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represents length of payload with a Content-Length header and separates headers from the payload with an empty line and headers from each other with a new line.)
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New message elements which are received at an older node can be safely skipped and the rest of the message can be parsed. This is similar to the way that unknown
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has been used to implement messaging between different nodes in a network. These messages are typically prefixed with line-based text commands, such as with
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Imagine a message to make a telephone call. In a first version of a system this might use two message elements: a "command" and a "phoneNumberToCall":
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RR protocol used in GSM cell phones (defined in 3GPP 04.18). In this protocol each message is defined as a sequence of information elements.
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The type and length are fixed in size (typically 1–4 bytes), and the value field is of variable size. These fields are used as follows:
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A binary code, often simply alphanumeric, which indicates the kind of field that this part of the message represents;
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A version 1 system which received a message from a version 2 system would first read the
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allows for the sending of organizational-specific information as a TLV element within LLDP packets
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command_c/4/makeCall_c/callingNumber_c/14/"1-613-715-9719"/phoneNumberToCall_c/8/"722-4246"
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which makes parsing faster and the data smaller than in comparable text based protocols.
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are integer constants and 4 and 8 are the lengths of the "value" fields, respectively.
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Later (in version 2) a new field containing the calling number could be added:
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Variable-sized series of bytes which contains data for this part of the message.
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Some advantages of using a TLV representation data system solution are:
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TLV sequences are easily searched using generalized parsing functions;
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TLV elements can be placed in any order inside the message body;
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command_c/4/makeCall_c/phoneNumberToCall_c/8/"722-4246"
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TLV elements are typically used in a binary format and
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which it understands, and message parsing carries on.
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