Updated MPLS charter

[Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com>]

Please put the updated text of the MPLS charter
to the telechat agenda for initial IESG review
-- 
Alex


 Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)
 -------------------------------------

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
   George Swallow <swallow@cisco.com>
   Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se>

 Routing Area Director(s):
   Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
   Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com>

 Routing Area Advisor:
   Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com>

 Mailing Lists:
 General Discussion: mpls@uu.net
 To Subscribe: mpls-request@uu.net
 In Body: subscribe (unsubscribe)
 Archive: http://cell.onecall.net/cell-relay/archives/mpls/mpls.index.html

 Description of Working Group:

 The MPLS working group is responsible for standardizing a base
 technology for using label switching and for the implementation of
 label-switched paths over various packet based link-level
 technologies, such as Packet-over-Sonet, Frame Relay, ATM, and
 LAN technologies (e.g. all forms of Ethernet, Token Ring, etc.).
 This includes procedures and protocols for the distribution of
 labels between routers and encapsulation.

 The working group is also responsible for specifying the necessary
 MIBs for the  functionality specified in the base MPLS technology.

 The first generation of the MPLS standards are largely complete,
 and the current WG work items are:

 - procedures and protocols for multicast protocol extensions for
   point-to-multipoint TE, including soft-preemption

 - Define requirements and mechanisms for MPLS OAM

 - Define an overall OAM framework for MPLS applications

 - MPLS-specific aspects of traffic engineering for multi-areas/multi-AS
   in cooperation with the CCAMP WG

 The Working Group chairs tracking of the working group documents can be
 viewed at http://urax.utfors.net/~loa/MPLS_WG_Drafts.htm

 Goals and Milestones:

 Done    Submit documents from original MPLS effort to IESG

 Done    Framework for IP multicast over label-switched paths ready for advancement.

 Done    LDP fault tolerance specification ready for advancement to Proposed Standard.

 Done    Specification for MPLS-specific recovery ready for advancement.

 Done    Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forward
         Equivalency Class-To-Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry
         Management Information Base to the IESG for publication as
         Proposed Standards
         
 Done    Submit Definitions of Managed Objects for MultoiProtocol
         Label Switching, Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) to the
         IESG for publication as Proposed Standards

 Done    Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching
         Router (LSR), Management Information Base to the IESG for
         publication as Proposed Standards
         
 Done    Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview
         to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards
 
 Done    Submit Definitions of Textual Conventions for Multiprotocol
         Label Switching (MPLS) Management to the IESG for publication
         as Proposed Standards
         
 Done    Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic
         Engineering Management Information Base to the IESG for
         publication as Proposed Standards

 Oct 03  Advance the Label Distribution Protocol to Draft Standard.

 Oct 03  Submit the Traffic Engineering Link MIB to the IESG for
         as a Proposed Standard

 Oct 03  Submit a specification on Encapsulations to carry MPLS over
         IP and GRE to the IESG for as a Proposed Standard

 Nov 03  Together with CCAMP complete and establish the (G)MPLS change
         process

 Apr 04  Advance MPLS Architecture and MPLS encapsulation to Draft
         Standard

 Apr 04  Submit a specification on Soft Pre-emption of LSP Tunnels to
         the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard

 Nov 03  Submit specification on LSP Ping to the IESG for publication
         as a Proposed Standard

 Apr 04  Submit specification on LSR Self Test to the IESG for
         publication as a Proposed Standard

 Aug 04  Submit an OAM Framework Document to the IESG for publication
         as an Informational RFC

 Oct 04  Advance "Extension to RSVP for LSP Tunnels" to Draft
         Standard

 Nov 04  Submit a document defining the scope, requirements, and issues 
         to resolve for setup of P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS)

 Mar 04  Submit document(s) specifying protocol extensions, enhancements 
         and mechanisms for setup of P2MP TE LSPs
         

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FYI, removed or replaced milestones:

 REMOVE  Shepherd completed MPLS specifications through IESG review and RFC editor processing
 REMOVE  MPLS-TE MIB ready for advancement to Proposed Standard
 REMOVE  Base MPLS Proposed Standard RFCs ready for advancement to Draft Standard.
 REMOVE  LDP end-to-end LSP authentication ready for advancement to Proposed Standard.