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access layer

communications layer that corresponds to the physical and data link layers of the OSI model

access layer Diagram

Clause: 3.1.5.2

Admitted term: link layer

Admitted term: subnet layer

Note 1 to entry: Within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the term "link layer" is used to describe the same functionality as the access layer.

Note 2 to entry: Within the US, the NTCIP standards use the term "subnet layer" to describe the same functionality as the access layer.

History note: 2025: Revised based on input from WG 16 and to align more closely with the other definitions within ISO 14812.

History note: Introduced in ISO/TS 14812:2022.

Specializations of access layer

Class Description
ITS-S access layer communications layer in the ITS station reference architecture corresponding to the physical and data link layers of the OSI model for ITS communications

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