PWE

PWE definition - telecom
In Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), referring to a Data Link Layer (Layer 2) Virtual Private Network (VPN). Such a network emulates a point-to-point virtual circuit connection, or pseudowire, between two routers or switches.Also commonly referred to as a Draft-Martini VPN. See also connection, Data Link Layer, Draft-Martini VPN, MPLS, point-to-point, pseudowire, virtual circuit, and VPN.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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