Concluded WG Tag Switching BOF (tagsw)
Note: The data for concluded WGs is occasionally incorrect.
| WG | Name | Tag Switching BOF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acronym | tagsw | ||
| Area | Routing Area (rtg) | ||
| State | Concluded | ||
| Charter | charter-ietf-tagsw-01 Approved | ||
| Document dependencies | |||
| Personnel | Chair | Dr. Bruce S. Davie |
Final Charter for Working Group
Tag switching BOF
Numerous proposals have been made for mechanisms to efficiently
support IP routing (or other network layer protocols) using layer 2
forwarding technologies based on label swapping. If products using
such techniques are to interoperate, then some aspects of the
mechanism need to be standardized. These include:
-
the protocol which is used to bind forwarding labels to IP (or
other network layer) forwarding information; -
the encapsulations for carrying IP packets over various layer 2
links.
The goal of this BOF is to establish whether there is interest in the
IETF community in such a standardisation effort. If there is, the goal
would be to produce a working group charter for standardisation of the
binding protocol and encapsulations.
Relevant Internet Drafts include:
draft-rfced-info-rekhter-00.txt
draft-doolan-tdp-spec-00.txt