Re: [mpls] [bier] The first nibble issue associated with MPLS encapsulation

Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com> Thu, 14 April 2016 19:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mpls] [bier] The first nibble issue associated with MPLS encapsulation
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On 14/04/2016 15:41, Nagendra Kumar Nainar (naikumar) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Per IANA registry, 0-1 are ³Reserved² and so is not strictly assigned with
> PW.
True, but PW caused then to be reserved so as to prevent future clashes.

Stewart