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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) in Segment Routing Networks Using MPLS Dataplane
draft-ietf-spring-bfd-12

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (spring WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Greg Mirsky , Jeff Tantsura , Ilya Varlashkin , Mach Chen , Jiang Wenying
Last updated 2025-03-17 (Latest revision 2024-09-10)
Replaces draft-mirsky-spring-bfd
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Experimental
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Awaiting Expert Review/Resolution of Issues Raised, Awaiting External Review/Resolution of Issues Raised, Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC
Document shepherd Ketan Talaulikar
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Abstract

Segment Routing (SR) architecture leverages the paradigm of source routing. It can be realized in the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network without changing the data plane. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is expected to monitor a segment list, representing a specific source-routed SR Policy path between the headend and an endpoint. This document describes using BFD for monitoring individual segment lists of candidate paths of an SR Policy. It documents the use of various BFD modes and features such as BFD Demand mode, Seamless BFD, and BFD Echo function with the BFD Control packet payload in the SR-MPLS domain. Also, this document defines how to use Label Switched Path Ping to bootstrap a BFD session, with optional control of selecting a segment list in the reverse direction of the BFD session.

Authors

Greg Mirsky
Jeff Tantsura
Ilya Varlashkin
Mach Chen
Jiang Wenying

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