Support for Path MTU (PMTU) in the Path Computation Element (PCE) communication Protocol (PCEP).
draft-li-pce-pcep-pmtu-03
PCE Working Group S. Peng
Internet-Draft C. Li
Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Technologies
Expires: May 4, 2021 L. Han
China Mobile
L. Ndifor
MTN Cameroon
October 31, 2020
Support for Path MTU (PMTU) in the Path Computation Element (PCE)
communication Protocol (PCEP).
draft-li-pce-pcep-pmtu-03
Abstract
The Path Computation Element (PCE) provides path computation
functions in support of traffic engineering in Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) networks.
The Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) architecture
describes how Segment Routing (SR) can be used to steer packets
through an IPv6 or MPLS network using the source routing paradigm. A
Segment Routed Path can be derived from a variety of mechanisms,
including an IGP Shortest Path Tree (SPT), explicit configuration, or
a Path Computation Element (PCE).
Since the SR does not require signaling, the path maximum
transmission unit (MTU) information for SR path is not available.
This document specify the extension to PCE communication protocol
(PCEP) to carry path (MTU) in the PCEP messages.
Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. PCEP Extention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Extensions to METRIC Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Stateful PCE and PCE Initiated LSPs . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. Segment Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Path MTU Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. METRIC Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Introduction
[RFC5440] describes the Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication
Protocol (PCEP). PCEP enables the communication between a Path
Computation Client (PCC) and a PCE, or between PCE and PCE, for the
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purpose of computation of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) as
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