PBB, PBB-TE and PLSB are cool
February 28th, 2009
There are quite a few network operators that have been keeping tabs on Provider Backbone Bridging or PBB, Provider Backbone Bridging-Traffic Engineering or PBB-TE and Provider Link State Bridging or PLSB as they’ve made their way out of the Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) labs and into the standards bodies. For those of you not aware of these protocols, they are extensive additions to Ethernet that aim to make it more scalable and flexible to suit tranport of modern Carrier Ethernet networks. Read more…
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