CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     Normative references       
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Conventions     
 6     Overview   
 7     Design considerations      
        7.1     Participants
        7.2     Control tree           
        7.3     Data channels        
        7.4     Addressing
        7.5     Tokens   
 8     Packets      
        8.1     Base header          
        8.2     Extension elements 
        8.3     Packet format        
 9     Procedures
        9.1     Connection creation           
        9.2     Late join 
        9.3     Forward data transport      
        9.4     Token control        
        9.5     Backward data transport   
        9.6     Reliability control   
        9.7     Connection management    
Annex A – Timers and parameters    
        A.1     Timers   
        A.2     Parameters           
Annex B – State transition diagrams    
Annex C – Application programming interfaces