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IEEE 802.1ah

IEEE 802.1ah-2008, also known as Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), is a set of architectures and protocols that allows multiple Provider Bridge Networks to interconnect without losing each customer's individually defined VLANs. It provides complete separation of customer and provider domains by defining a new Ethernet header with a backbone source/destination MAC and a backbone VLAN ID. Bridges in the PBB domain switch based on the backbone VLAN ID and MAC values.

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IEEE 802.1ah

IEEE 802.1ah-2008, also known as Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), is a set of architectures and protocols that allows multiple Provider Bridge Networks to interconnect without losing each customer's individually defined VLANs. It provides complete separation of customer and provider domains by defining a new Ethernet header with a backbone source/destination MAC and a backbone VLAN ID. Bridges in the PBB domain switch based on the backbone VLAN ID and MAC values.

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IEEE 802.

1ah-2008
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Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB, kno n a! "mac-in-mac"# i! a !et of architect$re and protocol! for ro$tin% o&er a pro&ider'! net ork allo in% interconnection of m$ltiple Pro&ider Brid%e (et ork! itho$t lo!in% each c$!tomer'! indi&id$ally defined )*+(!. It a! initially created ,y (ortel ,efore ,ein% !$,mitted to the IEEE 802.1 committee for !tandardi-ation. .he final !tandard a! appro&ed ,y the IEEE in /$ne 2008 a! IEEE 802.1ah-2008.
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$,i0$ito$! Ethernet a! initially defined a! a *ocal +rea (et ork (*+(# technolo%y to

interconnect the comp$ter! ithin a !mall or%ani-ation in hich the!e ho!t comp$ter! ere &ery clo!e in pro1imity to each other. 2&er the year!, Ethernet ha! ,ecome !$ch a pop$lar technolo%y that it ,ecame the defa$lt 3ata *ink *ayer (24I *ayer 2# mechani!m for data tran!port. .hi! created a need for e1tendin% the Ethernet from a c$!tomer *+( ,rid%in% domain to !er&ice pro&ider 5+(, al!o kno n a! the Pro&ider ,rid%in% domain. For thi!, a 6 ,yte 4-.a% or 4er&ice .a%, a type of )irt$al *+( ta%, a! added to the header of the Ethernet frame in IEEE 802.1ad !tandard. In the !er&ice pro&ider domain, ! itchin% a! ,a!ed on 4-.a% and de!tination 5+7 addre!!, and 7-ta% a! $!ed to create &irt$al *+( ithin the c$!tomer domain. .hi! technolo%y i! al!o kno n a! 8in8 or 8-t$nnelin%. 8in8 doe! not offer tr$e !eparation of c$!tomer and pro&ider domain!, ,$t i! merely a ay to o&ercome the limitation! on the )*+( identifier !pace. It can al!o help in !eparation of the c$!tomer and pro&ider control domain! hen $!ed ith other feat$re! like control protocol t$nnelin% or Per)*+( 4pannin% .ree (like !pannin% tree! etc.#. .here i! !till the pro,lem of ha&in% too little control on the 5+7 addre!!e!, !ince 8in8 for ardin% i! !till ,a!ed on the c$!tomer de!tination addre!!e!. .h$!, ,etter mechani!m! are needed.
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.he idea of PBB i! to offer complete !eparation of c$!tomer and pro&ider domain!. For thi! p$rpo!e, a ne Ethernet header ha! ,een defined. .hi! header may take m$ltiple different form!, ,$t the main

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Back,one component, that ha!9 Back,one de!tination addre!! (B-3+# (!i1 ,yte!#

Back,one !o$rce addre!! (B-4+# (!i1 ,yte!# Ether.ype 0188+8 (t o ,yte!# B-.+:;B-)I3 (t o ,yte!#, thi! i! the ,ack,one )*+( indicator 4er&ice encap!$lation, that ha!9 Ether.ype 0188E< (t o ,yte!# Fla%! that contain priority, 3rop Eli%i,le Indicator (3EI# and (o 7$!tomer +ddre!! ((7+# indication (e.%. 2+5 frame!#.

I-4I3, the !er&ice identifier (three ,yte!# 2ri%inal c$!tomer frame 7$!tomer !o$rce addre!! (!i1 ,yte!# 7$!tomer de!tination addre!! (!i1 ,yte!# Ether.ype 018100 (t o ,yte!# 7$!tomer )*+( identifier (t o ,yte!# Ether.ype (e.%. 010800# 7$!tomer payload

PBB define! a 68 ,it B-3+ and 68 ,it B-4+ to indicate the ,ack,one !o$rce and de!tination 5+7 addre!!e!. It al!o define! a 12 ,it B-)I3 (,ack,one )*+( I3# and 26 ,it I-4I3 (4er&ice In!tance )*+( I3#. .he ,rid%e! in the PBB domain ! itch ,a!ed on the B-)I3 and B-3+ &al$e!, hich contain =0 ,it! total. Brid%e! learn ,a!ed on the B-4+ and in%re!! port &al$e and hence i! completely $na are of the c$!tomer 5+7 addre!!e!. I-4I3 allo ! to di!tin%$i!h the !er&ice! ithin a PBB domain. PBB i! the fo$ndation for the IEEE 802.18ay PBB-.E !tandard, hich a! !tandardi-ed in 200>. ?1@ PBB i! !ometime! referred to a! 5ac-in-5ac.
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