LAPD (Q.921) is used for
Establishing data link connections identified by the
Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI = SAPI + TEI)
Frame delimiting, alignment and transparency,
allowing recognition of frames transmitted over the
D-channel
Flow control: (a) to maintain the sequential order of
frames across a data link connection, (b) temporarily
stopping transmission
Error Control: detection of errors on a data link
connection, recovery from errors, and notification to
the management entity of unrecoverable errors