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<title abbrev='PPP BAP'>The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP) The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP)</title>
<author initials='C.' surname='Richards' fullname='Craig Richards'>
<organization>Shiva Corporation</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>28 Crosby Drive</street>
<street>Bedford</street>
<street>MA  01730</street>
<street>VOICE   +1 617 270 8419</street></postal>
<facsimile>+1 617 270 8599</facsimile>
<email>crich@us.shiva.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='K.' surname='Smith' fullname='Kevin Smith'>
<organization>Ascend Communications, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>1275 Harbor Bay Parkway</street>
<street>Alameda</street>
<street>CA  94501</street>
<country>CA</country></postal>
<email>kevin@ascend.com</email></address></author>
<date month='March' year='1997' />
<area>Internet</area>
<keyword>PPP</keyword>
<keyword>control protocol</keyword>
<keyword>point-to-point protocol</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   This document proposes a method to manage the dynamic bandwidth
   allocation of implementations supporting the PPP multilink protocol
   .  This is done by defining the Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
   (BAP), as well as its associated control protocol, the Bandwidth
   Allocation Control Protocol (BACP).  BAP can be used to manage the
   number of links in a multilink bundle.  BAP defines datagrams to co-
   ordinate adding and removing individual links in a multilink bundle,
   as well as specifying which peer is responsible for which decisions
   regarding managing bandwidth during a multilink connection.
</t></abstract></front>

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