<s>
IL2P	O
(	O
Improved	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-Protocol
link	I-Protocol
layer	I-Protocol
protocol	O
originally	O
derived	O
from	O
layer	B-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
of	O
the	O
X.25	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
and	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
amateur	O
radio	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
exclusively	O
on	O
amateur	O
packet	B-Application
radio	I-Application
networks	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL2P	O
occupies	O
the	O
data	B-Protocol
link	I-Protocol
layer	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
second	O
layer	O
of	O
the	O
OSI	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
establishing	O
link-layer	O
connections	O
,	O
transferring	O
data	O
encapsulated	O
in	O
frames	B-Protocol
between	O
nodes	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
detecting	O
errors	O
introduced	O
by	O
the	O
communications	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Improved	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
IL2P	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Nino	O
Carrillo	O
,	O
KK4HEJ	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
AX.25	B-Protocol
version	O
2.0	O
and	O
implements	O
Reed	O
Solomon	O
Forward	B-Error_Name
Error	I-Error_Name
Correction	I-Error_Name
for	O
greater	O
accuracy	O
and	O
throughput	O
than	O
either	O
AX.25	B-Protocol
or	O
FX.25	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
