Abstract: Novel tools and techniques in a telecommunication network are provided for implementing a data link layer control plane that may comply with the Ethernet standard and with sub-millisecond transmission control capabilities across multiple dis-similar technologies and bandwidth links. The data link protocol system may be implemented through a cloud system. Setting and resource registries of the nodes in the network may be displayed at a cloud portal for users to adjust the network. The change in the setting may be communicated through an application programming interface of a compute host to change the setting of the network. Each DLP node includes a slow agent and a fast agent. The slow agent is configured to transmit data messages through Ethernet frames. The fast agent is configured to transmit control messages through DLP frames. Each DLP frame includes a header only without a payload and the header carries a control message.