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Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB, kno n a! "mac-in-mac"# i! a !et of architect$re and protocol! for ro$tin% o&er a pro&ider'! net ork allo in% interconnection of m$ltiple Pro&ider Brid%e (et ork! itho$t lo!in% each c$!tomer'! indi&id$ally defined )*+(!. It a! initially created ,y (ortel ,efore ,ein% !$,mitted to the IEEE 802.1 committee for !tandardi-ation. .he final !tandard a! appro&ed ,y the IEEE in /$ne 2008 a! IEEE 802.1ah-2008.
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$,i0$ito$! Ethernet a! initially defined a! a *ocal +rea (et ork (*+(# technolo%y to

interconnect the comp$ter! ithin a !mall or%ani-ation in hich the!e ho!t comp$ter! ere &ery clo!e in pro1imity to each other. 2&er the year!, Ethernet ha! ,ecome !$ch a pop$lar technolo%y that it ,ecame the defa$lt 3ata *ink *ayer (24I *ayer 2# mechani!m for data tran!port. .hi! created a need for e1tendin% the Ethernet from a c$!tomer *+( ,rid%in% domain to !er&ice pro&ider 5+(, al!o kno n a! the Pro&ider ,rid%in% domain. For thi!, a 6 ,yte 4-.a% or 4er&ice .a%, a type of )irt$al *+( ta%, a! added to the header of the Ethernet frame in IEEE 802.1ad !tandard. In the !er&ice pro&ider domain, ! itchin% a! ,a!ed on 4-.a% and de!tination 5+7 addre!!, and 7-ta% a! $!ed to create &irt$al *+( ithin the c$!tomer domain. .hi! technolo%y i! al!o kno n a! 8in8 or 8-t$nnelin%. 8in8 doe! not offer tr$e !eparation of c$!tomer and pro&ider domain!, ,$t i! merely a ay to o&ercome the limitation! on the )*+( identifier !pace. It can al!o help in !eparation of the c$!tomer and pro&ider control domain! hen $!ed ith other feat$re! like control protocol t$nnelin% or Per)*+( 4pannin% .ree (like !pannin% tree! etc.#. .here i! !till the pro,lem of ha&in% too little control on the 5+7 addre!!e!, !ince 8in8 for ardin% i! !till ,a!ed on the c$!tomer de!tination addre!!e!. .h$!, ,etter mechani!m! are needed.
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.he idea of PBB i! to offer complete !eparation of c$!tomer and pro&ider domain!. For thi! p$rpo!e, a ne Ethernet header ha! ,een defined. .hi! header may take m$ltiple different form!, ,$t the main

component! of the header are9

Back,one component, that ha!9 Back,one de!tination addre!! (B-3+# (!i1 ,yte!#

Back,one !o$rce addre!! (B-4+# (!i1 ,yte!# Ether.ype 0188+8 (t o ,yte!# B-.+:;B-)I3 (t o ,yte!#, thi! i! the ,ack,one )*+( indicator 4er&ice encap!$lation, that ha!9 Ether.ype 0188E< (t o ,yte!# Fla%! that contain priority, 3rop Eli%i,le Indicator (3EI# and (o 7$!tomer +ddre!! ((7+# indication (e.%. 2+5 frame!#.

I-4I3, the !er&ice identifier (three ,yte!# 2ri%inal c$!tomer frame 7$!tomer !o$rce addre!! (!i1 ,yte!# 7$!tomer de!tination addre!! (!i1 ,yte!# Ether.ype 018100 (t o ,yte!# 7$!tomer )*+( identifier (t o ,yte!# Ether.ype (e.%. 010800# 7$!tomer payload

PBB define! a 68 ,it B-3+ and 68 ,it B-4+ to indicate the ,ack,one !o$rce and de!tination 5+7 addre!!e!. It al!o define! a 12 ,it B-)I3 (,ack,one )*+( I3# and 26 ,it I-4I3 (4er&ice In!tance )*+( I3#. .he ,rid%e! in the PBB domain ! itch ,a!ed on the B-)I3 and B-3+ &al$e!, hich contain =0 ,it! total. Brid%e! learn ,a!ed on the B-4+ and in%re!! port &al$e and hence i! completely $na are of the c$!tomer 5+7 addre!!e!. I-4I3 allo ! to di!tin%$i!h the !er&ice! ithin a PBB domain. PBB i! the fo$ndation for the IEEE 802.18ay PBB-.E !tandard, hich a! !tandardi-ed in 200>. ?1@ PBB i! !ometime! referred to a! 5ac-in-5ac.
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