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HISTORIC

Obsoleted by:

RFC 4842

Authors:

A. Malis
J. Brayley
J. Shirron
L. Martini
S. Vogelsang

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5143

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Abstract

This document describes a historical method for encapsulatingSynchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH)Path signals for transport across packet-switched networks (PSNs).The PSNs explicitly supported by this document include MPLS andIP. Note that RFC 4842 describes the standards-track protocol forthis functionality, and new implementations must use RFC 4842 ratherthan this document except when interoperability with olderimplementations is desired. This memo defines a Historic Document for the Internet community.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.