RFC 7571 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2015

GMPLS RSVP-TE Extensions for Lock Instruct and Loopback

Overview

RFC 7571, “GMPLS RSVP-TE Extensions for Lock Instruct and Loopback”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2015 by J. Dong, M. Chen, Z. Li, D. Ceccarelli. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) to support Lock Instruct (LI) and Loopback (LB) mechanisms for Label Switched Paths (LSPs). These mechanisms are applicable to technologies that use Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) for the control plane.

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