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'''LAPM''', or Link Access Procedure for Modems, is part of the [[V.42]] [[error correction]] [[Communications protocol|protocol]] for [[modems]].

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LAPM is an error control protocol defined in ITU-T recommendations V.42. Like the MNP protocols, LAPM uses

cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) and retransmission of corrupted data (ARQ)

to ensure data reliability.<br />

Error control protocols such as LAPm use frames of variable lengths.The bigger

data content handled by each frame, the less the relative share of the overhead

bits. Usually LAPm adds only about 5 percent framing overhead.<br />

LAPm has a optional Selective reject (SREJ) functionality which allows it to

resend only the corrupted frames. This in turn provides much faster recovery

from an error than in Async protocol.<br />

The modems using LAPm saves upto 20% of the bandwidth as compared to the Async

protocol.<br />

The ITU-T V.42 LAPM procedure is considered as more robust than MNP(Microcom

Network Protocol), and has a more sophisticated and powerful data compression

option in V.42bis, allowing much greater data throughput.<br />

V.42bis uses a string encoding algorithm called BTLZ, in which frequently occurring

strings of characters are replaced by code words. The "dictionary" of strings

is dynamically maintained during transmission and keeps track of changes in the

data; new strings are added and old strings are deleted. As the data may not always

be compressible (for example encrypted or pre-compressed data) the modem has the

ability to switch between compressed and uncompressed modes of operation. Compre-

ssion performance is continually monitored and, if no compression is obtained,

the modem transmits the data in uncompressed form. Even while in uncompressed mode,

the modem monitors the characteristics of the data and switches compression back

on as soon as some benefit can be achieved. <br />

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