Name: draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-ldp-05
Title: Virtual Private LAN Services over MPLS
State: Active
Authors: Marc Lasserre, Vach Kompella
Group: Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (l2vpn)
Date: 2004-09-22
This document describes a virtual private LAN service (VPLS) solution over
MPLS, also known as Transparent LAN Services (TLS). A VPLS creates an
emulated LAN segment for a given set of users. It delivers a layer 2
broadcast domain that is fully capable of learning and forwarding on
Ethernet MAC addresses that is closed to a given set of users. Many VPLS
services can be supported from a single PE node. This document describes
the control plane functions of signaling demultiplexor labels, extending
agnostic to discovery protocols. The data plane functions of forwarding are
also described, focusing, in particular, on the learning of MAC addresses.
The encapsulation of VPLS packets is described by [PWE3- ETHERNET].
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