RFC 8800 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2020

Path Computation Element Communication Protocol Extension for Label Switched Path Diversity Constraint Signaling

Overview

RFC 8800, “Path Computation Element Communication Protocol Extension for Label Switched Path Diversity Constraint Signaling”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2020 by S. Litkowski, S. Sivabalan, C. Barth, M. Negi. It has since been updated by RFC 9756. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document introduces a simple mechanism to associate a group of Label Switched Paths (LSPs) via an extension to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) with the purpose of computing diverse (disjointed) paths for those LSPs. The proposed extension allows a Path Computation Client (PCC) to advertise to a Path Computation Element (PCE) that a particular LSP belongs to a particular Disjoint Association Group; thus, the PCE knows that the LSPs in the same group need to be disjoint from each other.

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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RFC 9756
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