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Article: Engage Communication Announces Support for HDLC Over IP.
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- September 9, 2003
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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
APTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003
Engage Communication, Inc. incorporates the HDLC Over IP protocol into the IPTube product line. WAN Protocols, such as PPP and Frame Relay, that utilize HDLC framing are encapsulated within IP packets for transport via Broadband IP services such as Wireless Ethernet, Metropolitan Area Networks, Gigagbit Ethernet, and IP satellite services.
One of the most common layer 2 protocols is HDLC. In fact, many other common layer 2 protocols are heavily based on HDLC, particularly the framing structure of HDLC: namely, PPP, Frame Relay, Cisco HDLC, SDLC, SS#7, AppleTalk, ...