AS 4018.

1—1992
ISO 9041-1:1990

Australian Standard
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Information technology—Open
Systems Interconnection—Virtual
terminal basic class protocol

Part 1: Specification
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/1, Information Systems—
Interconnection. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
2 March 1992 and published on 22 June 1992.

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CSIRO—Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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Life Insurance Federation of Australia
OTC
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 AS 4018.1—1992

Australian Standard
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Information technology—Open
Systems Interconnection—Virtual
terminal basic class protocol

Part 1: Specification

First published as AS 4018.1—1992.

Appending:
Amdt 1—1996

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 7415 1
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Systems—
Interconnection. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 9041-1 :1990, Information
technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Virtual Terminal Basic Class Protocol, Part 1:
Specification.
The Standard is one of a series of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standards which are
currently under development. Since OSI Standards are developmental, there may be some minor
difficulties encountered in their implementation. For this reason, Standards Australia will be
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(ii) References The references to International Standards should be replaced by references to
Australian Standards as follows:
Reference to International Standard or other Australian Standard
Publication
ISO /TR AS
8509 Information processing systems—Open 3620 Information processing systems—Open
Syste ms In terco nne cti on —Se rvi ce Systems I nterconn ection—S ervice
conventions conventions
ISO
2022 Information processing systems—ISO 1953 Information processing systems—ISO
7-bit and 8-bit Coded Character 7-bit and 8-bit coded character sets—
Sets—Code Extension Techniques Code extension techniques
6429 Information processing systems—Con- 2761 Character sets and information
trol functions for 7-bit and 8-bit Coded coding—Control functions for 7-bit and
Character Sets 8-bit coded character sets
7498 Information processing systems—Open 2777 Information processing systems—Open
Systems Interconnection—Basic Refer- Systems Interconnection—Basic refer-
ence Model ence model
8326 Information processing systems—Open 3591 Information processing systems—Open
Systems Interconnection—Basic con- Systems Interconnection—Basic con-
nection oriented session service defi- nection oriented session service defi-
nition nition
8649 Information processing systems—Open 3683 Information processing systems—Open
Systems Interconnection—Association Systems Interconnection—Service defi-
Control Service Element nition for the Association Control
Service Element
8822 Information processing systems—Open 3615 Information processing systems—Open
Systems Interconnec tion—Con nection Systems Interconnection—Connection
oriented presentation service definition oriented presentation service definition
8824 Information processing systems—Open 3625 I n f o r ma t i o n t e ch n o l o g y — O p e n
Systems Interconnection—Specification Systems Interconnection—Specification
of Abstract Syntax Notation One of Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1) (ASN.1)
8825 Information processing systems—Open 3626 I n f o r ma t i o n t e ch n o l o g y — O p e n
Systems Interconnection Specification of Systems Interconnection—Specification
Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract of basic encoding rules for Abstract
Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
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9040 Information technology—Open Systems 4017 In fo rmat io n te ch no lo gy—Ope n

Interconnection—Virtual Terminal Basic Systems Interconnection—Virtual
Class Service terminal basic class service
ECMA The International Register of Coded —
Character Sets to be used with Escape
Sequences
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CONTENTS
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1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Normative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 Global OS I definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7
3.2 Association Control Service Element definitions . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7
3.3 Presentation Layer Service Element definitions . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7
3.4 Virtual Terminal Service definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7
3.5 Virtual Terminal Protocol definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7

4 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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4.1 Virtual Terminal Service abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4.2 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.3 VT Protocol elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

5 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1 Virtual Terminal Service summary . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . . .. . . 8
5.2 Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . .. . . .. . . 11
5.3 Service assumed from the Presentation Layer .. ... . . .. . . .. . . 11
5.4 Service assumed from ACS E . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. . . .. . . 11
5.5 Functions of the VT Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . 12
5.6 Protocol Functional Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . . 13
5.7 Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.8 Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . . .. . . 13

6 Protocol elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.1 AP Q (VT-P-ABO RT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 14
6.2 AS Q (VT-ASS OC IATE-REQ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 14
6.3 AS R (VT-ASS OC IATE-RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. . 14
6.4 AU Q (VT-U-ABO RT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 14
6.5 BK Q (VT-BRE AK -REQ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . 15
6.6 BK R (VT-BRE AK -RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 15
6.7 DA Q (VT-ACK -REC EIPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . 15
6.8 DLQ (VT-DELIVER ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 15
6.9 EN Q (VT-END -NEG -REQ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 15
6.10 EN R (VT-END -NEG -RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . 15
6.11 GTQ (VT-GIVE-TOKE N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 15
6.12 HD Q (VT-HIGH -PRI-DATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . 15
6.13 NA Q (VT-NEG -ACC EP T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 15
6.14 ND Q (VT-DA TA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . 15
6.15 NIQ (VT-NEG -INV ITE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . 16
6.16 NJQ (VT-NEG -REJEC T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . 16
6.17 NOQ (VT-NE G-OFFER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . 16
6.18 RLQ (VT-RELEA SE -REQ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . 16
6.19 RLR (VT-RELEA SE -RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . 16
6.20 RTQ (VT-REQ UE ST-TOK EN ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. . 16
6.21 SN Q (VT-START-NEG -REQ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . .. . 16
6.22 SN R (VT-START-NEG -RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. . 16
6.23 SP Q (VT-SWITCH-PR OFILE-RE Q) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . 16
6.24 SP R (VT-WITCH -PROFILE-RES P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. . 17
6.25 UD Q (VT-UR GE NT-DATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . 17
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7 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

8 Primary procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.1 Association Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 17
8.2 Agreed Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 17
8.3 Unconditional Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.4 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
8.5 Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
8.6 Delivery Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
8.7 Token Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
8.8 Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 18

9 Switch Profile procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

9.1 Association Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 25
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9.2 Agreed Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 25

9.3 Unconditional Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.4 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 25
9.5 Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 25
9.6 Delivery Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 26
9.7 Token Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 26
9.8 Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 26

10 Multiple Interaction Negotiation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

10.1 Association Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . 27
10.2 Agreed Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 27
10.3 Unconditional Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . 27
10.4 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 27
10.5 Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . 28
10.6 Delivery Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 28
10.7 Token Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . 28
10.8 Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . 28

11 Mapping of protocol elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

11.1 Mapping to Association Control Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
11.2 Use of Presentation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

12 Protocol data unit structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

12.1 General format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . . 32
12.2 General definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . 36
12.3 Conceptual Data Store definitions . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . 42
12.4 Control, Signal and Status definitions .. . . . . . . . . .. . ... . ... . . 46
12.5 Device Object definitions . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . ... . ... . . 49

13 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
13.1 Dynamic conformance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
13.2 Static conformance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
13.3 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS ) . . . . . . . 52

Annex A State Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

A.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. ... .. ... . 53
A.2 Parameters, VTPM rights and variables . . . .. . . .. .. ... .. ... . 53
A.3 Conventions for use of state tables . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . .. . .. . 55
A.4 Actions to be taken by the VTPM . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . .. ... . 55

Annex B Defined OBJECT IDENTIFIER names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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