Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC 4447
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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org> Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>, RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, pwe3 mailing list <pwe3@ietf.org>, pwe3 chair <pwe3-chairs@tools.ietf.org> 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.