RFC 9256: Segment Routing Policy Architecture

Segment Routing (SR) allows a node to steer a packet flow along any path. Intermediate per-path states are eliminated thanks to source routing. SR Policy is…

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Outgoing relationships (28 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 8402: Segment Routing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 8754: IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH)
Normative reference — RFC 8986: Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Network Programming
Normative reference — RFC 7752: North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGP
Normative reference — RFC 8660: Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane
Normative reference — RFC 9012: The BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3630: Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 1195: Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and dual environments
Informative reference — RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
Informative reference — RFC 4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Informative reference — RFC 5305: IS-IS Extensions for Traffic Engineering
Informative reference — RFC 5307: IS-IS Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
Informative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Informative reference — RFC 8231: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Stateful PCE
Informative reference — RFC 6830: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
Informative reference — RFC 5329: Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF Version 3
Informative reference — RFC 8664: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing
Informative reference — RFC 7471: OSPF Traffic Engineering (TE) Metric Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 8570: IS-IS Traffic Engineering (TE) Metric Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 8491: Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using IS-IS
Informative reference — RFC 8476: Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using OSPF
Informative reference — RFC 9086: Border Gateway Protocol - Link State (BGP-LS) Extensions for Segment Routing BGP Egress Peer Engineering
Informative reference — RFC 8814: Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using the Border Gateway Protocol - Link State

Incoming relationships (26 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9830: Advertising Segment Routing Policies in BGP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9831: Segment Type Extensions for BGP Segment Routing (SR) Policy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9857: Advertisement of Segment Routing Policies Using BGP - Link State
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9960: Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint Policy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9723: BGP Colored Prefix Routing (CPR) for Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9862: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing (SR) Policy Candidate Paths
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9655: Egress Validation in Label Switched Path Ping and Traceroute Mechanisms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9871: BGP Color-Aware Routing (CAR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9884: Label Switched Path Ping for Segment Routing Path Segment Identifier with MPLS Data Plane
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9933: Carrying SR-Algorithm in Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9522: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
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 9487: Export of Segment Routing over IPv6 Information in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9492: OSPF Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9604: Carrying Binding Label/SID in PCE-Based Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9703: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) Egress Peer Engineering (EPE) Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9947: Application of the Alternate-Marking Method to the Segment Routing Header
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9503: Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP) Extensions for Segment Routing Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9689: Use Cases for a PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9716: Mechanisms for MPLS Ping and Traceroute Procedures in Inter-Domain Segment Routing Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9779: Performance Measurement for Segment Routing Networks with the MPLS Data Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9832: BGP Classful Transport Planes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9863: Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Extension for Color
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9889: A Realization of Network Slices for 5G Networks Using Current IP/MPLS Technologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10018: Multicast and Ethernet VPN with Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) and Ingress Replication