PPT Slide
Abstract Syntax Notation One
Network Management: Principles and Practice
- ASN.1 is more than a syntax; it’s a language
- Addresses both syntax and semantics
- Two type of syntax
- Abstract syntax: set of rules that specify data type and structure for information storage
- Transfer syntax: set of rules for communicating information between systems
- Makes application layer protocols independent of lower layer protocols
- Can generate machine-readable code: Basic Encoding Rules (BER) is used in management modules