If a packet is received out of sequence it MUST be dropped. In a similar way, the egress LSR MAY consider the EXP field of the VC label when queuing the packet for egress. Ethernet packets containing hardware level CRC, Framing errors, or runt packets MUST be discarded on input. If a packet is received out of sequence it MUST be dropped. As in the Ethernet VLAN case, ethernet packets with hardware level CRC, framing, and runt packets MUST be discarded on input.
Bit stuffing is undone.
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