Link Control Protocol for PPP

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PPP control protocol data-link layer protocol network protocol

Link Control Protocol for PPP is a core component of the Point-to-Point Protocol that negotiates and configures data-link connection parameters between two network nodes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
PPP Link Control Protocol	4
Link Control Protocol	3
Link Control Protocol for PPP canonical	2
PPP Network Control Protocols	2
Transmission of multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9731972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Link Control Protocol for PPP
Context triple: [RFC 1654, specifies, Link Control Protocol for PPP]

A. Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is a network protocol that dynamically combines multiple physical Ethernet links into a single logical channel to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy between devices.
B. RLC (Radio Link Control) protocol for UMTS
The RLC (Radio Link Control) protocol for UMTS is a Layer 2 protocol that provides segmentation, reassembly, error correction, and in-sequence delivery of data between the user equipment and the radio access network in 3G systems.
C. Network Control Protocol
Network Control Protocol was an early host-to-host communication protocol that formed the basis of data transmission on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
D. GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane
GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) is a mobile core network protocol used to carry user data traffic in encapsulated form between key nodes such as base stations, serving gateways, and packet gateways in 3G/4G networks.
E. X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Link Control Protocol for PPP
Target entity description: Link Control Protocol for PPP is a core component of the Point-to-Point Protocol that negotiates and configures data-link connection parameters between two network nodes.

A. Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is a network protocol that dynamically combines multiple physical Ethernet links into a single logical channel to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy between devices.
B. RLC (Radio Link Control) protocol for UMTS
The RLC (Radio Link Control) protocol for UMTS is a Layer 2 protocol that provides segmentation, reassembly, error correction, and in-sequence delivery of data between the user equipment and the radio access network in 3G systems.
C. Network Control Protocol
Network Control Protocol was an early host-to-host communication protocol that formed the basis of data transmission on the ARPANET before the adoption of TCP/IP.
D. GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane
GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) is a mobile core network protocol used to carry user data traffic in encapsulated form between key nodes such as base stations, serving gateways, and packet gateways in 3G/4G networks.
E. X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	PPP control protocol ⓘ data-link layer protocol ⓘ network protocol ⓘ
abbreviation	LCP ⓘ
controls	configuration of PPP link ⓘ establishment of PPP link ⓘ maintenance of PPP link ⓘ termination of PPP link ⓘ
definedIn	RFC 1661 ⓘ
fullName	Link Control Protocol for PPP ⓘ
layer	data-link layer ⓘ
messageType	Code-Reject ⓘ Configure-Ack ⓘ Configure-Nak ⓘ Configure-Reject ⓘ Configure-Request ⓘ Discard-Request ⓘ Echo-Reply ⓘ Echo-Request ⓘ linked to: Echo Protocol Protocol-Reject ⓘ Terminate-Ack ⓘ Terminate-Request ⓘ
negotiates	Maximum-Receive-Unit ⓘ address-and-control-field compression ⓘ authentication protocol ⓘ link quality monitoring options ⓘ magic numbers ⓘ protocol field compression ⓘ
partOf	Point-to-Point Protocol ⓘ
precedes	Network Control Protocols ⓘ linked to: Network Control Protocol
purpose	configure PPP links ⓘ negotiate data-link connection parameters ⓘ terminate PPP links ⓘ test PPP links ⓘ
relatedTo	PPP authentication ⓘ PPP encapsulation ⓘ
standardizedBy	IETF ⓘ linked to: Internet Engineering Task Force
status	Internet Standard ⓘ
supports	link quality reporting ⓘ loopback detection ⓘ multilink PPP ⓘ linked to: Multilink PPP (MLPPP)
usedFor	negotiating PPP options before network-layer protocols ⓘ point-to-point WAN links ⓘ
usedWith	PPP over Ethernet ⓘ PPP over ISDN ⓘ PPP over SONET ⓘ PPP over dial-up connections ⓘ PPP over serial links ⓘ

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