Frame-Relay through MPLS cloud

Hi All ,
Can anybody explain if I make a MPLS pe act as a frame-relay sw too is there in LDP related issue or not ?

It is possible to use Frame Relay switches as Label, Switching Routers. Such Frame Relay switches run network layer routing algorithms (such as OSPF, IS-IS, etc.), and their forwarding
is based on the results of these routing algorithms. No specific
Frame Relay routing is needed.
When a Frame Relay switch is used for label switching, the top
(current) label, on which forwarding decisions are based, is carried
in the DLCI field of the Frame Relay data link layer header of a
frame. Additional information carried along with the top (current)
label, but not processed by Frame Relay switching, along with other
labels, if the packet is multiply labeled, are carried in the generic
MPLS encapsulation defined in [STACK].
Check this out.
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3034.txt

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