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Use of Multipath with MPLS-TP and MPLS
draft-ietf-mpls-multipath-use-00

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Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (mpls WG)
Author Curtis Villamizar
Last updated 2013-08-29 (Latest revision 2013-02-25)
Replaces draft-villamizar-mpls-multipath-use
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Abstract

Many MPLS implementations have supported multipath techniques and many MPLS deployments have used multipath techniques, particularly in very high bandwidth applications, such as provider IP/MPLS core networks. MPLS-TP has strongly discouraged the use of multipath techniques. Some degradation of MPLS-TP OAM performance cannot be avoided when operating over many types of multipath implementations. Using MPLS Entropy label, MPLS LSPs can be carried over multipath links while also providing a fully MPLS-TP compliant server layer for MPLS-TP LSPs. This document describes the means of supporting MPLS as a server layer for MPLS-TP. The use of MPLS-TP LSPs as a server layer for MPLS LSPs is also discussed.

Authors

Curtis Villamizar

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