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Inter Stateful Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Procedures.
draft-ietf-pce-state-sync-03

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Authors Stephane Litkowski , Siva Sivabalan , Cheng Li , Haomian Zheng
Last updated 2023-01-11 (Latest revision 2022-07-10)
Replaces draft-litkowski-pce-state-sync
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Submit State-sync extension as Proposed Standard
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Abstract

The Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP) provides mechanisms for PCEs to perform path computation in response to a Path Computation Client (PCC) request. The Stateful PCE extensions allow stateful control of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) using PCEP. A Path Computation Client (PCC) can synchronize an LSP state information to a Stateful Path Computation Element (PCE). A PCC can have multiple PCEP sessions towards multiple PCEs. There are some use cases, where an inter-PCE stateful communication can bring additional resiliency in the design, for instance when some PCC-PCE session fails. This document describes the procedures to allow a stateful communication between PCEs for various use-cases and also the procedures to prevent computations loops.

Authors

Stephane Litkowski
Siva Sivabalan
Cheng Li
Haomian Zheng

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