RFC 9972 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2026
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Advanced BGP Monitoring Protocol Statistics Types
Overview
RFC 9972, “Advanced BGP Monitoring Protocol Statistics Types”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2026 by M. Srivastava, Y. Liu, C. Lin, J. Li. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) described in RFC 7854 defines statistics message types to observe events that occur on a monitored router. This document defines new statistics types to monitor BMP Adj-RIB-In and Adj-RIB-Out Routing Information Bases (RIBs).
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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