Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 31
Abstract: This document describes a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) solution using pseudowires, a service previously implemented over other tunneling technologies and known as Transparent LAN Services (TLS). A VPLS creates an emulated LAN segment for a given set of users; i.e., it creates a Layer 2 broadcast domain that is fully capable of learning and forwarding on Ethernet MAC addresses and that is closed to a given set of users. Multiple VPLS services can be supported from a single Provider Edge (PE) node. This document describes the control plane functions of signaling pseudowire labels using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), extending RFC 4447. It is 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 RFC 4448. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4762
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4762
Author(s): Marc Lasserre
Vach Kompella
Keyword(s): Land Area Network, VPLS

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Normative Reference(s)

IEEE.STD802.1D.1993 — 3 EXTERNAL
ISO.15802-3.1998 — 802.1D EXTERNAL
802.1Q - ANSI/IEEE Draft Standard P802.1Q/D11, "IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks", July 1998. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3036 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4446 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4447 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4448 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Heinanen, J., Weber, G., Ed., Townsley, W., Booth, S., and W. Luo, "Using Radius for PE-Based VPN Discovery", Work in Progress, October 2005. EXTERNAL
Ould-Brahim, H., Ed., Rosen, E., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Using BGP as an Auto-Discovery Mechanism for Network-based VPNs", Work in Progress, September 2006. EXTERNAL
"IEEE standard for Provider Bridges" , Work in Progress, December 2002. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 4111 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4364 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4664 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4665 [Active*]

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