RFC 4874 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2007

Exclude Routes - Extension to Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering

Overview

RFC 4874, “Exclude Routes - Extension to Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering”, is a Proposed Standard document published in April 2007 by CY. Lee, A. Farrel, S. De Cnodder. It updates RFC 3209, RFC 3473. It has since been updated by RFC 6001, RFC 8390. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies ways to communicate route exclusions during path setup using Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE).

The RSVP-TE specification, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels" (RFC 3209) and GMPLS extensions to RSVP-TE, "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions" (RFC 3473) allow abstract nodes and resources to be explicitly included in a path setup, but not to be explicitly excluded.

In some networks where precise explicit paths are not computed at the head end, it may be useful to specify and signal abstract nodes and resources that are to be explicitly excluded from routes. These exclusions may apply to the whole path, or to parts of a path between two abstract nodes specified in an explicit path. How Shared Risk Link Groups (SRLGs) can be excluded is also specified in this document. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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

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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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 3209 RFC 3473
Updated by
RFC 6001 RFC 8390
Other RFCs from 2007

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