RFC 8571 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2019
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
BGP - Link State Advertisement of IGP Traffic Engineering Performance Metric Extensions
Overview
RFC 8571, “BGP - Link State Advertisement of IGP Traffic Engineering Performance Metric Extensions”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2019 by L. Ginsberg, S. Previdi, Q. Wu, J. Tantsura, C. Filsfils. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines new BGP - Link State (BGP-LS) TLVs in order to carry the IGP Traffic Engineering Metric Extensions defined in the IS-IS and OSPF protocols.
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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