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<reference anchor="I-D.ietf-mpls-retire-ach-tlv" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-mpls-retire-ach-tlv-01">
   <front>
      <title>Retiring TLVs from the Associated Channel Header of the MPLS Generic Associated Channel</title>
      <author initials="A." surname="Farrel" fullname="Adrian Farrel">
         </author>
      <author initials="S." surname="Bryant" fullname="Stewart Bryant">
         </author>
      <date month="June" day="8" year="2013" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   The MPLS Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) is a generalization of
   the applicability of the Pseudowire (PW) Associated Channel Header
   (ACH).  RFC 5586 defines the concept of TLV constructs that can be
   carried in messages on the G-ACh by placing them in the ACH between
   the fixed header fields and the G-ACh message.  These TLVs are called
   ACH TLVs

   No Associated Channel Type yet defined uses an ACH TLV.  Furthermore,
   it is believed that handling TLVs in hardware introduces significant
   problems to the fast-path, and since G-ACh messages are intended to
   be processed substantially in hardware, the use of ACH TLVs is
   undesirable.

   This document updates RFC 5586 by retiring ACH TLVs and removing the
   associated registry.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-ietf-mpls-retire-ach-tlv-01" />
   
</reference>
