Appendix A. Multiprotocol BGP Extensions for CLNS Support

The use of BGP has expanded beyond the IP environment. BGP’s ability to manage large amounts of routing information efficiently can be capitalized on elsewhere. A primary example of where BGP can be leveraged is in the Data Communications Network (DCN) environment. The DCN is a management network for Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) network elements (NEs). The Connectionless Network Service (CLNS) is used to manage the NEs, with File Transfer Access Method (FTAM) ...

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