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<reference anchor="I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-ioam" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ioam-15">
   <front>
      <title>MPLS Network Actions for In Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance</title>
      <author initials="R." surname="Gandhi" fullname="Rakesh Gandhi">
         <organization>Cisco Systems, Inc.</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="G." surname="Mirsky" fullname="Greg Mirsky">
         <organization>Ciena Corporation</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="H." surname="Song" fullname="Haoyu Song">
         <organization>Futurewei Technologies</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="B." surname="Wen" fullname="Bin Wen">
         <organization>Comcast</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="V." surname="Kozak" fullname="Voitek Kozak">
         <organization>Comcast</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="October" day="25" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   In situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM), defined
   in RFC 9197, collects operational and telemetry information in the
   packet using IOAM-Data-Fields while the packet traverses a path
   between two points in the network.  Several IOAM Option-Types are
   available, including Pre-allocated Trace, Proof of Transit (POT),
   Edge-to-Edge (E2E), and Incremental Trace.  These Option-Types can be
   used to collect information for calculating various performance
   metrics.  RFC 9326 defines the IOAM Direct Export (IOAM-DEX) Option-
   Type, which is used as a trigger for IOAM data to be directly
   exported or locally aggregated without being pushed into in-flight
   data packets.

   MPLS Network Action (MNA) mechanisms indicate actions to be performed
   on any combination of Label Switched Paths, MPLS packets, and the
   node itself, and transport the data needed for these actions.  This
   document defines MNAs to collect and transport the operational state
   and telemetry information using IOAM-Data-Fields as well as IOAM-DEX.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ioam-15" />
   
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