RFC 4817:Encapsulation of MPLS over Layer 2 Tunnel...
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... This document defines how to encapsulate an MPLS label stack and its payload ...
... payload. After defining the MPLS over L2TPv3 encapsulation procedure, other MPLS over IP encapsulation ...
... L2TPv3 encapsulation procedure, other MPLS over IP encapsulation options, including IP, Generic Routing Encapsulation ...
... encapsulation options, including IP, Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), and IPsec ...
... MPLS over L2TPv3 in an Applicability section. This document only describes encapsulation and does not concern itself with all possible MPLS-based applications that may be ...


... payload over an IP network, utilizing the L2TPv3 encapsulation defined in [RFC3931]. The MPLS Label Stack ...
... IP The L2TPv3 encapsulation carrying a single MPLS label stack entry is as follows: ...
... Figure 2.2 MPLS over L2TPv3 encapsulation When encapsulating MPLS ...
... assigned, the presence and type of an L2TPv3 L2-Specific Sublayer, as well as what type of tunneled encapsulation follows (i.e., Frame Relay, Ethernet ...
... L2TPv3. Generic IP encapsulation procedures, such as fragmentation and MTU ...
... DSCP) bits, etc. are the same as the "Common Procedures" for IP encapsulation of MPLS defined in Section 5 of [RFC4023 ...


... a signaling protocol. This document concerns itself only with the encapsulation of MPLS over L2TPv3; thus, the particular method ...


... For example, a hardware device may be able to take advantage of the L2TPv3 encapsulation for faster or distributed processing. Packet spoofing ...
... IP framed in a variety of ways. For example, IP encapsulated by High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC ...
... L2TPv3 may be equivalent in complexity to IP encapsulated by MPLS over L2TPv3. ...


... This document specifies an encapsulation method for MPLS inside the L2TPv3 ...
... flow runs across an unprovisioned path that could potentially become congested, the application that uses the encapsulation specified in this document MUST employ additional mechanisms to ensure that the offered load is reduced appropriately during periods of congestion ...
... connection. In essence, this requirement states that it is not acceptable to deploy an application using the encapsulation specified in this document on the best-effort Internet, which ...


... decapsulated and processed by the tunnel tail only if those packets were encapsulated by the tunnel head. If the tunnel ...
... The MPLS over L2TPv3 encapsulated packets should be considered as originating at the tunnel head and being destined for the tunnel ...
... MPLS packet is received without an IPsec encapsulation, and if its topmost label is in this set, then the packet MUST be discarded. ...


... Worster, T., Rekhter, Y., and E. Rosen, "Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 4023prop, March 2005. ...



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