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This document specifies the technical requirements for the lean application layer for MOST, a synchronous time-division-multiplexing network. The lean application layer includes a specification of the services available to control the configuration and behaviour of the network management. The lean application layer covers the definition of: -    node kinds, -    node addressing, -    data transport, -    network configuration, -    lean network services interface, -    network management, including connection management, -    diagnosis, and -    timing definitions.