A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7796 Title: Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Author: Y. Jiang, Ed., L. Yong, M. Paul Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: March 2016 Mailbox: jiangyuanlong@huawei.com, lucyyong@huawei.com, Manuel.Paul@telekom.de Pages: 26 Characters: 52579 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-pe-etree-11.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7796 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7796 This document specifies a generic Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) solution, which uses VLANs to indicate root or leaf traffic to support Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) services. A VPLS Provider Edge (PE) model is illustrated as an example for the solution. In the solution, E-Tree VPLS PEs are interconnected by Pseudowires (PWs), which carry the VLAN indicating the E-Tree attribute. The MAC address-based Ethernet forwarding engine and the PW work in the same way as specified in RFC 4762 and RFC 4448, respectively. A signaling mechanism is described to support E-Tree capability and VLAN mapping negotiation. This document is a product of the Pseudowire And LDP-enabled Services Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk 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