Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels to Address Prefixes
RFC 8277, “Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels to Address Prefixes”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2017 by E. Rosen. It obsoletes RFC 3107. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies a set of procedures for using BGP to advertise that a specified router has bound a specified MPLS label (or a specified sequence of MPLS labels organized as a contiguous part of a label stack) to a specified address prefix. This can be done by sending a BGP UPDATE message whose Network Layer Reachability Information field contains both the prefix and the MPLS label(s) and whose Next Hop field identifies the node at which said prefix is bound to said label(s). This document obsoletes RFC 3107.
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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