@misc{rfc5960, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 5960, howpublished = {RFC 5960}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC5960}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5960}, author = {Dan Frost and Stewart Bryant and Matthew Bocci}, title = {{MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2010, month = aug, abstract = {The Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is the set of MPLS protocol functions applicable to the construction and operation of packet-switched transport networks. This document specifies the subset of these functions that comprises the MPLS-TP data plane: the architectural layer concerned with the encapsulation and forwarding of packets within an MPLS-TP network. This document is a product of a joint Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) / International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) effort to include an MPLS Transport Profile within the IETF MPLS and Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) architectures to support the capabilities and functionalities of a packet transport network. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }