%% You should probably cite draft-hao-bess-evpn-centralized-df-04 instead of this revision. @techreport{hao-bess-evpn-centralized-df-00, number = {draft-hao-bess-evpn-centralized-df-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hao-bess-evpn-centralized-df/00/}, author = {Hao Weiguo and Lili Wang and Yizhou Li and Shunwan Zhuang}, title = {{Centralized EVPN DF Election}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2016, month = feb, day = 16, abstract = {This document proposes a centralized DF Designated Forwarder election mechanism to be used between the SDN(Software defined network) controller and each PE(Provider Edge) in EVPN network. Such a mechanism overcomes the issues of current standalone DF election defined in RFC7432. A new BGP capability and an additional DF Election Result Route Type are proposed to support the centralized DF mechanism.}, }