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RFC 5885: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)

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This document describes Connectivity Verification (CV) Types using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) with Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV). VCCV provides a control channel that is associated with a pseudowire (PW), as well as the corresponding operations and management functions such as connectivity verification to be used over that control channel. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5885
Published
June 2010
Authors
T. Nadeau; C. Pignataro
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
14
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 6478, RFC 7885

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