RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

Layer 2 services (such as Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, and Ethernet) can be "emulated" over an MPLS backbone by encapsulating the Layer 2 Protocol…

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Incoming relationships (49 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6870: Pseudowire Preferential Forwarding Status Bit
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6723: Update of the Pseudowire Control-Word Negotiation Mechanism
Updated by — RFC 7358: Label Advertisement Discipline for LDP Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs)
Obsoleted by — RFC 8077: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5920: Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6074: Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4553: Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) over Packet (SAToP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4618: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of PPP/High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) over MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6310: Pseudowire (PW) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Message Mapping
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6718: Pseudowire Redundancy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6373: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Control Plane Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5143: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation Service over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6478: Pseudowire Status for Static Pseudowires
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7275: Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol for Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) Provider Edge (PE) Redundancy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4720: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Frame Check Sequence Retention
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4863: Wildcard Pseudowire Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6575: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Mediation for IP Interworking of Layer 2 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7267: Dynamic Placement of Multi-Segment Pseudowires
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4905: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames over MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4906: Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6307: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Fibre Channel Traffic over MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6658: Packet Pseudowire Encapsulation over an MPLS PSN
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7796: Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5994: Application of Ethernet Pseudowires to MPLS Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6456: Multi-Segment Pseudowires in Passive Optical Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6667: LDP 'Typed Wildcard' Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) for PWid and Generalized PWid FEC Elements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7189: Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) Capability Advertisement for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7361: LDP Extensions for Optimized MAC Address Withdrawal in a Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (H-VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7436: IP-Only LAN Service (IPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7708: Using a Generic Associated Channel Label as a Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification Channel Indicator
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7795: Pseudowire Redundancy on the Switching Provider Edge (S-PE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7965: LDP Extensions for Pseudowire Binding to Label Switched Path (LSP) Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5884: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4446: IANA Allocations for Pseudowire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5885: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5561: LDP Capabilities
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6624: Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6639: Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) MIB-Based Management Overview
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5641: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) Extended Circuit Status Values
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7473: Controlling State Advertisements of Non-negotiated LDP Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7167: A Framework for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS in Transport Networks