RFC 5994: Application of Ethernet Pseudowires to MPLS Transport Networks

Ethernet pseudowires are widely deployed to support packet transport of Ethernet services. These services in-turn provide transport for a variety of client…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3473: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 3471: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description
Normative reference — RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Normative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Normative reference — RFC 3945: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4385: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Control Word for Use over an MPLS PSN
Normative reference — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Normative reference — RFC 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
Normative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
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
Normative reference — RFC 5885: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)
Informative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 5654: Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile