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[Bob Thomas <rhthomas@cisco.com>]

Hi,

New draft ldp-08.txt differs from ldp-07.txt only in that it removes
support for 17-bit DLCIs as labels for Frame Relay.

This change was made to address an issue brought up during the recently
concluded LDP last call, and is compatible with the recently posted
draft-ietf-mpls-fr-06.txt (Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay
Networks Specification").

Bob


> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Multiprotocol Label Switching Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 	Title		: LDP Specification
> 	Author(s)	: L. Andersson,  P. Doolan, N. Feldman,
>                           A. Fredette,  B. Thomas 
> 	Filename	: draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-08.txt
> 	Pages		: 135
> 	Date		: 26-Jun-00
> 	
> An overview of Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is provided in
> [FRAMEWORK] and a proposed architecture in [ARCH].  A fundamental
> concept in MPLS is that two Label Switching Routers (LSRs) must agree
> on the meaning of the labels used to forward traffic between and
> through them.  This common understanding is achieved by using a set
> of procedures, called a label distribution protocol, by which one LSR
> informs another of label bindings it has made.  This document defines
> a set of such procedures called LDP (for Label Distribution Protocol)
> by which LSRs distribute labels to support MPLS forwarding along
> normally routed paths [LDPAPPLIC].