RFC 3784 · INFORMATIONAL · 2004

Intermediate System to Intermediate System Extensions for Traffic Engineering

Overview

RFC 3784, “Intermediate System to Intermediate System Extensions for Traffic Engineering”, is an Informational document published in June 2004 by H. Smit, T. Li. It has since been updated by RFC 4205. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5305 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes extensions to the Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol to support Traffic Engineering (TE). This document extends the IS-IS protocol by specifying new information that an Intermediate System (router) can place in Link State Protocol (LSP) Data Units. This information describes additional details regarding the state of the network that are useful for traffic engineering computations. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 5305
Updated by
RFC 4205
Other RFCs from 2004

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