3.17	Connection request
The format of the connection request parameter field is shown in Figure 18.


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1








2
Local reference







3








4








5
Spare

Signalling point code





6
Protocol class







7
Credit








NOTE - Octets 6 and 7 may be omitted if protocol class requested is 2.







Figure 18/Q.763 - Connection request parameter field
The following codes are used in the subfields of the connection request parameter field:
a)	Local reference
A code indicating the local reference allocated by the signalling connection control part to the end-to-end connection.
b)	Signalling point code
A code identifying the signalling point at which the connection request originated.
c)	Protocol class
A code identifying in pure binary representation, the protocol class requested for the end-to-end connection.
d)	Credit
A code identifying in pure binary representation the window size requested for the end-to-end connection.