RFC 4204 on Link Management Protocol (LMP)

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        RFC 4204

        Title:      Link Management Protocol (LMP)
        Author(s):  J. Lang, Ed.
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       October 2005
        Mailbox:    jplang@ieee.org
        Pages:      86
        Characters: 186515
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ccamp-lmp-10.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4204.txt


For scalability purposes, multiple data links can be combined to
form a single traffic engineering (TE) link.  Furthermore, the
management of TE links is not restricted to in-band messaging, but
instead can be done using out-of-band techniques.  This document
specifies a link management protocol (LMP) that runs between a pair
of nodes and is used to manage TE links.  Specifically, LMP will be
used to maintain control channel connectivity, verify the physical
connectivity of the data links, correlate the link property
information, suppress downstream alarms, and localize link failures
for protection/restoration purposes in multiple kinds of networks.

This document is a product of the Common Control and Measurement Plane
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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