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<reference anchor='RFC1989'>

<front>
<title>PPP Link Quality Monitoring</title>
<author initials='W.' surname='Simpson' fullname='William Allen Simpson'>
<organization>Daydreamer Computer Systems Consulting Services</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>1384 Fontaine</street>
<city>Madison Heights</city>
<region>MI</region>
<code>48071</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>bsimpson@MorningStar.com</email></address></author>
<date month='August' year='1996' />
<abstract>
<t>The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)provides a standard method for transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.</t>
<t>PPP also defines an extensible Link Control Protocol, which allows negotiation of a Quality Protocol for continuous monitoring of the viability of the link.</t>
<t>This document defines a protocol for generating Link-Quality-Reports.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1989' />
</reference>
