Abstract / scope
ISO/IEC ISP 10608 is applicable to end systems concerned with operating in the open systems interconnection (OSI) environment. It specifies a combination of OSI standards which collectively provide the connection-mode transport service using the connectionless network service. This part is applicable to the provision of the connection-mode transport service in end systems attached to a token ring LAN subnetwork from which the standardized connectionless-mode network service can be made available.