Link Control Protocol

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Link Control Protocol - A protocol used to automatically agree upon encapsulation format options, handle varying packet size limits, authenticate the identity of its peer on the link, determine when a link is functioning properly and when it is defunct, detect a looped-back link and other common misconfiguration errors, and terminate the link.

[RFC 1570].

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In addition to the SONET/SDH analysis functionality, the NIC and NAA, with the new IP-over-SONET option, allow network technicians to verify point-to-point protocol (PPP) link establishment procedures, including link control protocol (LCP) and IP control protocol (IPCP).

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The Link Control protocol supports link identification verification and link blocking and unblocking procedures.

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