(PM) Explanation of alphabet soup?

Chris Trown (ctrown@cheops.net.csuchico.edu)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:17:25 -0800 (PST)

Ok. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, a friend of mine who
is in the know, throws a wrench in the works. Can someone either clarify or
point me off in the right direction so can get a clue? RFCs, if they exist
would also be great.

MPPP=MP=Multilink PPP. A means of aggregating two B channels into 1 data pipe

MP+=Some proprietary Ascend foo

DBA=Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation. One manual I have here states that it's used
to automatically bring up the second B-Channel after placing a voice call.
Some other source I saw says that it is used to bring the second channel up
and down as traffic flow warrants.

BAP=BACP?? Same thing? It was my impression that it's used to bring up and
down second B channels across multiple chasis.

BOD=Bandwidth On Demand. protocol to bring the second B channel up depending
on traffic flow.

How close am I? Various vendor propaganda that I read uses different
acronyms to describe what seems to be the same thing.

Thanks!

Chris...

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