This document provides a prose description of the Data Link Layer design for the CEBus
Network. The design is the standard currently adopted by the Electronics Industries
Association (EIA). Although much of the material in this document is covered in two other
CEBus documents, Node Medium Access Control Sublayer and Node Logical Link Control
Sublayer, Description of the Node Data Link Layer serves a different purpose. The sublayer
documents formally specify the design of the Medium Access Control and Logical Link Control
Sublayers, but do not provide in-depth explanations and background information. Thus, the
intent of this document is to be descriptive, rather than to provide a formal specification, and
to complement the Node Medium Access Control Sublayer and Node Logical Link Control
Sublayer specifications.