RFC 5286: Basic Specification for IP Fast Reroute: Loop-Free Alternates

This document describes the use of loop-free alternates to provide local protection for unicast traffic in pure IP and MPLS/LDP networks in the event of a…

Read RFC 5286 on the RFC Editor

Incoming relationships (28 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 8518: Selection of Loop-Free Alternates for Multi-Homed Prefixes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7490: Remote Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) Fast Reroute (FRR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7431: Multicast-Only Fast Reroute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9129: YANG Data Model for the OSPF Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6571: Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) Applicability in Service Provider (SP) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8102: Remote-LFA Node Protection and Manageability
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9130: YANG Data Model for the IS-IS Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8104: Pseudowire (PW) Endpoint Fast Failure Protection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9860: Multicast-Only Fast Reroute (MoFRR) Based on Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternate (TI-LFA) Fast Reroute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5714: IP Fast Reroute Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7297: IP Connectivity Provisioning Profile (CPP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7812: An Architecture for IP/LDP Fast Reroute Using Maximally Redundant Trees (MRT-FRR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8355: Resiliency Use Cases in Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9855: Topology Independent Fast Reroute Using Segment Routing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9479: IS-IS Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6981: A Framework for IP and MPLS Fast Reroute Using Not-Via Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8919: IS-IS Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9492: OSPF Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9960: Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint Policy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7715: Multipoint LDP (mLDP) Node Protection
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8920: OSPF Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9502: IGP Flexible Algorithm in IP Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9791: Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and Ancillary Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7190: Use of Multipath with MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8679: MPLS Egress Protection Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9294: Application-Specific Link Attributes Advertisement Using the Border Gateway Protocol - Link State (BGP-LS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9889: A Realization of Network Slices for 5G Networks Using Current IP/MPLS Technologies