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Question:  What is Protocol Data Unit?

Answer:
The data unit in the LLC level is called the protocol data unit (PDU). The PDU contains of four fields a destination service access point (DSAP), a source service access point (SSAP), a control field and an information field. DSAP, SSAP are addresses used by the LLC to identify the protocol stacks on the receiving and sending machines that are generating and using the data. The control field specifies whether the PDU frame is a information frame (I - frame) or a supervisory frame (S - frame) or a unnumbered frame (U - frame).


March 03, 2006 02:00:56 #1
 Tanveer   Member Since: Visitor    Total Comments: N/A 

RE: What is Protocol Data Unit
 
A unit of data that is passed down from one layer to another in the OSI model. The PDU contains the message and the protocol/control information from the layer above
     

 

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