Internal WG Review: Recharter of Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)

[iesg-secretary@ietf.org]

A new charter for the Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) Working Group 
in the Routing Area of the IETF is being considered. The draft charter is 
provided below for your review and comment.

The IETF Secretariat.

   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
                   
 </charter>
                   
 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.