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ppvpn draft-knight-l2vpn-lpe-ad-00.txt
NAME OF
I-D:
SUMMARY
A "Logical PE" uses
several distributed devices to perform the function of the Provider Edge (PE)
device in a less expensive and more scalable way. This document describes a
lightweight protocol for information exchange between Logical PE
components, consisting of the PE-Edge and PE-Core. It allows PE-Edge
devices to signal information sufficient to establish Virtual Private LAN
Service (VPLS) connectivity.
RELATED
DOCUMENTS
WHERE DOES IT FIT IN
THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK
PPVPN (or
L2VPN if established as a separate WG)
WHY IS IT TARGETED
AT THIS WG
This elaborates a
key functional advantage of the Logical PE architecture, which is described in
the related document above, also targeted at PPVPN. LPE is one of the
"several individual technical approach documents that group technologies
together to specify specific VPN service offerings," as described in the WG
Description. It also defines a port-based VPN using Ethernet as the layer
2 transport.
JUSTIFICATION