Pseudowire

Telecommunications
Communication Protocols and Standards

A pseudowire is a computer networking and telecommunications technique that emulates a point-to-point connection over a packet-switched network. It aims to operate like a transparent wire, although the emulation is rarely perfect. It can carry services such as ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet, or time-division multiplexing over networks including MPLS, IP, or L2TPv3. The IETF created the PWE3 working group in 2001 to develop pseudowire architecture and encapsulation techniques.

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Definition: Emulation of a point-to-point connection over a packet-switched network
Possible carried services: ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet, or TDM
IETF working group: PWE3, established in 2001

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Article: Pseudowire (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q844884
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