RFC 5611 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2009

Layer Two Tunneling Protocol version 3 - Setup of Time-Division Multiplexing Pseudowires

Overview

RFC 5611, “Layer Two Tunneling Protocol version 3 - Setup of Time-Division Multiplexing Pseudowires”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2009 by A. Vainshtein, S. Galtzur. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines extensions to the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol version 3 (L2TPv3) for support of structure-agnostic and structure-aware (Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN) style) Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) pseudowires. Support of structure-aware (Time-Division Multiplexing over IP (TDMoIP) style) pseudowires over L2TPv3 is left for further study. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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