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Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM

It defines two mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames.


Virtual circuit multiplexing

Virtual circuit multiplexing or VC-MUX is one of the two (the other being LLC encapsulation) mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames specified by RFC 2684, Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM.


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