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Customer
The MPLS pseudowire originates from the first hop aggregation PE (referred to as access
PE) upstream of the Access-Node (or directly from a multi-service AN), and terminates
on the Layer 3 PE. Multiple customers from a given access-port on the Access-PE can be
backhauled over a single MPLS pseudowire t owards the Layer 3 PE. This capability allows
the network to scale and does not require an MPLS pseudowire per customer between
the Access-PE and the Layer 3 PE. The access-port on the Access-PE can be dot1q, q-in-q
or NULL encapsulated. The Layer 3 PE terminates the MPLS pseudowire, decapsulates the
received frames, and provides access QoS functions including HQoS, without requiring an
internal or external loopback. Each MPLS pseudowire is represented on the BNG as a
“PW-port” for which SAPs are created. T hese SAPs are termed “PW SAPs”, and must be
statically configured on IES or VPRN interfaces (unlike the ESM case where a capture SAP
can be configured). The underlying Ethernet port must be in hybrid mode. Pseudowire
SAPs are supported on Ethernet MDAs and on the HSMDAv2.