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Forwarding Media Access Control (MAC) Frames over Multiple Access Protocol over Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (MAPOS)
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Network Working Group O. Okamoto
Request for Comments: 3422 M. Maruyama
Category: Informational NTT Laboratories
T. Sajima
Sun Microsystems
November 2002
Forwarding Media Access Control (MAC) Frames over Multiple
Access Protocol over Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (MAPOS)
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
IESG Note
This memo documents a way of tunneling Ethernet frames over MAPOS
networks. This document is NOT the product of an IETF working group
nor is it a standards track document. It has not necessarily
benefited from the widespread and in-depth community review that
standards track documents receive.
Abstract
This memo describes a method for forwarding media access control
(MAC) frames over Multiple Access Protocol over Synchronous Optical
Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (MAPOS), thus providing a way
to unify MAPOS network environment and MAC-based Local Area Network
(LAN) environment.
1. Network Model
In the Network model assumed in this memo, MAC-based LAN traffic is
forwarded by a MAPOS switched network. This model allows distant
LANs to be interconnected to form a single LAN segment. Transparent
LAN Service (TLS) is provided by encapsulating MAC frames in MAPOS
frames and by mapping MAC addresses to MAPOS addresses.
Okamoto, et. al. Informational