RFC 5578

"PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics", February 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5578.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Obsoletes:

RFC 4938

Authors:

B. Berry, Ed.
S. Ratliff
E. Paradise
T. Kaiser
M. Adams

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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Abstract

This document extends the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) with an optional credit-based flow control mechanism and an optional Link Quality Metric report. These optional extensions improve the performance of PPPoE over media with variable bandwidth and limited buffering, such as mobile point-to-point radio links. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.