- provides a standard method for transporting multiprotocol datagrams over point-to-point links.
- Comprised of 3 main components
- A method for 'encapsulating' multi-protocol datagrams
- A Link Control Protocol (LCP) for establishing, configuring and testing the data-link connection
- A family of Network Control Protocols (NCPs) for establishing and configuring different network layer protocols
PPP encapsulation provides for multiplexing of different network-layer protocols simultaneously over the same link. Only 8 additional octets are necessary to form the encapsulation when used within the default framing which is similar to High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) framing.