96-22064. Federal Telecommunications Standards

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22064]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Telecommunications Standards

AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of correction of Federal standard.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a clarification in 
the Federal Telecommunications Standards (FED-STD); FED-STD 1045A 
Telecommunications: High Frequency Radio Automatic Link Establishment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shirley Radack, telephone [phone], National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Building 225, Room A-126, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The General Services Administration 
(GSA) is responsible under the provisions of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for the 
Federal Standardization Program.

    2. The National Communications System requested a clarification 
sentence be added to paragraph 5.3.4 of the FED-STD 1045A. GSA reviewed 
and approved the incorporation of the following clarification:
    ``ALE stations shall employee the individual calling protocol 
(using a three-way handshake), specific between stations after a link 
has been established''.
    All existing copies of the standard should be amended with this 
clarification sentence.
    3. Requests for copies of Federal Telecommunications Standard 1045A 
should be directed to the GSA Federal Supply Bureau (FSSB), 
Specifications Section, Suite 8100, 490 East L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 
Washington, DC 20407; telephone [phone].

    Dated: August 7, 1996.
G. Martin Wagner,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 96-22064 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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