<s>
The	O
Bandwidth	B-Protocol
Allocation	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
control	O
protocol	O
,	O
the	O
Bandwidth	B-Protocol
Allocation	I-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
add	O
and	O
remove	O
links	O
in	O
a	O
multilink	O
bundle	O
over	O
PPP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
specifying	O
which	O
peer	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
making	O
decisions	O
regarding	O
bandwidth	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protocol	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
Craig	O
Richards	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Smith	O
of	O
Shiva	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Ascend	O
Communications	O
respectively	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
implemented	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
routers	O
,	O
including	O
in	O
Cisco	B-Protocol
IOS	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
