Control Protocol Extensions for the Setup of Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) Pseudowires in MPLS Networks
RFC 5287

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Announcement

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: 'Control Protocol Extensions for the 
         Setup of Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) Pseudowires in MPLS 
         Networks' to Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Control Protocol Extensions for the Setup of Time-Division 
   Multiplexing (TDM) Pseudowires in MPLS Networks '
   <draft-ietf-pwe3-tdm-control-protocol-extensi-08.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-tdm-control-protocol-extensi-08.txt

Ballot Text

          Technical Summary

This document defines extension to the PWE3 control protocol [RFC4447]
and PWE3 IANA allocations [RFC4446] required for setup of TDM (RFC4553,
RFC5086 and RFC5087) pseudowires in MPLS networks.

Working Group Summary

This document has been reviewed by the experts in the PWE3 WG and there
are no outstanding issues.

Protocol Quality

This is a simple extension to RFC4447 to allow the provisioning of some
additional (well known) PW types using the already established rules and
procedures.

Personnel
              
Who is the Document Shepherd for this document?

Stewart Bryant (stbryant@cisco.com)

Who is the Responsible Area Director?

Mark Townsley (townsley@cisco.com)

RFC Editor Note

In the diagram in Section 3.6, please change the value 0x0F to 0x11

OLD:
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |    0x0F       |    Length     | V |      ENCODING             |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                      Maximum Duration                         |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                      CID mapping bases                        |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

NEW:

     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |    0x11       |    Length     | V |      ENCODING             |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                      Maximum Duration                         |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                      CID mapping bases                        |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

RFC Editor Note