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Scope and field of application

This Recommendation defines the abstract service provided by the telematic agent (TLMA) which is defined as an object of IPMS. It specifies not only abstract operations provided by TLMAU but also access protocol (P5) to be used between a TLMAU and a telematic (TLM) terminal, when participating in and accessing the IPMS. The P5 access protocol is a generalized access protocol; it is applicable to other applications such as network based storage for the teletex service. The TLM terminals being considered in this Recommendation are teletex, G4 facsimile and mixed mode terminals. The use of other types of TLM terminals are for further study.

Other Recommendations in the series contain description on telematic interworking model, the functions of the telematic access unit (TLMAU), and telematic access protocol to specific services, such as telematic, telex, directory, etc. Recommendation T.300 outlines the principles of telematic interworking procedures.

Section 6 of this Recommendation defines overview of telematic access to IPMS provided by TLMA object. Section 7 defines the IPMS in the context of telematic interworking. Section 8 refines the TLMA object and defines abstract operations at a specific port of TLMAU and TLM terminal. Section 9 defines abstract errors used in telematic interworking. Section 10 specifies an access protocol (P5). Section 11 specifies formatting and coding rule of protocol. Section 12 specifies an error recovery mechanism. Section 13 specifies control procedures.

The purpose of a TLMAU is to aid the user of a TLM terminal in gaining access to the features of the IPMS. The TLMAU, which is associated with a message transfer system (MTS), provides the TLM terminal with access to the IPMS.

The TLMAU may also provide a document storage (DS) facility to accept delivery of messages from the MTS for TLM users. Document storage is basically defined as a TLM terminal storage extension facility located in the TLMAU allowing reservation of a specific amount of storage for an individual user. Users of TLM terminals may also be registered as users of DS.