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RFC 5828
Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Ethernet Label Switching Architecture and Framework,March 2010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5828
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Abstract
There has been significant recent work in increasing thecapabilities of Ethernet switches and Ethernet forwardingmodels. As a consequence, the role of Ethernet is rapidly expandinginto "transport networks" that previously were the domain of othertechnologies such asSynchronous Optical Network (SONET) / Synchronous Digital Hierarchy(SDH), Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM). This document defines an architecture and framework for a Generalized-MPLS-based control plane for Ethernet in this "transport network" capacity. GMPLS has already been specified for similar technologies. Some additionalextensions to the GMPLS control plane are needed, and this documentprovides a framework for these extensions. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
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For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.