On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:30:19 -0500 Francois Menard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm embarking on a new project which involves a large scale MAN network where > ultimately, the objective is to carry QinQ, while at the same time delivering > services over IPv6. > > The objective is to support jumbo frames on all interfaces, at least to carry > QinQ standard-size ethernet frames, but ideally as large as possible > > There seem to be 4 approaches to do this. > > a) The IEEE PBB-TE approach - but little implementations. > b) The MEF9+14 approach, mature, but manual provisioning > c) The VPLS approach, concerns with too much manual provisioning. > d) The T-MPLS approach, concerns with maturity > > The objective is to support the functionality not only in the CORE, but also > on cost effective multi-tenant & redundant customer CPEs. > > I have not seen a, or b or d supported in a low-cost customer CPE. > > I am currently favouring c, for reasons of maturity and wide implementation, > but may be missing on recent progresses in the b) land. > > Any thoughts ? > > Any published IETF material on the topic ? > I'd avoid T-MPLS - "Uncoordinated Protocol Development Considered Harmful" http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc5704 Regards, Mark.
