{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-tp-data-plane-04","doc_id":"RFC5960","title":"MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture","authors":["D. Frost, Ed.","S. Bryant, Ed.","M. Bocci, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"15","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"The Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is the\r\nset of MPLS protocol functions applicable to the construction and\r\noperation of packet-switched transport networks.  This document\r\nspecifies the subset of these functions that comprises the MPLS-TP\r\ndata plane: the architectural layer concerned with the encapsulation\r\nand forwarding of packets within an MPLS-TP network.\r\n\r\nThis document is a product of a joint Internet Engineering Task Force\r\n(IETF) \/ International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication\r\nStandardization Sector (ITU-T) effort to include an MPLS Transport\r\nProfile within the IETF MPLS and Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge\r\n(PWE3) architectures to support the capabilities and functionalities\r\nof a packet transport network.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2010","keywords":["[--------]","mpls-tp","transport profile","itu-t","dataplane","gal","gach"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC7274"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5960","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5960"}