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        RFC 2174:

        Title:      A MAPOS version 1 Extension - Switch-Switch
                    Protocol
        Author:     K. Murakami, M. Maruyama
        Date:       June 1997
        Mailbox:    murakami@ntt-20.ecl.net, mitsuru@ntt-20.ecl.net
        Pages:      22
        Characters: 47967
        Updates/Obsoletes: None

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2174.txt


This document describes a MAPOS version 1 extension, SSP (Switch
Switch Protocol).  MAPOS is a multiple access protocol for
transmission of network-protocol packets, encapsulated in High-Level
Data Link Control (HDLC) frames, over SONET/SDH. In MAPOS network, a
SONET switch provides the multiple access capability to end nodes.
SSP is a protocol of Distance Vector family and provides unicast and
broadcast/multicast routing for multiple SONET switch environment.

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