RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks

This document specifies an architectural framework for the application of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to the construction of packet-switched…

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Outgoing relationships (33 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3473: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Normative reference — RFC 4090: Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
Normative reference — RFC 5586: MPLS Generic Associated Channel
Normative reference — RFC 4385: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Control Word for Use over an MPLS PSN
Normative reference — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Normative reference — RFC 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
Normative reference — RFC 4872: RSVP-TE Extensions in Support of End-to-End Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Recovery
Informative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 5920: Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3411: An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
Informative reference — RFC 3471: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description
Informative reference — RFC 4379: Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
Informative reference — RFC 3945: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 5654: Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile
Informative reference — RFC 5331: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 5884: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4741: NETCONF Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5860: Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in MPLS Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4377: Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4726: A Framework for Inter-Domain Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering
Informative reference — RFC 5885: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)
Informative reference — RFC 5150: Label Switched Path Stitching with Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (GMPLS TE)
Informative reference — RFC 5659: An Architecture for Multi-Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge
Informative reference — RFC 5254: Requirements for Multi-Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)
Informative reference — RFC 5309: Point-to-Point Operation over LAN in Link State Routing Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 5718: An In-Band Data Communication Network For the MPLS Transport Profile

Incoming relationships (25 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 7274: Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS Labels
Updated by — RFC 6215: MPLS Transport Profile User-to-Network and Network-to-Network Interfaces
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6371: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6372: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Survivability Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6669: An Overview of the Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Toolset for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6373: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Control Plane Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5950: Network Management Framework for MPLS-based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6965: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Applicability: Use Cases and Design
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7167: A Framework for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS in Transport Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6374: Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5960: MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6428: Proactive Connectivity Verification, Continuity Check, and Remote Defect Indication for the MPLS Transport Profile
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8964: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6941: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Security Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7260: GMPLS RSVP-TE Extensions for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6375: A Packet Loss and Delay Measurement Profile for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6511: Non-Penultimate Hop Popping Behavior and Out-of-Band Mapping for RSVP-TE Label Switched Paths
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6670: The Reasons for Selecting a Single Solution for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7212: MPLS Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) Advertisement Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6658: Packet Pseudowire Encapsulation over an MPLS PSN
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6974: Applicability of MPLS Transport Profile for Ring Topologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7213: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Next-Hop Ethernet Addressing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7625: Architecture of an IP/MPLS Network with Hardened Pipes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7708: Using a Generic Associated Channel Label as a Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification Channel Indicator