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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) R. Aggarwal
Request for Comments: 6389 Juniper Networks
Category: Standards Track JL. Le Roux
ISSN: 2070-1721 Orange
November 2011
MPLS Upstream Label Assignment for LDP
Abstract
This document describes procedures for distributing upstream-assigned
labels for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP). It also describes
how these procedures can be used for avoiding branch Label Switching
Router (LSR) traffic replication on a LAN for LDP point-to-multipoint
(P2MP) Label Switched Paths (LSPs).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Specification of Requirements ...................................3
3. LDP Upstream Label Assignment Capability ........................3
4. Distributing Upstream-Assigned Labels in LDP ....................4
4.1. Procedures .................................................4
5. LDP Tunnel Identifier Exchange ..................................5
6. LDP Point-to-Multipoint LSPs on a LAN ...........................9
7. IANA Considerations ............................................11
7.1. LDP TLVs ..................................................11
7.2. Interface Type Identifiers ................................11
8. Security Considerations ........................................12
9. Acknowledgements ...............................................12
10. References ....................................................12
10.1. Normative References .....................................12
10.2. Informative References ...................................13
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1. Introduction
This document describes procedures for distributing upstream-assigned
labels [RFC5331] for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) [RFC5036].
These procedures follow the architecture for MPLS upstream label
assignment described in [RFC5331].
This document describes extensions to LDP that a Label Switching
Router (LSR) can use to advertise whether the LSR supports upstream
label assignment to its neighboring LSRs.
This document also describes extensions to LDP to distribute
upstream-assigned labels.
The usage of MPLS upstream label assignment using LDP to avoid branch
LSR traffic replication on a LAN for LDP point-to-multipoint (P2MP)
Label Switched Paths (LSPs) [RFC6388] is also described.
2. Specification of Requirements
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
3. LDP Upstream Label Assignment Capability
According to [RFC5331], upstream-assigned label bindings MUST NOT be
used unless it is known that a downstream LSR supports them. This
implies that there MUST be a mechanism to enable an LSR to advertise
to its LDP neighbor LSR(s) its support of upstream-assigned labels.
A new Capability Parameter, the LDP Upstream Label Assignment
Capability, is introduced to allow an LDP peer to exchange with its
peers, its support of upstream label assignment. This parameter
follows the format and procedures for exchanging Capability
Parameters defined in [RFC5561].
Following is the format of the LDP Upstream Label Assignment
Capability Parameter:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|1|0| Upstrm Lbl Ass Cap(0x0507)| Length (= 1) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|1| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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If an LSR includes the Upstream Label Assignment Capability in LDP
Initialization messages, it implies that the LSR is capable of both
distributing upstream-assigned label bindings and receiving upstream-
assigned label bindings. The reserved bits MUST be set to zero on
transmission and ignored on receipt. The Upstream Label Assignment
Capability Parameter MUST be carried only in LDP Initialization
messages and MUST be ignored if received in LDP Capability messages.
4. Distributing Upstream-Assigned Labels in LDP
An optional LDP TLV, Upstream-Assigned Label Request TLV, is
introduced. To request an upstream-assigned label, an LDP peer MUST
include this TLV in a Label Request message.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0|Upstrm-Ass Lbl Req (0x0205)| Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
An optional LDP TLV, Upstream-Assigned Label TLV, is introduced to
signal an upstream-assigned label. Upstream-Assigned Label TLVs are
carried by the messages used to advertise, release, and withdraw
upstream-assigned label mappings.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0| Upstrm-Ass Label (0x0204) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Label |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The Label field is a 20-bit label value as specified in [RFC3032],
represented as a 20-bit number in a 4-octet field as specified in
Section 3.4.2.1 of RFC 5036 [RFC5036].
4.1. Procedures
Procedures for Label Mapping, Label Request, Label Abort, Label
Withdraw, and Label Release follow [RFC5036] other than the
modifications pointed out in this section.
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An LDP LSR MUST NOT distribute the Upstream-Assigned Label TLV to a
neighboring LSR if the neighboring LSR has not previously advertised
the Upstream Label Assignment Capability in its LDP Initialization
messages. An LDP LSR MUST NOT send the Upstream-Assigned Label
Request TLV to a neighboring LSR if the neighboring LSR has not
previously advertised the Upstream Label Assignment Capability in its
LDP Initialization messages.
As described in [RFC5331], the distribution of upstream-assigned
labels is similar to either ordered LSP control or independent LSP
control of the downstream-assigned labels.
When the label distributed in a Label Mapping message is an upstream-
assigned label, the Upstream-Assigned Label TLV MUST be included in
the Label Mapping message. When an LSR receives a Label Mapping
message with an Upstream-Assigned Label TLV and it does not recognize
the TLV, it MUST generate a Notification message with a status code
of "Unknown TLV" [RFC5036]. If it does recognize the TLV but is
unable to process the upstream label, it MUST generate a Notification
message with a status code of "No Label Resources". If the Label
Mapping message was generated in response to a Label Request message,
the Label Request message MUST contain an Upstream-Assigned Label
Request TLV. An LSR that generates an upstream-assigned label
request to a neighbor LSR, for a given FEC, MUST NOT send a
downstream label mapping to the neighbor LSR for that FEC unless it
withdraws the upstream-assigned label binding. Similarly, if an LSR
generates a downstream-assigned label request to a neighbor LSR, for
a given FEC, it MUST NOT send an upstream label mapping to that LSR
for that FEC, unless it aborts the downstream-assigned label request.
The Upstream-Assigned Label TLV may be optionally included in Label
Withdraw and Label Release messages that withdraw/release a
particular upstream-assigned label binding.
5. LDP Tunnel Identifier Exchange
As described in [RFC5331], a specific upstream LSR (Ru) MAY transmit
an MPLS packet, the top label of which (L) is upstream assigned, to
its downstream neighbor LSR (Rd). In this case, the fact that L is
upstream assigned is determined by Rd by the tunnel on which the
packet is received. There must be a mechanism for Ru to inform Rd
that a particular tunnel from Ru to Rd will be used by Ru for
transmitting MPLS packets with upstream-assigned MPLS labels.
When LDP is used for upstream label assignment, the Interface ID TLV
[RFC3472] is used for signaling the Tunnel Identifier. If Ru uses an
IP or MPLS tunnel to transmit MPLS packets with upstream assigned
labels to Rd, Ru MUST include the Interface ID TLV in the Label
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Mapping messages along with the Upstream-Assigned Label TLV. The
IPv4/IPv6 Next/Previous Hop Address and the Logical Interface ID
fields in the Interface ID TLV SHOULD be set to 0 by the sender and
ignored by the receiver. The Length field indicates the total length
of the TLV, i.e., 4 + the length of the Value field in octets. A
Value field whose length is not a multiple of four MUST be zero-
padded so that the TLV is four-octet aligned.
Hence the IPv4 Interface ID TLV has the following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0| Type (0x082d) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| IPv4 Next/Previous Hop Address (0) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Logical Interface ID (0) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sub-TLVs |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The IPv6 Interface ID TLV has the following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0| Type (0x082e) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| IPv6 Next/Previous Hop Address (0) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Logical Interface ID (0) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sub-TLVs |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
As shown in the above figures, the Interface ID TLV carries sub-TLVs.
Four new Interface ID sub-TLVs are introduced to support RSVP -
Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) P2MP LSPs, LDP P2MP LSPs, IP Multicast
Tunnels, and context labels. The sub-TLV value in the sub-TLV acts
as the tunnel identifier.
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The following sub-TLVs are introduced:
1. RSVP-TE P2MP LSP TLV (Type = 28)
The value of the TLV is the RSVP-TE P2MP LSP SESSION Object
[RFC4875].
Below is the RSVP-TE P2MP LSP TLV format when carried in the IPv4
Interface ID TLV:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type (0x1c) | 16 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| P2MP ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MUST be zero | Tunnel ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Extended Tunnel ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Below is the RSVP-TE P2MP LSP TLV format when carried in the IPv6
Interface ID TLV:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type (0x1c) | 28 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| P2MP ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MUST be zero | Tunnel ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Extended Tunnel ID |
| |
| ....... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
This TLV identifies the RSVP-TE P2MP LSP. It allows Ru to tunnel an
"inner" LDP P2MP LSP, the label for which is upstream assigned, over
an "outer" RSVP-TE P2MP LSP that has leaves <Rd1...Rdn>. The RSVP-TE
P2MP LSP IF_ID TLV allows Ru to signal to <Rd1...Rdn> the binding of
the inner LDP P2MP LSP to the outer RSVP-TE P2MP LSP. The control-
plane signaling between Ru and <Rd1...Rdn> for the inner P2MP LSP
uses targeted LDP signaling messages.
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2. LDP P2MP LSP TLV (Type = 29)
The value of the TLV is the LDP P2MP FEC as defined in [RFC6388] and
has to be set as per the procedures in [RFC6388]. Here is the format
of the LDP P2MP FEC as defined in [RFC6388]:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|P2MP Type | Address Family | Address Length|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ Root Node Address ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Opaque Length | Opaque Value ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
~ ~
| |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The Address Family MUST be set to IPv4, the Address Length MUST be
set to 4, and the Root Node Address MUST be set to an IPv4 address
when the LDP P2MP LSP TLV is carried in the IPv4 Interface ID TLV.
The Address Family MUST be set to IPv6, the Address Length MUST be
set to 16, and the Root Node Address MUST be set to an IPv6 address
when the LDP P2MP LSP TLV is carried in the IPv6 Interface ID TLV.
The TLV value identifies the LDP P2MP LSP. It allows Ru to tunnel an
inner LDP P2MP LSP, the label for which is upstream assigned, over an
outer LDP P2MP LSP that has leaves <Rd1...Rdn>. The LDP P2MP LSP
IF_ID TLV allows Ru to signal to <Rd1...Rdn> the binding of the inner
LDP P2MP LSP to the outer LDP-P2MP LSP. The control-plane signaling
between Ru and <Rd1...Rdn> for the inner P2MP LSP uses targeted LDP
signaling messages.
3. IP Multicast Tunnel TLV (Type = 30)
In this case, the TLV value is a <Source Address, Multicast Group
Address> tuple. Source Address is the IP address of the root of the
tunnel (i.e., Ru), and Multicast Group Address is the Multicast Group
Address used by the tunnel. The addresses MUST be IPv4 addresses
when the IP Multicast Tunnel TLV is included in the IPv4 Interface ID
TLV. The addresses MUST be IPv6 addresses when the IP Multicast
Tunnel TLV is included in the IPv6 Interface ID TLV.
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4. MPLS Context Label TLV (Type = 31)
In this case, the TLV value is a <Source Address, MPLS Context Label>
tuple. The Source Address belongs to Ru and the MPLS Context Label
is an upstream-assigned label, assigned by Ru. The Source Address
MUST be set to an IPv4 address when the MPLS Context Label TLV is
carried in the IPv4 Interface ID TLV. The Source Address MUST be set
to an IPv6 address when the MPLS Context Label TLV is carried in the
IPv6 Interface ID TLV. This allows Ru to tunnel an inner LDP P2MP
LSP, the label of which is upstream assigned, over an outer one-hop
MPLS LSP, where the outer one-hop LSP has the following property:
o The label pushed by Ru for the outer MPLS LSP is an upstream-
assigned context label, assigned by Ru. When <Rd1...Rdn>
perform an MPLS label lookup on this label, a combination of
this label and the incoming interface MUST be sufficient for
<Rd1...Rdn> to uniquely determine Ru's context-specific label
space to look up the next label on the stack. <Rd1...Rdn> MUST
receive the data sent by Ru with the context-specific label
assigned by Ru being the top label on the label stack.
Currently, the usage of the Context Label TLV is limited only to LDP
P2MP LSPs on a LAN as specified in the next section. The Context
Label TLV MUST NOT be used for any other purpose.
Note that when the outer P2MP LSP is signaled with RSVP-TE or MLDP,
the above procedures assume that Ru has a priori knowledge of all the
<Rd1, ... Rdn>. In the scenario where the outer P2MP LSP is signaled
using RSVP-TE, Ru can obtain this information from RSVP-TE. However,
in the scenario where the outer P2MP LSP is signaled using MLDP, MLDP
does not provide this information to Ru. In this scenario, the
procedures by which Ru could acquire this information are outside the
scope of this document.
6. LDP Point-to-Multipoint LSPs on a LAN
This section describes one application of upstream label assignment
using LDP. Further applications are to be described in separate
documents.
[RFC6388] describes how to setup P2MP LSPs using LDP. On a LAN the
solution relies on "ingress replication". An LSR on a LAN, that is a
branch LSR for a P2MP LSP (say Ru), sends a separate copy of a packet
that it receives on the P2MP LSP to each of the downstream LSRs on
the LAN (say <Rd1...Rdn>) that are adjacent to it in the P2MP LSP.
It is desirable for Ru to send a single copy of the packet for the
LDP P2MP LSP on the LAN, when there are multiple downstream routers
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on the LAN that are adjacent to Ru in that LDP P2MP LSP. This
requires that each of <Rd1...Rdn> must be able to associate the label
L, used by Ru to transmit packets for the P2MP LSP on the LAN, with
that P2MP LSP. It is possible to achieve this using LDP upstream-
assigned labels with the following procedures.
Consider an LSR Rd that receives the LDP P2MP FEC [RFC6388] from its
downstream LDP peer. Additionally, consider that the upstream
interface to reach LSR Ru that is the next hop to the P2MP LSP root
address (Pr) in the LDP P2MP FEC is a LAN interface (Li) and that Rd
and Ru support upstream-assigned labels. In this case, instead of
sending a Label Mapping message as described in [RFC6388], Rd sends a
Label Request message to Ru. This Label Request message MUST contain
an Upstream-Assigned Label Request TLV.
On receiving this message, Ru sends back a Label Mapping message to
Rd with an upstream-assigned label. This message also contains an
Interface ID TLV with an MPLS Context Label sub-TLV, as described in
the previous section, with the value of the MPLS label set to a value
assigned by Ru on interface Li as specified in [RFC5331]. Processing
of the Label Request and Label Mapping messages for LDP upstream-
assigned labels is as described in Section 4.1. If Ru receives a
Label Request for an upstream-assigned label for the same P2MP FEC
from multiple downstream LSRs on the LAN, <Rd1...Rdn>, it MUST send
the same upstream-assigned label to each of <Rd1...Rdn>.
Ru transmits the MPLS packet using the procedures defined in
[RFC5331] and [RFC5332]. The MPLS packet transmitted by Ru contains
as the top label the context label assigned by Ru on the LAN
interface, Li. The bottom label is the upstream label assigned by Ru
to the LDP P2MP LSP. The top label is looked up in the context of
the LAN interface (Li) by a downstream LSR on the LAN. This lookup
enables the downstream LSR to determine the context-specific label
space in which to look up the inner label.
Note that <Rd1...Rdn> may have more than one equal-cost next hop on
the LAN to reach Pr. It MAY be desirable for all of them to send the
label request to the same upstream LSR and they MAY select one
upstream LSR using the following procedure:
1. The candidate upstream LSRs are numbered from lower to higher IP
address.
2. The following hash is performed: H = (Sum Opaque value) modulo N,
where N is the number of candidate upstream LSRs. The Opaque
value is defined in [RFC6388] and comprises the P2MP LSP
identifier.
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3. The selected upstream LSR U is the LSR that has the number H.
This allows for load balancing of a set of LSPs among a set of
candidate upstream LSRs, while ensuring that on a LAN interface, a
single upstream LSR is selected. It is also to be noted that the
procedures in this section can still be used by Rd and Ru if other
LSRs on the LAN do not support upstream label assignment. Ingress
replication and downstream label assignment will continue to be used
for LSRs that do not support upstream label assignment.
7. IANA Considerations
7.1. LDP TLVs
IANA maintains a registry of LDP TLVs at the registry "Label
Distribution Protocol" in the sub-registry called "TLV Type Name
Space".
This document defines a new LDP Upstream Label Assignment Capability
TLV (Section 3). IANA has assigned the value 0x0507 to this TLV.
This document defines a new LDP Upstream-Assigned Label TLV (Section
4). IANA has assigned the type value of 0x204 to this TLV.
This document defines a new LDP Upstream-Assigned Label Request TLV
(Section 4). IANA has assigned the type value of 0x205 to this TLV.
7.2. Interface Type Identifiers
[RFC3472] defines the LDP Interface ID IPv4 and IPv6 TLV. These top-
level TLVs can carry sub-TLVs dependent on the interface type. These
sub-TLVs are assigned "Interface ID Types". IANA maintains a
registry of Interface ID Types for use in GMPLS in the registry
"Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling
Parameters" and sub-registry "Interface_ID Types". IANA has made the
corresponding allocations from this registry as follows:
- RSVP-TE P2MP LSP TLV (value 28)
- LDP P2MP LSP TLV (value 29)
- IP Multicast Tunnel TLV (value 30)
- MPLS Context Label TLV (value 31)
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8. Security Considerations
The security considerations discussed in [RFC5036], [RFC5331], and
[RFC5332] apply to this document.
More detailed discussion of security issues that are relevant in the
context of MPLS and GMPLS, including security threats, related
defensive techniques, and the mechanisms for detection and reporting,
are discussed in "Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Networks"
[RFC5920].
9. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Yakov Rekhter for his contribution. Thanks to Ina Minei
and Thomas Morin for their comments. The hashing algorithm used on
LAN interfaces is taken from [RFC6388]. Thanks to Loa Andersson,
Adrian Farrel, and Eric Rosen for their comments and review.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC5036] Andersson, L., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., and B. Thomas, Ed.,
"LDP Specification", RFC 5036, October 2007.
[RFC4875] Aggarwal, R., Ed., Papadimitriou, D., Ed., and S. Yasukawa,
Ed., "Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic
Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label
Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 4875, May 2007.
[RFC5331] Aggarwal, R., Rekhter, Y., and E. Rosen, "MPLS Upstream
Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space", RFC
5331, August 2008.
[RFC5332] Eckert, T., Rosen, E., Ed., Aggarwal, R., and Y. Rekhter,
"MPLS Multicast Encapsulations", RFC 5332, August 2008.
[RFC5561] Thomas, B., Raza, K., Aggarwal, S., Aggarwal, R., and JL.
Le Roux, "LDP Capabilities", RFC 5561, July 2009.
[RFC6388] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., Kompella, K., and B.
Thomas, "Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point-
to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched
Paths", RFC 6388, November 2011.
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10.2. Informative References
[RFC3032] Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y.,
Farinacci, D., Li, T., and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack
Encoding", RFC 3032, January 2001.
[RFC3472] Ashwood-Smith, P., Ed., and L. Berger, Ed., "Generalized
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling
Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol
(CR-LDP) Extensions", RFC 3472, January 2003.
[RFC5920] Fang, L., Ed., "Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS
Networks", RFC 5920, July 2010.
Author's Address
Rahul Aggarwal
Juniper Networks
1194 North Mathilda Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Phone: +1-408-936-2720
EMail: raggarwa_1@yahoo.com
Jean-Louis Le Roux
France Telecom
2, avenue Pierre-Marzin
22307 Lannion Cedex
France
EMail: jeanlouis.leroux@orange-ftgroup.com
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