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	Title		: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
	Author(s)	: P. Karn, A. Falk, J. Touch,  M. Montpetit,
                          J. Mahdavi, G. Montenegro
	Filename	: draft-ietf-pilc-link-design-01.txt
	Pages		: 21
	Date		: 27-Oct-99
	
This document provides advice to the designers of digital
communication equipment, link layer protocols and packet switched
subnetworks (collectively referred to as subnetworks) who wish to
support the Internet protocols but who may be unfamiliar with the
architecture of the Internet and the implications of their design
choices on the performance and efficiency of the Internet.
This document represents an evolving consensus of the members of the
IETF Performance Implications of Link Characteristics (PILC) working
group.

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