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Revised MPLS charter update
Please update the charter under the IESG agenda with the
following text that incorporates IESG comments.
Alex
Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)
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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
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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
- Determine (with CCAMP) what procedures are appropriate for evaluating
proposals to extend the MPLS and GMPLS protocols, and document these
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.