Title :
Scaling provider ethernet
Author :
Bottorff, Paul ; Saltsidis, Panagiotis
Author_Institution :
Nortel Networks Corp., Toronto, ON
fDate :
9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We provide an overview of the IEEE provider backbone bridging standard and its associated traffic engineering standard. Furthermore, we relate these to the supporting work of the IEEE 802.1 committee.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; local area networks; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; Ethernet; IEEE provider backbone bridging standard; scaling provider; traffic engineering standard; Bridges; Communication switching; Communication system traffic control; Encapsulation; Ethernet networks; Peer to peer computing; Protection; Quality of service; Spine; Telecommunication traffic;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623714
