Subject: RFC 4938 on PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics

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Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:37:51 -0700 (PDT)

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        RFC 4938

        Title:      PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions 

                    for Credit Flow and Link Metrics 

        Author:     B. Berry, H. Holgate

        Status:     Informational

        Date:       June 2007

        Mailbox:    [email-masked], 

                    [email-masked]

        Pages:      17

        Characters: 38288

        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-bberry-pppoe-credit-06.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4938.txt

This document extends the Point-to-Point over Ethernet (PPPoE)

Protocol with a credit-based flow control mechanism and

Link Quality Metric report.  This optional extension should

improve the performance of PPPoE over media with variable

bandwidth and limited buffering, such as mobile radio links.  This memo 

provides information for the Internet community.

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