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BFD For MPLS LSPs
draft-raggarwa-mpls-bfd-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Rahul Aggarwal , Kireeti Kompella
Last updated 2003-10-17
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Abstract

One desirable application of BFD is to detect a MPLS LSP data plane failure. LSP-Ping [LSP-Ping] is an existing mechanism for detecting MPLS data plane failures and for verifying the MPLS LSP data plane against the control plane. BFD can be used for the former, but not for the latter. However a combination of LSP-Ping and BFD can be used to provide faster data plane failure detection and/or make it possible to provide such detection on a greater number of LSPs. This document describes the applicability of BFD in relation to LSP-Ping for this application. It also describes procedures for using BFD in this environment.

Authors

Rahul Aggarwal
Kireeti Kompella

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