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RFC 5044: Marker PDU Aligned Framing for TCP Specification

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Marker PDU Aligned Framing (MPA) is designed to work as an "adaptation layer" between TCP and the Direct Data Placement protocol (DDP) as described in RFC 5041. It preserves the reliable, in-order delivery of TCP, while adding the preservation of higher-level protocol record boundaries that DDP requires. MPA is fully compliant with applicable TCP RFCs and can be utilized with existing TCP implementations. MPA also supports integrated implementations that combine TCP, MPA and DDP to reduce buffering requirements in the implementation and improve performance at the system level. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5044
Published
October 2007
Authors
P. Culley; U. Elzur; R. Recio; S. Bailey; J. Carrier
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
74
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Updated by:
RFC 6581, RFC 7146

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