Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC 4447
Approval announcement
Draft of message to be sent after approval:
From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance
using the Label Distribution Protocol' to Proposed Standard
The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance using the Label Distribution Protocol '
<draft-ietf-pwe3-control-protocol-18.txt> as a Proposed Standard
This document is the product of the Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge
Working Group.
The IESG contact persons are Mark Townsley and Jari Arkko.
A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pwe3-control-protocol-18.txt
- Technical Summary
This document describes how to use LDP to establish and maintain
a pseudowire over an MPLS PSN. This document describes the
extensions to th eLDP protocol that are needed.
- Working Group Summary
This work has been thoroughly analysed by the working group
and there is consensus for the design. It has also been reviewed
by MPLS WG and all of their recommendations have been
incorporated.
- Protocol Quality
This specification is well known in the industry and
implementations exist. This document was reviewed by Thomas
Narten, Mark Townsley, and selected LDP experts led by Loa Andersson.