Network Working Group P. Pan, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4090 Hammerhead Systems
Category: Standards Track G. Swallow, Ed.
Cisco Systems
A. Atlas, Ed.
Avici Systems
May 2005
Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
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Abstract
This document defines RSVP-TE extensions to establish backup label-
switched path (LSP) tunnels for local repair of LSP tunnels. These
mechanisms enable the re-direction of traffic onto backup LSP tunnels
in 10s of milliseconds, in the event of a failure.
Two methods are defined here. The one-to-one backup method creates
detour LSPs for each protected LSP at each potential point of local
repair. The facility backup method creates a bypass tunnel to
protect a potential failure point; by taking advantage of MPLS label
stacking, this bypass tunnel can protect a set of LSPs that have
similar backup constraints. Both methods can be used to protect
links and nodes during network failure. The described behavior and
extensions to RSVP allow nodes to implement either method or both and
to interoperate in a mixed network.
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RFC 4090 RSVP-TE Fast Reroute May 2005
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................3
1.1. Background ...............................................4
2. Terminology ....................................................4
3. Local Repair Techniques ........................................6
3.1. One-to-One Backup ........................................6
3.2. Facility Backup ..........................................7
4. RSVP Extensions ................................................8
4.1. FAST_REROUTE Object ......................................8
4.2. DETOUR Object ...........................................11
4.2.1. DETOUR Object for IPv4 Address ...................11
4.2.2. DETOUR Object for IPv6 Address ...................12
4.3. SESSION_ATTRIBUTE Flags .................................13
4.4. RRO IPv4/IPv6 Sub-object Flags ..........................14
5. Head-End Behavior .............................................15
6. Point of Local Repair (PLR) Behavior ..........................16
6.1. Signaling a Backup Path .................................17
6.1.1. Backup Path Identification: Sender
Template-Specific ................................19
6.1.2. Backup Path Identification: Path-Specific ........19
6.2. Procedures for Backup Path Computation ..................20
6.3. Signaling Backups for One-to-One Protection .............21
6.3.1. Make-before-Break with Detour LSPs ...............22
6.3.2. Message Handling .................................23
6.3.3. Local Reroute of Traffic onto Detour LSP .........23
6.4. Signaling for Facility Protection .......................24
6.4.1. Discovering Downstream Labels ....................24
6.4.2. Procedures for the PLR before Local Repair .......24
6.4.3. Procedures for the PLR during Local Repair .......25
6.4.4. Processing Backup Tunnel's ERO ...................26
6.5. PLR Procedures during Local Repair ......................26
6.5.1. Notification of Local Repair .....................26
6.5.2. Revertive Behavior ...............................27
7. Merge Node Behavior ...........................................28
7.1. Handling Backup Path Messages before Failure ............28
7.1.1. Merging Backup Paths using the Sender
Template-Specific Method .........................29
7.1.2. Merging Detours using the Path-Specific Method ...29
7.1.3. Message Handling for Merged Detours ..............31
7.2. Handling Failures .......................................31
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