IEC 61162-400:2001

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
   1.1 General
   1.2 Application area
   1.3 Safety implications of using this protocol
   1.4 Components of this standard
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Overview and general principles
   4.1 Introduction
   4.2 Basic protocol functionality
   4.3 Program modules
        4.3.1 Physical modules
        4.3.2 Protocol types
        4.3.3 Protocol conformance classes
   4.4 API versus protocol
   4.5 Protocol level entities
   4.6 Dependencies of actual API implementations
   4.7 Companion standard entities
   4.8 Relationship between specification components
        and products
5 A-profile functionality
   5.1 Introduction
   5.2 General principles
        5.2.1 Separation between applications
        5.2.2 Automatic configuration
        5.2.3 Client-server architecture by the use of
              data objects
        5.2.4 Connection oriented
        5.2.5 Transaction oriented
        5.2.6 Reliable transfers
        5.2.7 Real-time properties
   5.3 Application management
        5.3.1 MAU states
        5.3.2 System management
        5.3.3 Time distribution
        5.3.4 Load limitation
   5.4 Data object connection management
        5.4.1 Data object states
        5.4.2 Server object definition
        5.4.3 Client object connection request
        5.4.4 Client MAU authentication
   5.5 Message transfer
        5.5.1 Transaction states
        5.5.2 Basic transaction principles
        5.5.3 Transfer mechanisms
        5.5.4 Data marshalling
        5.5.5 Authentication
   5.6 Bulk transfer
        5.6.1 Mechanism
        5.6.2 Application level activation
6 T-profile functionality
   6.1 Introduction
   6.2 General overview of quality of service
   6.3 The T-profile services
        6.3.1 Network address look-up and mapping services
        6.3.2 Reliable message service
        6.3.3 Reliable stream service
        6.3.4 Unreliable data-gram service
        6.3.5 System management
        6.3.6 Time distribution
        6.3.7 Exception handling and reporting
7 Companion standards
   7.1 Introduction
   7.2 The companion standard functionality
   7.3 The companion standard language
   7.4 Companion standard PFS components
   7.5 Companion standard PFS structure
   7.6 Companion standard application description
8 System configuration services
   8.1 General
   8.2 System configuration principles
   8.3 Physical network configuration
   8.4 Application configuration
   8.5 Error monitoring and reporting
   8.6 Load/performance monitoring and reporting
   8.7 System inspection and configuration management
Annex A (normative) Typographical conventions and
        nomenclature
A.1 Use of typeface
A.2 Regular pattern
A.3 Constant representation
A.4 State machine descriptions
A.5 Context diagrams
A.6 Entity-relationship (ER) diagrams
A.7 Structure of service descriptions
Annex B (informative) Definition and description of the
        IEC 61162 series of standards
B.1 General
B.2 Rationale for specific marine standards
B.3 IEC 61162-1 summary
B.4 IEC 61162-2 summary
B.5 IEC 61162-3 summary
B.6 IEC 61162-4 series summary
B.7 Applicability of the different standards

This standard series, IEC 61162-400 and upwards, specifies a communication protocol for use in interconnected maritime systems. Specifies an interface description language for use together with the protocol, a set of rules for the use of this language and a set of standard interfaces described in the language. Provides a test plan and list of required documents for equipment using this standard. This part of IEC 61162 gives a general overview of the functionality of the protocol and provides definitions common to the other fragments of the standard.