RFC 9871: BGP Color-Aware Routing (CAR)

This document describes a BGP-based routing solution to establish end-to-end intent-aware paths across a multi-domain transport network. The transport network…

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Outgoing relationships (30 related RFCs)

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 8402: Segment Routing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Normative reference — RFC 4360: BGP Extended Communities Attribute
Normative reference — RFC 8986: Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Network Programming
Normative reference — RFC 9256: Segment Routing Policy Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 7606: Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages
Normative reference — RFC 9012: The BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Normative reference — RFC 4684: Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Normative reference — RFC 8277: Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels to Address Prefixes
Normative reference — RFC 9350: IGP Flexible Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 2545: Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
Normative reference — RFC 8669: Segment Routing Prefix Segment Identifier Extensions for BGP
Normative reference — RFC 9252: BGP Overlay Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
Normative reference — RFC 7311: The Accumulated IGP Metric Attribute for BGP
Informative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Informative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Informative reference — RFC 4272: BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis
Informative reference — RFC 5082: The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)
Informative reference — RFC 6811: BGP Prefix Origin Validation
Informative reference — RFC 4659: BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
Informative reference — RFC 8205: BGPsec Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 7911: Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP
Informative reference — RFC 4798: Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)
Informative reference — RFC 9315: Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and Definitions
Informative reference — RFC 9723: BGP Colored Prefix Routing (CPR) for Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)