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Re: [RPRWG] About ethernet service over RPR




Hello, 

802.17 must support 802.1D&Q transparent bridging as part of 
our 5 Criteria. Therefore, an RPR ring is no different than
any other 802 LAN.

mike

mayulu@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could anyone tell me if there has been consensus on how ethernet service be
> transported over RPR?
> 
> I suppose the ring is a transmit system, and ethernet domains attached to
> different RPR nodes communicate with each other.  So there should be
> consensus on how to exchange (custermor MAC address : RPR node No.) binding
> information among RPR nodes.
> 
> Am I right? I could't find any clue on Darwin draft.
> 
> Thanks & Best Regards.

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Michael Takefman              tak@xxxxxxxxx
Manager of Engineering,       Cisco Systems
Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
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