@misc{rfc5251,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    5251,
    howpublished =  {RFC 5251},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC5251},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5251},
    author =    {Dimitri Papadimitriou and Richard Rabbat and Yakov Rekhter and Don Fedyk and Lou Berger},
    title =     {{Layer 1 VPN Basic Mode}},
    pagetotal = 24,
    year =      2008,
    month =     jul,
    abstract =  {This document describes the Basic Mode of Layer 1 VPNs (L1VPNs). L1VPN Basic Mode (L1VPN BM) is a port-based VPN. In L1VPN Basic Mode, the basic unit of service is a Label Switched Path (LSP) between a pair of customer ports within a given VPN port topology. This document defines the operational model using either provisioning or a VPN auto-discovery mechanism, and the signaling extensions for the L1VPN BM. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}},
}