RFC 5501 on Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services

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Subject: RFC 5501 on Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        
        RFC 5501

        Title:      Requirements for Multicast Support in 
                    Virtual Private LAN Services 
        Author:     Y. Kamite, Ed.,
                    Y. Wada, Y. Serbest,
                    T. Morin, L. Fang
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       March 2009
        Mailbox:    y.kamite@ntt.com, 
                    wada.yuichiro@lab.ntt.co.jp, 
                    yetik_serbest@labs.att.com,  
                    thomas.morin@francetelecom.com, 
                    lufang@cisco.com
        Pages:      31
        Characters: 71507
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-mcast-reqts-07.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5501.txt

This document provides functional requirements for network solutions
that support multicast over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS).  It
specifies requirements both from the end user and service provider
standpoints.  It is intended that potential solutions will use these
requirements as guidelines.  This memo provides information for the 
Internet community.

This document is a product of the Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF.


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