Method and apparatus for transparent LAN-to-LAN connection between two customer locations through a RPR data transport network

摘要

Method to set-up a transparent LAN-to-LAN functionality connection between a first multicustomer source location and a second multicustomer destination location through a RPR data transport network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving an Ethernet frame from a customer interface; processing in a conventional manner the Ethernet frame received; adding an auxiliary header to form a TLS frame; and adding to the resulting TLS frame a RPR header to form a RPR data transport frame for the RPR network. The auxiliary header comprises information about the channel designed to transport the RPR frame from the source node input interface to the destination node output interface.