The generic framing procedure (GFP) an overview.

The Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) is a standardized traffic adaptation protocol for broadband transport applications. It provides an efficiency and QoS-friendly mechanism to map either a physical layer or logical link layer signal to a byte-synchronous channel. It also supports basic client contro...

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Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 40, 5 (2002).
Main Author:	Hernandez-Valencia, E.
Other Authors:	Zhenyu Zhu, Scholten, M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	SONET. Broadband networks. Data communication. Optical fibre networks. Quality of service. Standardisation. Synchronous digital hierarchy. Telecommunication standards. Telecommunication traffic. Transport protocols.