<s>
Dynamic	B-Protocol
bandwidth	I-Protocol
allocation	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
technique	O
by	O
which	O
traffic	O
bandwidth	O
in	O
a	O
shared	O
telecommunications	O
medium	O
can	O
be	O
allocated	O
on	O
demand	O
and	O
fairly	O
between	O
different	O
users	O
of	O
that	O
bandwidth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
bandwidth	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
thing	O
as	O
statistical	B-Algorithm
multiplexing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	B-Protocol
bandwidth	I-Protocol
allocation	I-Protocol
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
several	O
attributes	O
of	O
shared	O
networks	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
network	O
protocols	O
implement	O
dynamic	B-Protocol
bandwidth	I-Protocol
allocation	I-Protocol
in	O
different	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
ITU	O
G.983	O
specification	O
for	O
passive	B-Architecture
optical	I-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
(	O
PON	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
