RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling

This document describes a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) solution using pseudowires, a service previously implemented over other tunneling technologies…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Normative reference — RFC 3036: LDP Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4446: IANA Allocations for Pseudowire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3)
Normative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4111: Security Framework for Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4665: Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks

Incoming relationships (34 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7855: Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Problem Statement and Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9291: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6718: Pseudowire Redundancy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6870: Pseudowire Preferential Forwarding Status Bit
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7041: Extensions to the Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Provider Edge (PE) Model for Provider Backbone Bridging
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7152: Requirements for Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7387: A Framework for Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) Service over a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6246: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Interoperability with Customer Edge (CE) Bridges
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7796: Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9014: Interconnect Solution for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Overlay Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6667: LDP 'Typed Wildcard' Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) for PWid and Generalized PWid FEC Elements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7257: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Management Information Base
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7361: LDP Extensions for Optimized MAC Address Withdrawal in a Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (H-VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7436: IP-Only LAN Service (IPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6074: Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8969: A Framework for Automating Service and Network Management with YANG
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9408: A YANG Network Data Model for Service Attachment Points (SAPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6624: Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8293: A Framework for Multicast in Network Virtualization over Layer 3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5283: LDP Extension for Inter-Area Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7473: Controlling State Advertisements of Non-negotiated LDP Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7814: Virtual Subnet: A BGP/MPLS IP VPN-Based Subnet Extension Solution
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9541: Flush Mechanism for Customer MAC Addresses Based on Service Instance Identifier (I-SID) in Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7309: Redundancy Mechanism for Inter-domain VPLS Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8220: Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9837: The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9889: A Realization of Network Slices for 5G Networks Using Current IP/MPLS Technologies