[rfc-dist] RFC 6423 on Using the Generic Associated Channel Label for Pseudowire in the MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)

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        RFC 6423

        Title:      Using the Generic Associated Channel 
                    Label for Pseudowire in the MPLS 
                    Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) 
        Author:     H. Li, L. Martini,
                    J. He, F. Huang
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       UNKNOWN 
        Mailbox:    lihan at chinamobile.com, 
                    lmartini at cisco.com, 
                    hejia at huawei.com,
                    feng.f.huang at alcatel-sbell.com.cn
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 9343
        Updates:    RFC5586

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-pwe3-mpls-tp-gal-in-pw-01.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6423.txt

This document describes the requirements for using the Generic
Associated Channel Label (GAL) in pseudowires (PWs) in MPLS Transport 
Profile (MPLS-TP) networks, and provides an update to the description 
of GAL usage in RFC 5586 by removing the restriction that is imposed 
on using GAL for PWs, especially in MPLS-TP environments.  
[STANDARDS-TRACK]

This document is a product of the Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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