BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

By E. Rosen, Yakov Rekhter. Request for Comments, 2006

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This document describes a method by which a Service Provider may use an IP backbone to provide IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for its customers. This method uses a "peer model", in which the customers' edge routers (CE routers) send their routes to the Service Provider's edge routers (PE routers); there is no "overlay" visible to the customer's routing algorithm, and CE routers at different sites do not peer with each other. Data packets are tunneled through the backbone, so that the core routers do not need to know the VPN routes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Data Center Network Virtualization: A Survey (2013, background): “In addition, SEC2 supports VM migration [25] and VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) service, in which each user private network in a cloud is connected to its on-site network via Virtual Private Network (VPN) [36].”
Wireless Network Virtualization: A Survey, Some Research Issues and Challenges (2015, background): “Recently, several research projects have been started around the world in the area of network virtualization, including XBone [24] and Tempes [25] focusing on networking technology; UCLP [26], VNET [27], AGAVE [28] and VIOLIN [29] focusing on layers of virtualization; VNRMS [30], NetScript [31], Gen”
A survey of network virtualization (2010, background): “1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) A virtual private network (VPN) [5, 6, 7] can be thought of as a dedicated communications network of one or more enterprises that are distributed over multiple sites and connected through tunnels over shared or public communication networks like the Internet.”