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<reference anchor="I-D.zwx-rift-leaf-ring" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-zwx-rift-leaf-ring-02">
   <front>
      <title>Supporting leaves without northbound neighbors connecting to a fat-tree network using RIFT</title>
      <author initials="Z." surname="Zhang" fullname="Zheng Zhang">
         <organization>ZTE Corporation</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="Y." surname="Wei" fullname="Yuehua Wei">
         <organization>ZTE Corporation</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="B." surname="Xu" fullname="BenChong Xu">
         <organization>ZTE Corporation</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="January" day="3" year="2023" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   This document discusses the usage and solution for leaf nodes without
   northbound neighbors connecting to a fat-tree network by leaf nodes
   having direct northbound neighbors in RIFT.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-zwx-rift-leaf-ring-02" />
   
</reference>
