CONTENTS

 1     Scope        
 2     References             
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere      
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation          
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms           
 5     Discovery methodology      
        5.1     CP-CP connectivity relationships determination           
 6     Mechanisms for layer adjacency discovery  
 7     Attributes used in layer adjacency  
 8     Layer adjacency based on trail trace string 
        8.1     Discovery message formats   
 9     Layer adjacency based on embedded control channel messages       
        9.1     LAPD-based mechanism        
        9.2     PPP-based mechanism           
        9.3     Interoperable solution when using the ECC-based mechanism 
10     Procedures            
11     Discovery response message          
       11.1     Miswiring detection 
       11.2     Misconnection detection      
Appendix I – Implementation example of discovery process    
        I.1               Layer adjacency discovery information flow        
Appendix II – Miswiring detection    
       II.1     Auto discovery procedures     
       II.2     Example: Interaction between two DAs using different discovery message formats        
Appendix III – Example of discovery response message using generalized MPLS-based mechanism    
Appendix IV – Layer adjacency discovery implementation examples    
Appendix V – In-band message encoding example    
Appendix VI – Usage of the different discovery mechanisms    
       VI.1     Introduction 
       VI.2     Categories of Type 1 layer adjacency discovery use cases        
       VI.3     Use cases and scenarios        
       VI.4     Guidelines for mechanisms and procedures   
Bibliography