Internal communication protocol for data switching equipment

摘要

A protocol enabling the exchange of information between data switching node components and a supervisory management processor is provided. The protocol defines a data frame format, data fields, data field values of a group of command frames. The exchange of information therebetween via the defined frames enables the production of data switching equipment having a generic implementation with a deployable, upgradeable and expandable feature set providing and enhancing support for current and future services.