APPENDIX C: NETWORK
LAYERING
REFERENCE MODEL
Figure C-1 shows the ISO Network Layering
Reference Model. The shaded areas are implemented
by the MCP2140A, while the cross-hatched area is
implemented by an infrared transceiver. The unshaded
areas should be implemented by the Host Controller.
FIGURE C-1: ISO REFERENCE LAYER MODEL
OSI REFERENCE LAYERS
Application
Presentation
Session
Transport
Network
Data Link Layer
LLC (Logical Link Control)
Acceptance Filtering
Overload Notification
Recovery Management
MAC (Medium Access Control)
Data Encapsulation/Decapsulation
Frame Coding (stuffing, destuffing)
Medium Access Management
Error Detection
Error Signalling
Acknowledgment
Serialization/Deserialization
Physical Layer
PLS (Physical Signalling)
Bit Encoding/Decoding
Bit Timing
Synchronization
PMA (Physical Medium Attachment)
Driver/Receiver Characteristics
MDI (Medium Dependent Interface)
Connectors
MCP2140A
Has to be implemented in Host
Controller firmware
(such as a PIC® microcontroller
Regions implemented
by the MCP2140A
Regions implemented
by the Optical Transceiver logic
Supervisor
Fault
confinement
(MAC-LME)
Bus Failure
management
(PLS-LME)
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