LLC: Logic Link Control (IEEE 802.2)
LLC: Logic Link Control (IEEE 802.2)
In Data Link Layer, there are two sublayers : 1. The upper sublayer that is responsible flow
and error control is called Logical Link Control (LLC), 2. The lower sublayer that is mostly
responsible for multiple access resolution is called the Media Access Control Layer (MAC).
Logic Link Control (LLC) is the IEEE 802.2 LAN protocol. IEEE 802.2 LLC is used in IEEE802.3
(Ethernet) and IEEE802.5 (Token Ring) LANs to perform these functions:
1. Managing the data-link communication
2. Link Addressing
3. Defining Service Access Points (SAPs)
4. Sequencing
The LLC provides a way for the upper layers to deal with any type of MAC layer (e.g. Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD or Token Ring IEEE 802.5 Token Passing).
LLC was originated from the High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC) and it uses a subclass of
the HDLC specification. LLC defines three types of operation for data communication:
Type 1: Connectionless, the connectionless operation is basically sending but no guarantee
of receiving.
Type 2: Connection Oriented. The connection-Oriented operation for the LLC layer provides
these 4 services: Connection establishment; Confirmation and acknowledgement that data
has been received; Error recovery by requesting received bad data to be resent; Sliding
Windows (Modulus: 128), which is a method of increasing the rate of data transfer.
Type 3: Acknowledgement with connectionless service.
The Type 1 connectionless service of LLC specifies a static-frame format and allows network
protocols to run on it. Network protocols that fully implement a transport layer will generally
use Type 1 service.
The Type 2 connection-oriented service of LLC provides reliable data transfer. It is used in LAN
environment that do not invoke network and transport layer protocols.
Protocol Structure - LLC: Logic Link Control (IEEE 802.2)Logic Link Control Layer (LLC)
Header:
Token Bus