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MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1
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Network Working Group K. Murakami
Request for Comments: 2171 M. Maruyama
Category: Informational NTT Laboratories
June 1997
MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Authors' Note
This memo documents a multiple access protocol for transmission of
network-protocol datagrams, encapsulated in High-Level Data Link
Control (HDLC) frames, over SONET/SDH. This document is NOT the
product of an IETF working group nor is it a standards track
document. It has not necessarily benefited from the widespread and
in depth community review that standards track documents receive.
Abstract
This document describes the protocol MAPOS, Multiple Access Protocol
over SONET/SDH, for transmitting network-protocol datagrams over
SONET/SDH. It focuses on the core protocol -- other documents listed
in the bibliography may be referenced in conjunction with this
document to provide support and services for protocols at higher
layers.
1. Introduction
1.1 SONET/SDH
The Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
(SONET/SDH) [1][2][3][4] family of ITU-T standard protocols are
designed to provide common, simple, and flexible interface for
broadband optical fiber transmission systems. It enables direct
octet-synchronous multiplexing of lower rate tributaries.
SONET/SDH-compliant transmission systems are widely deployed by
telephone carriers world wide.
This document defines the MAPOS protocol -- a method for transmitting
HDLC frames over SONET/SDH. The protocol provides multiple access
capability to SONET/SDH, an inherently point-to-point link. This
enables construction of seamless networking environment using
SONET/SDH as transmission media for both LAN and WAN.
Murakami & Maruyama Informational