a eration.

    Fig. 4 X.25 Frame format

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    X.25 Packet Switching Protocol
    Advanced Protocols

    X.25 Packet structure


    A X.25 packet constitutes the data field of a LAPB (Logical Channel Identifier) field contains infor-
    (HDLC) frame with a size of 64 to 4096 bytes. The mation on the logical channel and the PTI (Packet
    GFI (General Format Identifier) field contains gen- Type Identifier) field contains information on the
    eral information of the packet format, the LCI PLP packet type.

    Fig. 4 X.25 PLP encapsulation in a LAPB frame

    The W-CODE implementation of the X.25 decoder features options to select the frame and display format.
    The screen shot below is an example of the displayed data.

    Fig. 5 W-CODE implementation

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    X.25 Packet Switching Protocol
    Advanced Protocols

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    Microsoft, Encarta, MSN and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The ITU (International Telecommu-
    nication Union) is an agency of the United Nations (UN) whose purpose is to coordinate telecommunication operations. References: Cisco Internetworking Handbook and ITU’s recommenda-
    tion X.25 addresses interfacing.

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