{"draft":"draft-bberry-rfc4938bis-00","doc_id":"RFC5578","title":"PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Extensions for Credit Flow and Link Metrics","authors":["B. Berry, Ed.","S. Ratliff","E. Paradise","T. Kaiser","M. Adams"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"This document extends the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)\r\nwith an optional credit-based flow control mechanism and\r\nan optional Link Quality Metric report.  These optional extensions\r\nimprove the performance of PPPoE over media with variable bandwidth\r\nand limited buffering, such as mobile point-to-point radio links.  \r\nThis document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is\r\npublished for informational purposes.","pub_date":"February 2010","keywords":["point-to-point protocol over ethernet","link quality metric"],"obsoletes":["RFC4938"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5578","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5578"}