Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Interoperability with Provider Backbone Bridges
draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop-06

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Subject: Document Action: 'VPLS Interoperability with Provider Backbone Bridges' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop-05.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'VPLS Interoperability with Provider Backbone Bridges'
  (draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop-05.txt) as Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Stewart Bryant and Adrian Farrel.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

  This document describes different interoperability 
  scenarios where Provider Backbone Bridge functionality 
  is used in H-VPLS to attain better scalability. It also 
  describes the scenarios and the mechanisms for 
  incorporating Provider Backbone Bridge functionality 
  within H-VPLS with existing Ethernet access and 
  interoperability among them. Also it discusses 
  the migration mechanisms and scenarios by which  
  Provider Backbone Bridge functionality can be 
  incorporated into H-VPLS with existing MPLS access. 

Working Group Summary

  This document is an L2VPN Working Group document, 
  and has been well reviewed in the working group 
  through multiple iterations of the draft (and it's 
  predecessor draft).  It has been essentially stable 
  since WG adoption in January 2010.

Document Quality

  The document is well structured and provides 
  an exhaustive set of interoperability scenarios.  
  Each scenario has an ASCII-art diagram and 
  a full explanation of how the scenario operates.

Personnel

  Document Shepherd: Giles Heron (giheron@cisco.com)
  Area Director: Stewart Bryant (stbryant@cisco.com)

RFC Editor Note

Please expand on first use 
VPLS       - Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)

Please expand on first use
H-VPLS - Hierarchical VPLS

RFC Editor Note