PPVPN draft-martini-l2circuit-encap-mpls-01.txt

[Eric Rosen <erosen@cisco.com>]

NAME OF I-D:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martini-l2circuit-encap-mpls-01.txt

SUMMARY

This  document specifies the  encapsulation for  transporting the  frames of
various data link  layers through tunnels across an  IP backbone, when using
the   procedures   described   in  draft-martini-l2circuit-trans-mpls.    An
encapsulation which is independent  of the tunneling methodology is defined,
and the  way in which this is  further encapsulated inside an  MPLS frame is
defined. 

RELATED DOCUMENTS

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rosen-ppvpn-l2vpn-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martini-l2circuit-trans-mpls-05.txt

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

This is  required by the  L2VPN work  of the PPVPN  WG.  However, it  is not
clear where a specification of encapsulation formats fits in the picture, or
even  whether this  is not  in the  province of  sub-ip at  all,  but rather
entirely in the province of the PWE3 WG of the transport area.  

WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG

I have targeted this  summary at the PPVPN WG because the  work is needed to
support one of the work items called  out in the PPVPN WG charter (L2 VPNs),
and it is not  clear which WG or WGs should actually  be responsible for the
technical content of the draft. 

This id summary was prepared in  order to maximize the change that the draft
actually gets assigned somewhere.

JUSTIFICATION

This draft as it is needed to support  one of the work items in the PPVPN WG
charter.