Mesh properties (1) Scaling Number of AFBR related to the number of islands and exit points from islands (x0-x00 islands) We know of no cases of x0000++ islands Full routing table needs to be supported Islands can carry x00000 of routes Services / Encapsulation v4/v6 or v6/v4 L2VPN L3VPN (overlapping address spaces) Multicast a must in all cases Security No “user” authentication Authentication for control plane may be turned off Support for IPsec in data plane (outside of softwires) |