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    | n | OSI is seldom
    realized as 
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    |  | itself but
    several layers are 
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    |  | melted together
    into stratums 
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    | n | In this example
    X.25 packet 
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    |  | network operates
    on ATM 
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    |  | based SDH access stratums. 
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    | n | ATM forms an
    efficient 
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    |  | info pipe where
    no 
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    |  | address checking
    or 
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    |  | error correction
    is done 
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    |  | but it is left
    for 
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    |  | lower layers 
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