PPVPN draft-cai-ppvpn-vc-rsvp-te-00.txt

["Marty Borden" <mborden@acm.org>]

NAME OF I-D:

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-cai-ppvpn-vc-rsvp-te-00.txt


SUMMARY


   The virtual circuits for a provider provisioned virtual private
   network (PPVPN) using MPLS may be set up in a number of ways.  This
   draft discusses the use of RSVP-TE as a VC setup mechanism.


RELATED DOCUMENTS

    L. Martini, et. al., "Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS",
       draft-martini-l2circuit-trans-mpls-07.txt, Work in Progress.

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martini-l2circuit-trans-mpls-07.txt


     D. O. Awduche, L. Berger, D. Gan, T. Li, V. Srinivasan, G.
       Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels," draft-
       ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-tunnel-09.txt  (To be reissued as a Proposed
       Standard RFC)

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-tunnel-09.txt


WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK

  PPVPN


WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG

  This draft deals with the method of establishing VCs for a PPVPN.
  It complements the Martini transport draft with an alternative VC
  establishment method based on RSVP-TE, which may be desirable
  for some service providers.

JUSTIFICATION

  The draft itself spends a lot of time explaining why this would
  be of interest as an alternative to LDP for some providers.