AS 3734.1-1991

Specifies the lower sublayer of the physical layer in Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) networks. This Standard is identical with and reproduced from ISO/IEC 9314-1:1989.

This part of ISO 9314 specifies the Physical Layer Protocol (PHY), the upper sublayer of the Physical Layer, for Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).FDDI provides a high-bandwidth (100 Mbit/s), general-purpose interconnection among computers and peripheral equipment using fibre optics as the transmission medium. FDDI can be configured to support a sustained transfer rate of approximately 80 Mbit/s (10 Mbyte/s). It may not meet the response time requirements of all unbuffered high-speed devices. FDDI establishes connections among many stations distributed over distances of several kilometers in extent. Default values for FDDI were calculated on the basis of 1 000 physical links and a total fibre path length of 200 km (typically corresponding to 500 stations and 100 km of dual fibre cable).FDDI consists of:(a) A Physical Layer (PL), which is divided into two sublayers:(1) A Physical Medium Dependent (PMD), which provides the digital baseband point-to-point communication between stations in the FDDI network. The PMD provides all services necessary to transport a suitably coded digital bit stream from station to station. The PMD defines and characterizes the fibre-optic drivers and receivers, medium-dependent code requirements, cables, connectors, power budgets, optical bypass provisions, and physical-hardware-related characteristics. It specifies the point of interconnectability for conforming FDDI attachments.(2) A Physical Layer Protocol (PHY), which provides connection between the PMD and the Data Link Layer. PHY establishes clock synchronization with the upstream code-bit data stream and decodes this incoming code-bit stream into an equivalent symbol stream for use by the higher layers. PHY provides encoding and decoding between data and control indicator symbols and code bits, medium conditioning and initializing, the synchronization of incoming and outgoing code-bit clocks, and the delineation of octet boundaries as required for the transmission of information to or from higher layers. Information to be transmitted on the interface medium is encoded by the PHY into a grouped transmission code. The definition of PHY is contained in this part of ISO 9314.(b) A Data Link Layer (DLL), which controls the accessing of the medium and the generation and verification of frame check sequences to ensure the proper delivery of valid data to the higher layers. DLL also concerns itself with the generation and recognition of device addresses and the peer-to-peer associations within the FDDI network. For the purpose of the PHY definition contained in this part of ISO 9314,references to DLL are made in terms of the Media Access Control (MAC) entity, which is the lowest sublayer of DLL.(c) A Station Management (SMT)1), which provides the control necessary at the station level to manage the processes under way in the various FDDI layers such that a station may work cooperatively on a ring. SMT provides services such as control of configuration management, fault isolation and recovery, and scheduling procedures.The definition of PHY as contained in this part of ISO 9314 is designed to be as independent as possible from the actual physical medium.ISO 9314 specifies the interfaces, functions, and operations necessary to ensure interoperability between conforming FDDI implementations. This part of ISO 9314 is a functional description. Conforming implementations may employ any design technique that does not violate interoperability.