PPVPN draft-augustyn-vpls-bw-00.txt

[Waldemar Augustyn <waldemar@nxp.com>]

NAME OF I-D:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-augustyn-vpls-bw-00.txt


SUMMARY

This document describes a method for controlling customer traffic 
for L2 VPN services which support broadcast, multicast or implied 
broadcast such as Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), or other L2 
Provider Provisioned VPNs.  The method guarantees stability of the
provider network regardless of the behavior of customer traffic, 
benign or malicious.


RELATED DOCUMENTS:  
    
Service requirements for Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks:
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ppvpn-requirements-01.txt

Requirements for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-augustyn-vpls-requirements-00.txt


WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK 
    
This ID is intended for the PPVPN WG. 
    

WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG(s)  
    
This document discusses bandwidth management issues vital to L2 
Virtual Private Network solutions such as Virtual Private LAN 
Service, (VPLS).  VPLS is a class of Provider Provisioned VPN,
(PPVPN). 
    
 
JUSTIFICATION  
    
The bandwidth management issues are of paramount importance in L2 
VPN services.  This document proposes a solution suitable for a
many-to-many L2 VPNs such as VPLS.