RFC 4023: Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)

Various applications of MPLS make use of label stacks with multiple entries. In some cases, it is possible to replace the top label of the stack with an…

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Incoming relationships (19 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5332: MPLS Multicast Encapsulations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6513: Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9012: The BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8365: A Network Virtualization Overlay Solution Using Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7676: IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5565: Softwire Mesh Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5143: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation Service over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7588: A Widely Deployed Solution to the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Fragmentation Problem
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8663: MPLS Segment Routing over IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6073: Segmented Pseudowire
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7510: Encapsulating MPLS in UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5566: BGP IPsec Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6037: Cisco Systems' Solution for Multicast in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4891: Using IPsec to Secure IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9574: Optimized Ingress Replication Solution for Ethernet VPNs (EVPNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9014: Interconnect Solution for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Overlay Networks