Frame relay

Frame relay

Content distribution networks

Published in Philip J. Cianci, Technology and Workflows for Multiple Channel Content Distribution, 2012

Frame relay is a data link (Layer 2) packet-switched network protocol. It was developed as an extension of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and X.25 packet-switching technology. The driver behind its development was to find a way to transport circuit-switched protocols over packet-switched networks.

A Survey on Packet Switching Networks

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Published in IETE Journal of Research, 2022

Abdullah Ali Bahattab

Frame Relay is a high-speed WAN protocol that executes the OSI model’s physical and data link layers. It was designed and created for interfaces of ISDN. It is also utilized today on many additional network interfaces. Frame Relay is frequently referred to as a “streamlined” form of the X.25 protocol, as it provides several robust features of X.25, such as windowing and data retransmission. The primary reason is that the Frame Relay often uses facilities of WAN that provide more dependable connection services and minimize unreliability which is not plausible characteristics of the late 1970s and initial 1980s typical platforms of X.25 WANs.

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