RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding

Load balancing is a powerful tool for engineering traffic across a network. This memo suggests ways of improving load balancing across MPLS networks using the…

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Outgoing relationships (15 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 5036: LDP Specification
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3107: Carrying Label Information in BGP-4
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 5420: Encoding of Attributes for MPLS LSP Establishment Using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
Informative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 4379: Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
Informative reference — RFC 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 6388: Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Informative reference — RFC 5884: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 4201: Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
Informative reference — RFC 6391: Flow-Aware Transport of Pseudowires over an MPLS Packet Switched Network

Incoming relationships (23 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7274: Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS Labels
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8012: Label Switched Path (LSP) and Pseudowire (PW) Ping/Trace over MPLS Networks Using Entropy Labels (ELs)
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7447: Deprecation of BGP Entropy Label Capability Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8964: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7570: Label Switched Path (LSP) Attribute in the Explicit Route Object (ERO)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8662: Entropy Label for Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Tunnels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9780: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks over Point-to-Multipoint MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8957: Synonymous Flow Label Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7190: Use of Multipath with MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9994: MPLS Network Action (MNA) Sub-Stack Specification Including In-Stack Network Actions and Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8296: Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and Non-MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9613: Requirements for Solutions that Support MPLS Network Actions (MNAs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7424: Mechanisms for Optimizing Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Component Link Utilization in Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9263: Network Service Header (NSH) Metadata Type 2 Variable-Length Context Headers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9789: MPLS Network Actions (MNAs) Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8372: MPLS Flow Identification Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8663: MPLS Segment Routing over IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9714: Encapsulation for MPLS Performance Measurement with the Alternate-Marking Method
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9570: Deprecating the Use of Router Alert in LSP Ping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9779: Performance Measurement for Segment Routing Networks with the MPLS Data Plane