%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-pce-interas-pcecp-reqs instead of this I-D. @techreport{leroux-pce-pcecp-interarea-reqs-00, number = {draft-leroux-pce-pcecp-interarea-reqs-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-leroux-pce-pcecp-interarea-reqs/00/}, author = {Jean-Louis Le Roux}, title = {{PCE Communication Protocol (PCECP) specific requirements for Inter-Area (G)MPLS Traffic Engineering}}, pagetotal = 19, year = 2005, month = oct, day = 17, abstract = {For scalability purposes a network may comprise multiple IGP areas. An inter-area TE-LSP is an LSP that transits through at least two IGP areas. In a multi-area network, topology visibility remains local to a given area, and a head-end LSR cannot compute alone an inter-area shortest constrained path. One key application of the Path Computation Element (PCE) architecture is the computation of inter- area TE-LSP paths. In this context, this document lists a detailed set of PCE Communication Protocol (PCECP) specific requirements for support of inter-area TE-LSP path computation. It complements generic requirements for a PCE Communication Protocol.}, }