MPLS WG Status

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MPLS WG Status

• San Diego Aug 2004

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New RFCs )

• RFC3811 Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs)
  for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  Management
• RFC3812 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  Traffic Engineering (TE) Management Information
  Base (MIB)
• RFC3813 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  Label Switching Router (LSR) Management
  Information Base (MIB)
• RFC3814 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  Forwarding Equivalence Class To Next Hop Label
  Forwarding Entry (FEC-To-NHLFE) Management
  Information Base (MIB)
• RFC3815 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
  Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label
  Distribution Protocol (LDP)

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RFC Ed Q

• LSP Hierarchy with Generalized MPLS TE
  draft-ietf-ltmpls-lsp-hierarchy-08.txtgt
• Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering
  ltdraft-ietf-mpls-bundle-04.txtgt
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management
  Overview ltdraft-ietf-mpls-mgmt-overview-09.txtgt
• Traffic Engineering Link Management Information
  Base ltdraft-ietf-mpls-telink-mib-07.txtgt

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MEMENTO!

• Think carefully about what is and what is not
  normative and informative references!
• This is the SINGLE MOST COMMON reason a
  RFC-wannabe gets stuck in the RFC-ed queue

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IESG review - I

• Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP with MPLS
  ltdraft-ietf-mpls-bgp-mpls-restart-03.txtgtAuthors
  addressing IESG comments
• Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP
  Tunnels ltdraft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-fastreroute-06.t
  xtgtIESG comments addressed
• Maximum Transmission Unit Signalling Extensions
  for the Label Distribution Protocol
  ltdraft-ietf-mpls-ldp-mtu-extensions-03.txtgtAutho
  r AD coordination needed

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IESG review - II

• Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing
  Encapsulation (GRE) ltdraft-ietf-mpls-in-ip-or-gre
  -08.txtgtSecurity discussion / decision
• Definition of an RRO node-id subobject
  ltdraft-ietf-mpls-nodeid-subobject-02.txtgtVersion
  -03 to be published short, missed cut off
• Removing a Restriction on the use of MPLS
  Explicit NULL ltdraft-ietf-mpls-explicit-null-01.t
  xtgt

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With the WG - I

• Detecting MPLS Data Plane Failures
  ltdraft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-06.txtgtAuthors -
  respin needed
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic
  Engineering Management Information Base for Fast
  Reroute ltdraft-ietf-mpls-fastreroute-mib-02.txtgt
  Update needed
• MPLS Traffic Engineering Soft preemptiondraft-iet
  f-mpls-soft-preemption-02.txtThrough WG Last
  Call - update needed

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With the WG - II

• Label Switching Router Self-Test
  draft-ietf-mpls-lsr-self-test-02.txtReady for
  WG last call?

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In MIB-doctor review

• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  Label-Controlled ATM and Frame-Relay Management
  Interface Definition draft-ietf-mpls-lc-if-mib-02
  .txt

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On agenda today

• Requirements for Point to Multipoint Traffic
  Engineered MPLS LSPs ltdraft-ietf-mpls-p2mp-requir
  ement-03.txtgt

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Stalled

• Encoding of Attributes for Multiprotocol Label
  Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP)
  Establishment Using RSVP-TE ltdraft-ietf-mpls-rsvp
  te-attributes-04.txtgtNo existing (reported)
  implementations.