RFC 9843: IGP Flexible Algorithms: Bandwidth, Delay, Metrics, and Constraints

Many networks configure the IGP link metric relative to the link capacity, and high bandwidth traffic gets routed per the link capacity. Flexible Algorithms…

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Outgoing relationships (23 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 9350: IGP Flexible Algorithm
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 2328: OSPF Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 3630: Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 1195: Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and dual environments
Normative reference — RFC 5305: IS-IS Extensions for Traffic Engineering
Normative reference — RFC 5329: Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF Version 3
Normative reference — RFC 7684: OSPFv2 Prefix/Link Attribute Advertisement
Normative reference — RFC 8362: OSPFv3 Link State Advertisement (LSA) Extensibility
Normative reference — RFC 5392: OSPF Extensions in Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering
Normative reference — RFC 8668: Advertising Layer 2 Bundle Member Link Attributes in IS-IS
Normative reference — RFC 9479: IS-IS Application-Specific Link Attributes
Normative reference — RFC 9356: Advertising Layer 2 Bundle Member Link Attributes in OSPF
Normative reference — RFC 9492: OSPF Application-Specific Link Attributes
Informative reference — RFC 4655: A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 5120: M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)
Informative reference — RFC 7471: OSPF Traffic Engineering (TE) Metric Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 5715: A Framework for Loop-Free Convergence
Informative reference — RFC 8570: IS-IS Traffic Engineering (TE) Metric Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 5311: Simplified Extension of Link State PDU (LSP) Space for IS-IS
Informative reference — RFC 9346: IS-IS Extensions in Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9917: IGP Flexible Algorithms Reverse Affinity Constraint
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9857: Advertisement of Segment Routing Policies Using BGP - Link State
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9933: Carrying SR-Algorithm in Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)