RFC 5578 on PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5578 Title: PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics Author: B. Berry, Ed., S. Ratliff, E. Paradise, T. Kaiser, M. Adams Status: Informational Date: February 2010 Mailbox: bberry@cisco.com, sratliff@cisco.com, pdice@cisco.com, timothy.kaiser@harris.com, Michael.D.Adams@L-3com.com Pages: 24 Characters: 54936 Obsoletes: RFC4938 I-D Tag: draft-bberry-rfc4938bis-00.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5578.txt 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. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC