PS 3.9-2000

Foreword
Clause
1 Scope and field and application
2 Normative references
    2.1 International standards
3 Definitions
    3.1 Reference model definitions
    3.2 Service convention definitions
    3.3 DICOM network communication support definitions
    3.4 DICOM point to point communication support
         definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 Conventions
6 Point to point session/transport/network layer protocol
    6.1 Association service
         6.1.1 A-ASSOCIATE parameters
         6.1.2 A-ASSOCIATE service procedure
    6.2 Release service
         6.2.1 A-RELEASE parameters
         6.2.2 A-RELEASE service procedure
    6.3 Abort service
         6.3.1 A-P-ABORT service
         6.3.2 A-P-ABORT service procedure
    6.4 Data transfer service
         6.4.1 P-DATA parameters
         6.4.2 P-DATA service procedure
    6.5 Session/transport/network state machine
         6.5.1 State definitions
         6.5.2 State actions
         6.5.3 State transition table
    6.6 Exception handling
    6.7 Flow control
    6.8 Session/transport/network data unit structures
         6.8.1 Packet header
         6.8.2 Connection header
         6.8.3 A-ASSOCIATE request PDU
         6.8.4 A-ASSOCIATE response PDU
         6.8.5 A-RELEASE request PDU
         6.8.6 A-RELEASE response PDU
         6.8.7 P-DATA request PDU
         6.8.8 T-PAUSE request PDU
         6.8.9 T-RESUME request PDU
7 Point to point data link layer protocol
    7.1 STN-DATA service
         7.1.1 STN-DATA parameters
         7.1.2 STN-DATA service procedure
    7.2 Exception handling
    7.3 Flow control
    7.4 Interface off-line
    7.5 Data link state machine
    7.6 Data link data unit structures
         7.6.1 Frame descriptor word
         7.6.2 Frame check sequence
         7.6.3 D-DATA request PDU
         7.6.4 D-DATA_ACK request PDU
         7.6.5 D-ACK PDU
         7.6.6 D-NACK PDU
         7.6.7 D-STATUS request PDU
         7.6.8 D-STATUS response PDU
         7.6.9 D-ECHO request PDU
         7.6.10 D-ECHO response PDU
8 Point to point physical layer protocol
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 Physical layer electrical specifications
         8.2.1 Definitions
         8.2.2 Signal definitions
         8.2.3 Signal electrical characteristics
    8.3 Physical layer protocol
         8.3.1 Introduction
         8.3.2 Physical layer state model
         8.3.3 Exception handling
         8.3.4 Flow control
9 Conformance
    9.1 Conformance requirements
    9.2 Conformance claim
Annexes
A Maximum Transfer Rate Measurement
    A.1 Test circuits
    A.2 Measurement
B Differences from the ACR-NEMA 300-1988 Standard
    B.1 Session/transport/network layer differences
    B.2 Data link layer differences
    B.3 Physical layer differences
C Exception handling

Describes the services and protocols necessary to support the DICOM Application Entity over a point to point interface.