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