Error detection

HDLC Frame Format

Framing Framing

Flag Address Control Information FCS Flag

2-4 6-8
N(S): sequence number
N(R): seq. no. of expected 0 N(S) P/F N(R) Information frame
frame (at receiver side)

1 0 S S P/F N(R) Supervisory frame Receive ready is

an ACK; sent when there
is no data to piggyback
the ACK on
1 1 M M P/F M M M Unnumbered frame

P/F: Poll/Final bit: P =1 for polling in unbalanced multipoint link; F: final frame SS Meaning
in response from secondary. In unbalanced multipoint mode, there is one
primary and many secondary hosts 00 RR: Receive ready
Unnumbered frames are used to set up connections, SABM, SABME, UA 01 Reject (NAK)
E: Extended; control field is two bytes; N(S), N(R) is 7 bits each. 10 RNR (x-off)
SABM: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode 11 SREJ (Sel. Rej.)
UA: Unnumbered ACK
M bits in unnumbered frames indicate type of frame.