LDP Specification
RFC 3036, “LDP Specification”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2001 by L. Andersson, P. Doolan, N. Feldman, A. Fredette, B. Thomas. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5036 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
A fundamental concept in MPLS is that two Label Switching Routers (LSRs) must agree on the meaning of the labels used to forward traffic between and through them. This common understanding is achieved by using a set of procedures, called a label distribution protocol, by which one LSR informs another of label bindings it has made. This document defines a set of such procedures called LDP (for Label Distribution Protocol) by which LSRs distribute labels to support MPLS forwarding along normally routed paths. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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- RFC 3035 MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching
- RFC 3037 LDP Applicability
- RFC 3034 Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification
- RFC 3038 VCID Notification over ATM link for LDP
- RFC 3033 The Assignment of the Information Field and Protocol Identifier in the Q.2941 Generic Identifier and Q.2957 User-to-user Signaling for the Internet Protocol
- RFC 3039 Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Qualified Certificates Profile
- RFC 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding
- RFC 3040 Internet Web Replication and Caching Taxonomy