Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is a pseudowire (PW)-based, multipoint-to-multipoint Layer 2 Ethernet VPN service provided by the service provider By running a VPLS service to customers, operators can focus on providing high throughput, highly available Ethernet bridging services and leave the decision up to layer 3 routing to the customer. Products Covered: Building Converged Network Services with IP VPN / MPLS Technology IP / MPLS VPN Multi-Service Network Overview Using an MPLS Label Switched Paths as tunnels Transport Service Routing Protocol Traffic Engineering and c CSPF RSVP-TE Protocol MPLS Resilience? LSP RSVP-TE Fast Reroute Label Distribution Protocol IP / MPLS VPN Routing Architecture Services Virtual Leased Line Service Virtual Private LAN Service Hierarchical VPLS High Availability in an IP / MPLS VPN Network VLL Service Resilience VPLS Service Resilience BGP VPLS Auto-Discovery UN-VPLS OAM in a VPLS Network Services