[rfc-dist] RFC 4938 on PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics

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        RFC 4938

        Title:      PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions 
                    for Credit Flow and Link Metrics 
        Author:     B. Berry, H. Holgate
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       June 2007
        Mailbox:    bberry at cisco.com, 
                    hholgate at cisco.com
        Pages:      17
        Characters: 38288
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-bberry-pppoe-credit-06.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4938.txt

This document extends the Point-to-Point over Ethernet (PPPoE)
Protocol with a credit-based flow control mechanism and
Link Quality Metric report.  This optional extension should
improve the performance of PPPoE over media with variable
bandwidth and limited buffering, such as mobile radio links.  This memo 
provides information for the Internet community.


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