@techreport{balus-l2vpn-vpls-802.1ah-03,
    number =    {draft-balus-l2vpn-vpls-802.1ah-03},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-balus-l2vpn-vpls-802.1ah/03/},
    author =    {Raymond Zhang and Geraldine Calvignac and Florin Balus},
    title =     {{VPLS Extensions for Provider Backbone Bridging}},
    pagetotal = 25,
    year =      2008,
    month =     jul,
    day =       15,
    abstract =  {IEEE 802.1ah draft standard {[}IEEE802.1ah{]}, also known as Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) defines an architecture and bridge protocols for interconnection of multiple Provider Bridge Networks (PBNs). PBB was defined in IEEE as a connectionless technology based on multipoint VLAN tunnels. MSTP is used as the core control plane for loop avoidance and load balancing. As a result, the coverage of the solution is limited by STP scale in the core of large service provider networks. Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) {[}RFC4762{]} provides a solution for extending Ethernet LAN services, using MPLS tunneling capabilities, through a routed MPLS backbone without running (M)STP across the backbone. As a result, VPLS has been deployed on a large scale in service provider networks. This draft discusses extensions to the VPLS model required to incorporate desirable PBB components while maintaining the Service Provider fit of the initial model.},
}