The procedures currently described in this Recommendation are for the control of circuit-switched connections, user-to-user signalling connections and packet-switched connections. The transport of
other message-based information flows on the D-channel is a subject for further study and will be included in related Recommendations.
NOTE 1 The term "layer 3" is used for the functions and protocol described in this Recommendation (see Recommendation Q.930/I.450). The terms "data link layer" and "layer 2" are used interchangeably to refer to the layer immediately below layer 3.
NOTE 2 Alignment of the functions and protocol with those of OSI network layer is for further study.