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IMBSIR 83-2717

Proceedings of the Second

LAN-Transport Workshop

Report of the Second Workshop for Local Area Network

Implementors of the NBS Specifications of the

International Standards Organization Transport

Class 4 Protocol

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Bureau of Standards

Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

Systems and Network Architecture Division

Washington, DC 20234

May 1983

U S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

NBSIR 83-2717

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND

LAN-TRANSPORT WORKSHOP

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Report of the Second Workshop for Local Area Network

Implementors of the NBS Specifications of the.

International Standards Organization Transport

Class 4 Protocol

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Bureau of Standards

Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

Systems and Network Architecture Division

Washington, DC 20234

May 1983

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS. Ernest Ambler. Director

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ABSTRACT

The National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology (ICST) has prepared specifications for the International

Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Class 4 Transport Protocol. At

the request of a number of companies, ICST organized a second

workshop for local area network implementors of these specifications.

The second workshop focused on 1) token bus local area networks and 2)

file transfer applications to be run at a multi-vendor demonstration in

the 1984 time frame. This report documents the second workshop and

records implementation choices and agreements made by the

participants.

Keywords: communication protocols; computer networks; local area networks

transport protocol.

SUMMARY

This report documents the second workshop for local area network

implementors of the ICST specification for the International Standards

Organization (ISO) Transport Class 4 Protocol on IEEE 802 compatible

local area networks. The workshop, held by ICST to continue the

progress made at the first workshop, assembled 51 attendees from 28

organizations. The second workshop provided a forum for vendors and

user organization's to select appropriate applications to demonstrate

the capabilities of transport and local area network protocol

implementations that adhere to the standards cited above. The

workshop also allowed the attendees to resolve issues not fully decided

at the first workshop.

The second workshop resulted in several agreements. Two neutral sites

will be established to allow demonstrations of multi-vendor

implementations of the ISO Transport Class 4 and IEEE 802 local area network standards. One site will be hosted by General Motors (GM).

The GM test bed will support the IEEE 802.4 (token bus) local area network standard. The second site will be hosted by ICST. The ICST

test bed will support the IEEE 802.3 (CSMA/CD) local area network

standard.

Vendors participating in the multi-vendor de monstations will implement

a subset of the present ISO file-transfer protocol (FTP) services. A

later workshop dealing solely with the FTP will agree on the details of a

protocolspecification.
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LAN/Transport Workshop

ATTENDEES

Able Computer

Edward Efron

1732 Reynolds Avenue

Irvine, California 92714

E-Systems

William Killer

7700 Arlington Blvd.

Falls Church, Virginia

Allen-Bradley

Bob Jones

747 Alpha Drive

Highland Heights, Ohio 44143

E. Delahostria

747 Alpha Drive

Highland Heights, Ohio 44143

Associated Computer Consultants

Joseph Maixner

2901 Park Avenue

Soquel , California 95073

Boeing Computer Services

Chris Dunlap

7990 Gallows Court

Vienna, Virginia 22180

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Jerry Smith

Room 8391 , TL-245

10th & Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.

Washington, 0. C. 20535

Ford Motor Company

Shaun Devlin

P.0. Box 2053

Dearborn, Michigan 48121

Melvin Gable

20000 Rotunda, P.0. Box 2053

Dearborn, Michigan 48121

Richard Batty

Room 890 WHQ

The American Road

Dearborn, Michigan 48121-1899

Sheldon Blauman

P.0. Box 24346 M/S 7A-05

Seattle, Washington 98124

Concord Data Systems

Ross Seider

303 Bear Hill Road

Waltham, Massachusetts 02154

Digital Equipment Corporation

Anthony Lauck

1925 Andover Street

Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Chak Lai

21333 Haggerty Road

Novi, Michigan 48050

General Motors Corporation

Ron Floyd

Technical Center

Manufacturing Development MD-66

Warren, Michigan 48090

Dale F. Larson

GM Technical Center

12 MI&M0UND-N2-GMECC

Warren, Michigan 48090

Mike Kaminski

Manufacturing Development

Technical Center

Warren, Michigan 48090

Gould, Inc.

Rao Cherukuri

6901 Sunrise Blvd.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33310
Hewlett-Packard

Atul Garg

19420 Homestead Road

Cupertino, California 95014

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K. J. Turner

West Avenue

Kidsgrove

Stoke-on-Trent ST7 1TL

United Kingdom

J. R. Cadwallader

West Avenue

Ki ndsgrove

Stoke-on-Trent ST7 1TL

United Kingdom

Industrial Technology Institute

P. David Fisher

2901 Baxter Road

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Integrated Microcomputer Systems, Inc,

Kenneth Lindsay

5320 Marinelli Road

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Howell Mei

5320 Marinelli Road

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Intel

Allen B. Rochkind

3065 Bowers Avenue

Santa Clara, California 95051

IBM

Pat Mulvey

24V B231-1

P.0. Box 1328

Boca Raton, Florida

G. A. Deaton, Jr.

P.0. Box 12195

Dept. E87/B651

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

James Quigley

1501 California Avenue

Palo Alto, California

Perry Taylor

2747 Franklin Road

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013

Mitre Corporation

Paul J. Brusil

P.0. Box 208

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

David Oppenheim

P.0. Box 208

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

Motorola

Bruce A. Loyer

P.0. Box 2953

Phoenix, Arizona 85062

NBI

Dougland McCall urn Box 9001

Boulder, Colorado 80301

National Bureau of Standards

Robert Blanc

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room A231 , Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

Dennis Branstad

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room A219, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

William Burr

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room A21 9, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234
Robert Carpenter

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room A219, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

John Heafner

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room B218, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

Jerry Linn

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room B212, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

William Majurski

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room A21 9, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

Kevin Mills

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room B212, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

James Moulton

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room B21 2 , Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

Robert Rosenthal

Institute for Computer

Sciences & Technology

Room B226, Bldg. 225

Washington, D. C. 20234

NCR Comten

David W. Tillman

2700 Snell ing Avenue North

St. Paul, Minnesota 55113

Sperry Uni vac

Jim McNulty

P.0. Box 500

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19124

Solosystems

Der-Hwa Gan

670 Gail Avenue =E-27

Sunnyvale, California 94086

Sytek, Inc.

William C. Taylor

6000 Executive Blvd.

Suite 205

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Source Telecomputing

Leslie Spira

1616 Anderson Road

McLean, Virginia

Tektronix

Andy Luque

P.0. Box 500, MS 50-473

Beaverton, Oregon 97077

Maris Graube

P.0. Box 500, MS 50-473

Beaverton, Oregon 97077

Xerox Corporation

Juan Bulnes

0PD Office Systems Business Unit

3450 Hi 11 view Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304

MINUTES

May 5, 1983

8:45 a.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks

Mr. Robert Blanc, ICST, welcomed the attendees to the

meeting and introduced the workshop chairman, Mr. Maris

Graube.

Mr. Graube began the workshop with a review of the minutes

from the previous workshop. Two changes to the minutes

were adopted, as follows:

1) Page 12 Replace consensus portion of the

Sequence Number issue with the following

statement:

"Participants will implement a 31-

bit sequence space negotiable to a

7-bit sequence space for ISO compatibility."

2) Page 16 Second paragraph (TSAP-ID). Replace

the second sentence beginning "The

participants agreed..." with the following

sentence.

"It was agreed that there would be

individually assigned TSAP identifiers

published by vendors."

No further comments were received and the minutes from

the first LAN/Transport workshop were approved as amended.

9:15 a.m. Ford Motor Company Presentation

Mr. Shaun Devlin, Research Staff at Ford, gave a presentation

describing Ford's progress and needs in the areas of computerassisted design (CAD) and computer-assisted manufacturing

(CAM). Presently, Ford is emphasizing CAD with some transfer

of data to the CAM process. No one vendor meets all of

Ford's CAD/CAM needs; therefore, it is imperative that a set of protocol standards that support open systems interconnection

evolve to allow communication in a multi-vendor environment.

Mr. Devlin described Ford's need for intra-office, intra-campus,

inter-city, cross-country, and international data communication.

He described Ford's minimum application needs to include

file transfer and remote login. He also outlined his view

of Ford's five year plan to achieve the required communications

and applications.

Finally, Mr. Devlin proposed the Ford research laboratory

as a neutral site for the multi-vendor demonstration being
9:45 a.m.

10:40 a.m.

planned at this workshop. He could provide access to a CSMA/CD

local-area network and could also guarentee that there would

be no production pressures at the site. The pilot applications

proposed were IGES testing and analytical fluid flow design

of manifolds.

General Motors Presentation

Mr. Ron Floyd, Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP)

project at General Motors, gave a presentation describing

GM's progress and needs in achieving the automated factory.

Mr. Floyd described a GM plant as islands of automation

that must communicate. The problems in achieving that

communication include: abundance of custom hardware

and software; copious cabling; and difficulty in expanding

communications. Mr. Floyd stated that 5096 of the cost

of new process control systems is related to communication.

GM began the MAP project to eliminate an overabundance

of cabling and terminals by using a standard communication

technology based upon the ISO Reference Model. For layers one and two, the MAP project has chosen broadband token

bus technology (IEEE 802.4). For the upper layers, the project

will use ISO and NBS protocols. Specifically, internet with

a null header will be used until the standard is mature; class

4 transport will be used; and a custom session protocol will

be used until a session standard is mature.

GM believes that the key ingredients to success of the MAP

concept are: 1) National/International Standards and 2) multivendor support. The medium range goals of the project include:

1) a virtual terminal protocol, 2) a file transfer protocol,

3) directory services, and 4) network management. The

long range goal of the project is the factory of the future.

Mr. Floyd closed his presentation with the GM proposal for a multi-vendor demonstration at the 1984 NCC. GM proposes

that two LANs be operated at the show (CSMA/CD and token

bus). The transport protocol over both LANs would be NBS/ISO

class 4 transport. The application would include a subset

of the ISO file transfer protocol (FTP) and a simple process

monitoring application that includes the GM programmable

controllers.

General Motors is committed to coordinate testing for those

vendors implementing transport on an IEEE 802 token bus

network. A proposed schedule was provided (see attachment).

GM will pursue a booth at the 1984 NCC.

IBM Formal Statement

Mr. James Quigley of IBM followed the GM presentation

with a formal statement of support for the GM proposal

(see attachment).
10:40 a.m. ICL Statement

11:10 a.m.

11:30-12:30

1:30 p.m.

Mr. 3. R. Cadwallader, ICL, stated that European vendors

are interested in Ethernet. In fact, there is a show tentatively

planned for September 1983 in Europe to interconnect multivendor products using Ethernet and the ECMA 72 transport

(i.e., class 4).

File Transfer Protocol Description

Mr. 3ames Moulton, ICST, described the current state of

the ISO FTP. He presented the two-party model and the

ISO FTP services. He closed the presentation with a description

of an approximate finite state machine for FTP.

Dr. 3ohn Heafner, ICST, proposed that NBS host a series

of smaller workshops to define a protocol based upon a subset

of ISO FTP services. The NBS could develop a protocol specification

for the selected services in a timely fashion. Dr. Heafner

said that his proposal would only be effective if a subset

of FTP services is agreed upon at the present meeting.

a.m. FTP Service Discussion

The attendees spent the hour preceding lunch discussing

the FTP services required for the multi-vendor demonstration.

A vote Was taken to determine the interest in FTP for the

demonstration. The results of the vote were as follows:

Use Abbreviated ISO FTP 29

Use a Vendor-Specific FTP 0

Use a Specially Created FTP 1 Some discussion was held concerning the possibility of other

applications for the demonstration. The other applications

mentioned included: 1) FTP of NAPLPS data, 2) teletex,

3) simple messaging terminal-to-terminal, 4) directory of

demonstration participant status, and 5) status polling of

programmable numerical controllers.

Prior to breaking for lunch, Mr. Cadwallader, ICL, stated

that ICL and several other European companies are prepared

to participate in a booth or booths at the 1984 NCC.

Application Decision

Mr. Graube opened the afternoon session of the workshop

with a summary of the discussion that was held prior to lunch.

The applications were divided into two categories: 1) general

interest and 2) special interest. The only application in the

general interest category was FTP. This application would

require general agreement on the protocol specifics.
2:15 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

4:25 p.m.

The applications in the special interest category included:

1) NAPLPS, 2) messaging, 3) teletex, and 4) polling of programmable

controllers. It was decided that those vendors specifically

interested in any of these applications can coordinate the

details among themselves.

It was proposed that NBS make a first draft of an FTP specification

reflecting a selected subset of ISO FTP services. This draft

specification would be circulated by mail in preparation for a meeting July 18 and 19, 1983, in Snowbird, Utah. Meeting

arrangements were to be made by Mr. Graube.

ICST Test Procedures

Mr. Jerry Linn, ICST, presented a description of the ICST

co-operative testing program. He also described the test

tools available to support that program. Mr. Linn invited

participants to tour the ICST test facilities and see some

of the test tools in operation. The tour was given after dinner

(7:30 - 8:30 p.m.).

ICST Multi-Vendor Demonstration Participation

Mr. Kevin Mills, ICST, announced that ICST was interested

in participating in the multi-vendor demonstration and would

build a real-time transport protocol performance measurement

system. The system will passively monitor all traffic on the LAN; consume link, network, and transport headers;

generate raw transport traffic/performance measures; and

produce informative graphic displays reflecting transport

traffic on the LAN.

The tool being constructed will find use beyond the demonstration.

The measurement system can support both on-line and offline experiments as well as ad hoc measurement. This tool

will compliment the current set of test tools developed by

ICST to support protocol testing.

NCC Discussion

Mr. Graube initiated a discussion that would determine whether

the 1984 NCC is the show that the participants wished to

attend. This discussion was not completed before the workshop

adjourned the first day's business at 5:00 p.m.
MINUTES

8 :45 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

May 6, 1983

Selection of Subset of ISO FTP Services

The participants continued the discussion of ISO FTP services

that are needed for the multi-vendor demonstration. The

following services were selected:

F-CONNECT

F-DISCONNECT

F-ABORT

F-SELECT

F-DESELECT

F-OPEN

F-CLOSE

F-READ

F-READ-END

F-DATA

F-DATA-END

F-WRITE

F-CREATE

NBS will build a protocol specification reflecting this subset

of ISO FTP services. The protocol specification will be discussed

at the July FTP workshop where the services may be reduced

further. Interested participants signed a roster so that the

specification could be mailed to them. The roster is attached

to these minutes.

Discussion of Demonstration Site

Mr. Graube led a discussion of the appropriate forum and

specific site for the multi-vendor demonstration. The following

possibilities were considered.

1. Trade Show Demonstration.

2. Demonstration at a neutral site.

3. Holding a dedicated trade show.

Several organizations volunteered to host a neutral site demonstration,

including: 1) General Motors (limited in size and limited

to token bus LAN), 2) Ford, 3) National Bureau of Standards,

4 ) Mitre, 5) Boeing Computer Services, and 6) Industrial

Technology Institute.

After lengthy discussion of the pros and cons of the various

options, Mr. Graube put the issues to a vote. The vote concerned

the appropriate forum for the demonstration. The results are shown below.
Forum Votes

10:15 a.m.

1. 1984 NCC 7

2. Neutral Site Demo 13

3. Own Show 6

It became clear from this vote and the discussion that every

participant believed a neutral site demonstration is a prerequisite

to any trade show.

The second vote taken was to determine the number of organizations

interested in each of the two LAN technologies under consideration

for the demonstration. The results are shown below.

LAN Technology Votes

1. CSMA/CD (IEEE 802.3) 9

2. Token Bus (IEEE 802.4) 4

This vote indicated that substantial interest existed in both

technologies. In order to document the interest of the various

organizations represented, two rosters were circulated.

One roster was for those participants interested in participating

in a CSMA/CD LAN for the demonstration. The second

roster was for those participants interested in participating

in a token bus LAN for the demonstration. The rosters are attached to these minutes.

Commitments

Having determined the interests of the participants, Mr.

Graube now moved toward gaining commitments to support

the demonstrations. The following significant events occurred

during this discussion.

1. General Motors committed to provide a neutral site

for a token bus demonstration and to coordinate

testing in support of the demonstration.

2. Mr. Anthony Lauck, DEC, requested that NBS provide

a neutral site for a CSMA/CD demonstration and

that NBS coordinate testing in support of the demonstration.

NBS agreed to accept such responsibility.

3. General Motors stated that they will pursue a booth

at the 1984 NCC and move a demonstration from

the neutral site to the NCC.

4. The participants interested in the CSMA/CD demonstration

expressed interest only to a neutral site demonstration.

Mr. Graube stressed that commitment to the 1984

NCC must be made within two months if it is to

be made.
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6 .

7.

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9.

General Motors will run the token bus demonstration.

They plan to have the neutral site demonstration

for June of 1984.

NBS will organize the CSMA/CD demonstration.

This demonstration is also planned for 1984.

Common booth space is being arranged for the 1984

NCC. Anyone interested should contact ICST (Mr.

Bob Blanc) to make reservations. The deadline is May 31, 1983.

Any organization wishing to acquire a tape of transport

protocol test tools should send a letter to:

Mr. R. J. Linn

Institute for Computer

Sciences and Technology

Building 225, Room B212

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Tentative time schedules were established. For

token bus, see the attached GM proposed schedule.

For the CSMA/CD, the following schedule was proposed.

Aug 83 Telenet Testing

Apr 84 CSMA/CD

Testing

June 84 Set up MultiVendor Demonstartion

Run MultiVendor Demonstration

May 83 - Sept 83 -

Apr 84 -

June 84

TSAP-ID

The technical issue of TSAP-ID was not completely resolved

at the first workshop; therefore, time was spent to reach

an agreement. Dr. Ken Turner, ICL, presented the work

that ECMA had done in the area of TSAP-ID. The participants

then discussed the various options and reached agreement

on the following TSAP-ID conventions for use in the multivendor demonstrations.

TSAP-ID(Hex) Application

00FF File Transfer

00FE File Transfer

of NAPLPS

00FD Programmable

Controller

Applications

00FC Messaging
The TSAP-ID is a sixteen bit number for the multi-vendor

demonstrations.

11:30

11:45 a.m.

12:00 Noon

LSAP-1D

At the first LAN/Transport workshop, a proposal was made

that the IEEE 802 committee assign an LSAP-ID to represent

class 4 transport. This was accomplished and Mr. Andy Luque,

Tektronix, gave a report on the result. The LSAP is an 8-

bit number mapped as follows.

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

X Number

£if IEEE 802 Reserved

Individual or Group

The LSAP assigned to class 4 transport is as follows.

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

X 0 0 0 0 0 1

This translates to 41 (hex). (Note: This assumes bit number

7 above is masked to zero.)

Next LAN/Transport Workshop

The next LAN/Transport workshop was tentatively scheduled

for October 27-28, 1983, in Washington, D. C.

Adjournment

It was agreed that the minutes of the workshop should be

published and circulated as soon as possible. The workshop

was then adjourned.
Imp! enentation/Test Schedule Proposed by General Motors

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

MAY eo DRAFT INTERFACE SPECIFICATION (CPU TO 802 MODEM) AVAILABLE

FOR COMMENT.

JUNE 83 INTERFACE SPEC PUBLISHED BY GM

JUNE 83 MULTI VENDOR WORKSHOP

DEFINE 802 TEST CASES

DEFINE FTP SUBSET PROTOCOL (DRAFT)

AUG 83 INSTALL TESTBED MODEMS AT GM

SEPT 83 TESTBED OPERATION OF MODEMS AGAINST DEFINED TEST PROCEDURES

ACCEPTANCE TEST BY GM

OCT-DEC 83 CPU VENDOR EQUIPMENT INTERFACE TESTING AT GM SITE

OCT 83 MULTI VENDOR FTP WORKSHOP (FOLLOW-UP TO JUNE MEETING)

NOV 83 FINAL FTP SPECIFICATION PUBLISHED BY GM OR NBS

JAN-APR 84 TRANSPORT/FTP TESTING AT GM (INDIVIDUAL TESTING)

APR-JUN 84 MULTI-VENDOR FTP AND DEMO TESTING AT GM

JUN 84 MOVE HARDWARE TO NCC

INSTALLATION AND TESTING PRIOR TO SHOW (1-2 WEEKS)

JULY 9-12 1984 NATIONAL COMPUTER CONFERENCE
Statement Presented by Mr. James Quigley, IBM

IBM RESPONSE 7C CM RE

"OR SUPPORT 07 A MULT:

LOCAL AREA NETV.'C EKING DEM

-VENDOR

CN STRATUM

"IBM is pleased to participate in the General Motors'

proposed demonstration at the NCC in 1984. The IBM

computer implementing NBS transport software vill

utilize RS232 or RS422 to attach to a GM specified

third party interface product vhich vill provide

a broadband token bus access protocol.

The IBM open system vculd be a special feasibility

demonstration built on one of our computers. IBM's

support of the N3S demo should not be considered a

commitment to provide any product offering at any

point in the future."

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IBM MINI OTHER

PROCESSOR
Parties Interested in Participating

in the July 18, 19 FTP Definition

Meeting in Snow Bird, Utah

Ken Thuber Allen B. Rochkind

ICL Intel Corn.

West Ave. 3065 Bowers Ave.

Kidsgrove Santa Clara, CA 95051

STOKE-ON-TRENT

United Kingdom

(408) 987-7817

44-782-29681 Tony Lauck

Digital Equiptment Corp.

John Heafner 1925 Andover St. (TW0/C11)

NBS

B218 Technology Bldg.

Tewksbury, MA 01876

Washington, DC 20234 Jim McNulty

(301) 921-3537 Sperry Uni vac

P.0. Box 500

Leslie Spira Blue Bell, PA 19124

Source Telecomputing

1616 Anderson Rd.

(251) 542-4857

McLean, VA 22102 Rao Cherukuri

(703) 743-7500 Gould Inc. , S.E.L.

Computer Systems Division

Derhwa Gan 6901 W. Sunrise Blvd.

Solo Systems Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310

482 Oakmead Pkwy. (305) 797-5749

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

(408) 737-9890 P. David Fisher

Industrial Technology Institute

Andy Luque Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Tektronix

P.0. Box 500/ MS 92-803

(517) 355-5241

Beaverton, OR 97077 Joe Fisher

Associated Computer Consultants

Doug McCallom 2901 Park Ave.

NBI , Inc. Soquel, CA 95073

Box 9001

Boulder, CO 80301

(408) 425-0937

Pat Mulvey

Ron Floyd IBM CorD.

General Motors MED D24V B231

MD-66 P.0. Box 1328

Tech. Center

Warren, MI 48090

Boca Raton, FL
James Quigley

IBM

24E/037

1501 California Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Perry Tavlor

IBM

18000 West Nine Mile Road

Southfield, MI 48075

(313) 552-4366
Participants Interested In

Token Bus Demonstration

Allen Rochkind

Intel Corp.

3065 Bowers Ave.

Santa Clara, CA 95051

(408) 987-7817

Rao Cherukuri

Gould Inc.

6901 W. Sunrise Blvd.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310

(305) 797-5749

Andy Luque

Tektronix Inc.

P.0. Box 500 / MS 92-803

Beaverton, OR 97077

Bob Jones

Allen-Bradlv

747 Alphha Dr.

Highland Heights, OH 44143

(216) 449-6700

Atul Garg

Hewlett-Packard

Information Networks Division

19420 Homestead Rd.

CuDertino, CA 95014

(408) 725-8111 ex. 4413

Pat Mulvev

IBM Coro.

D24V B231

P.0. Box 1328

Baca Raton, FL

(305) 998-1561

Ed Efron

Able Computer

1732 Reynolds Ave.

Irvine, CA 92714

(714) 979-7030
Participants Interested In CSMA/CD Demonstration

Allen Rochkind

Intel CorD.

3065 Bowers Ave.

Santa Clara, CA 95051

(408) 987-7817

Tony Lauck

Digital EquiDtment CorD.

1925 Andover St. (TW0/C11)

Tewksbury, MA 01876

Jim McNulty

Sperry Uni vac

P.0. Box 500

Blue Bell, PA 19124

(215) 542-4857

Roy Cadwallder

I CL

West Ave.

Kidsgrove, Staffordshire

England ST1 7TL UK

Oil 44 782 29681 ex 3806

Joseph Maixner

Associated Computer Consultants

2901 Park Ave.

Soquel, CA 95073

(408) 425-0937

Sheldon Blauman

Boeing ComDuter Services

P.0. Box 24346 MS/7A-05

Seattle, WA 98124

Doug McCall urn NBI

Box 9001

Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 444-5710

Atul Garo

Hewlett Packard

Information Networks Division

19420 Homestead Rd.

Cupertino, CA 95014

(408) 725-8111 ex 4413

Ed Efron

Able Computer

1732 Reynolds Ave.

Irving, CA 92714

(714) 979-7030

Andy Luoue

Tektronix

P.0. Box 500

MA 50-473

Beaverton, OR 97077

(503) 629-1343
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10. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Document describes a computer program; SF-185, FIPS Software Summary, is attached.

11. ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant

bi bl iography or literature survey, mention it here)

The National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST)

has prepared specifications for the International Organization for Standardization's

(ISO) Class 4 Transport Protocol At the request of a number of companies, ICST

organized a second workshop for local area network implementors of these specifications

The second workshop focused on 1) token bus local area networks and 2) file transfer

applications to be run at a multi-vendor demonstration in the 1984 timeframe. This

report documents the second workshop and records implementation choices and agreements

made by the participants.

12. KEY WORDS (Six to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only proper names; and separate key words by semicolon s)

communication protocols; computer networks; local area networks; transport protocols.

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