RFC 7726 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016
MON · 14 SEP 2026
Clarifying Procedures for Establishing BFD Sessions for MPLS Label Switched Paths
Overview
RFC 7726, “Clarifying Procedures for Establishing BFD Sessions for MPLS Label Switched Paths”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2016 by V. Govindan, K. Rajaraman, G. Mirsky, N. Akiya, S. Aldrin. It updates RFC 5884. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document clarifies the procedures for establishing, maintaining, and removing multiple, concurrent BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) sessions for a given <MPLS LSP, FEC> as described in RFC 5884.
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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