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                                                        December 2001


               GMPLS Extensions for SONET and SDH Control


                 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-sonet-sdh-03.txt

Status of this Memo

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Abstract

   This document is a companion to the Generalized MPLS signaling
   documents, [GMPLS-SIG], [GMPLS-RSVP] and [GMPLS-LDP].  It defines
   the SONET/SDH technology specific information needed when using
   GMPLS signaling.


1. Introduction

   Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) extends MPLS from supporting packet
   (Packet Switching Capable - PSC) interfaces and switching to
   include support of four new classes of interfaces and switching:
   Layer-2 Switch Capable (L2SC), Time-Division Multiplex (TDM),
   Lambda Switch Capable (LSC) and Fiber-Switch Capable (FSC). A
   functional description of the extensions to MPLS signaling needed
   to support the new classes of interfaces and switching is provided
   in [GMPLS-SIG]. [GMPLS-RSVP] describes RSVP-TE specific formats
   and mechanisms needed to support all five classes of interfaces,
   and CR-LDP extensions can be found in [GMPLS-LDP]. This document
   presents details that are specific to SONET/SDH. Per [GMPLS-SIG],
   SONET/SDH specific parameters are carried in the signaling
   protocol in traffic parameter specific objects.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
   NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
   in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].


2. SDH and SONET Traffic Parameters

   This section defines the GMPLS traffic parameters for SONET/SDH.
   The protocol specific formats, for the SDH/SONET-specific RSVP-TE
   objects and CR-LDP TLVs are described in sections 2.2 and 2.3
   respectively.

   These traffic parameters specify indeed a base set of capabilities
   for SONET (ANSI T1.105) and SDH (ITU-T G.707) such as
   concatenation and transparency. Some extra non-standard
   capabilities are defined in [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT]. Other documents
   could further enhance this set of capabilities in the future. For
   instance, signaling for SDH over PDH (ITU-T G.832), or sub-STM-0
   (ITU-T G.708) interfaces could be defined.

   The traffic parameters defined hereafter MUST be used when
   SONET/SDH is specified in the LSP Encoding Type field of a
   Generalized Label Request [GMPLS-SIG].



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   A SONET signal which has an identical SDH signal SHOULD be
   requested using the same traffic parameters as for the equivalent
   SDH signal, and will consequently use the SDH label.


2.1. SONET/SDH Traffic Parameters

   The traffic parameters for SONET/SDH is organized as follows:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Signal Type  |      RCC      |              NCC              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              NVC              |        Multiplier (MT)        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Transparency (T)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Annex 1 defines examples of SONET and SDH signal coding.

   Signal Type (ST): 8 bits

     This field indicates the type of Elementary Signal that
     comprises the requested LSP. Several transforms can be applied
     successively on the Elementary Signal to build the Final Signal
     being actually requested for the LSP.

     Each transform is optional and must be ignored if zero, except
     MT that cannot be zero and is ignored if equal to one.

     Transforms must be applied strictly in the following order:

      - First, contiguous concatenation (by using the RCC and NCC
        fields) can be optionally applied on the Elementary Signal,
        resulting in a contiguously concatenated signal.
      - Second, virtual concatenation (by using the NVC field) can
        be optionally applied either directly on the Elementary
        Signal, or on the contiguously concatenated signal obtained
        from the previous phase (see [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT]).
      - Third, some transparency can be optionally specified when
        requesting a frame as signal rather than an SPE or VC based
        signal (by using the Transparency field).
      - Fourth, a multiplication (by using the Multiplier field) can be
        optionally applied either directly on the Elementary Signal, or
        on the contiguously concatenated signal obtained from the first
        phase, or on the virtually concatenated signal obtained from
        the second phase, or on these signals combined with some
        transparency.






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   Permitted Signal Type values for SONET/SDH are:

       Value      Type
       -----  -----------------
        1    VT1.5  SPE / VC-11
        2    VT2    SPE / VC-12
        3    VT3    SPE
        4    VT6    SPE / VC-2
        5    STS-1  SPE / VC-3
        6    STS-3c SPE / VC-4
        7    STS-1      / STM-0   (only when requesting transparency)
        8    STS-3      / STM-1   (only when requesting transparency)
        9    STS-12     / STM-4   (only when requesting transparency)
        10   STS-48     / STM-16  (only when requesting transparency)
        11   STS-192    / STM-64  (only when requesting transparency)
        12   STS-768    / STM-256 (only when requesting transparency)

     A dedicated signal type is assigned to a SONET STS-3c SPE instead
     of coding it as a contiguous concatenation of three STS-1 SPEs.
     This is done in order to provide easy interworking between SONET
     and SDH signaling.

     Appendix 1 adds one more signal type (optional). Refer to [GMPLS-
     SDH-SONET-EXT] for an extended set of signal type values beyond
     the signal types as defined in T1.105/G.707.

   Requested Contiguous Concatenation (RCC): 8 bits

     This field is used to request and sometimes negotiate (see
     [GMPLS-SDH-SONET-EXT]) the optional SONET/SDH contiguous
     concatenation of the Elementary Signal.

     This field is a vector of flags. Each flag indicates the
     support of a particular type of contiguous concatenation.
     Several flags can be set at the same time to indicate a choice.

     These flags allow an upstream node to indicate to a downstream
     node the different types of contiguous concatenation that it
     supports. However, the downstream node decides which one to use
     according to its own rules.

     A downstream node receiving simultaneously more than one flag
     chooses a particular type of contiguous concatenation, if any
     supported, and based on criteria that are out of this document
     scope. A downstream node that doesnÆt support any of the
     concatenation types indicated by the field must refuse the LSP
     request. In particular, it must refuse the LSP request if it
     doesnÆt support contiguous concatenation at all.

     The upstream node knows which type of contiguous concatenation
     the downstream node chosen by looking at the position indicated
     by the first label and the number of label(s) as returned by
     the downstream node.


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     The entire field is set to zero to indicate that no contiguous
     concatenation is requested at all (default value). A non-zero
     field indicates that some contiguous concatenation is
     requested.

     The following flag is defined:

         Flag 1 (bit 1): Standard contiguous concatenation.

     Flag 1 indicates that only the standard SONET/SDH contiguous
     concatenation as defined in T1.105/G.707 is supported. Note
     that bit 1 is the low order bit. Other flags are reserved for
     extensions, if not used they must be set to zero when sent, and
     should be ignored when received.

     See note 1 hereafter in the section on the NCC about the SONET
     contiguous concatenation of STS-1 SPEs when the number of
     components is a multiple of three.

     Refer to [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT] for an extended set of contiguous
     concatenation types beyond the contiguous concatenation types as
     defined in T1.105/G.707.

   Number of Contiguous Components (NCC): 16 bits

     This field indicates the number of identical SONET/SDH SPEs/VCs
     that are requested to be concatenated, as specified in the RCC
     field.

     Note 1: when requesting a SONET STS-Nc SPE with N=3*X, the
     elementary signal to use must always be an STS-3c SPE signal
     type and the value of NCC must always be equal to X. This
     allows also facilitating the interworking between SONET and
     SDH. In particular, it means that the contiguous concatenation
     of three STS-1 SPEs cannot not be requested because according
     to this specification, this type of signal must be coded using
     the STS-3c SPE signal type.

     Note 2: when requesting a transparent STM-N/STS-N signal
     limited to a single contiguously concatenated VC-4-Nc/STS-Nc-
     SPE, the signal type must be STM-N/STS-N, RCC with flag 1 and
     NCC set to 1.

     This field is irrelevant if no contiguous concatenation is
     requested (RCC = 0), in that case it must be set to zero when
     send, and should be ignored when received. A RCC value
     different from 0 must imply a number of components greater than
     1. The NCC value must be consistent with the type of contiguous
     concatenation being requested in the RCC field.






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   Number of Virtual Components (NVC): 16 bits

     This field indicates the number of signals that are requested
     to be virtually concatenated. These signals are all of the same
     type by definition. They are Elementary Signal SPEs/VCs for
     which signal types are defined in this document, i.e. VT1.5
     SPE, VT2 SPE, VT3 SPE, VT6 SPE, STS-1 SPE, STS-3c SPE, VC-11,
     VC-12, VC-2, VC-3 or VC-4.

     This field is set to 0 (default value) to indicate that no
     virtual concatenation is requested.

     Refer to [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT] for an extended set of signals that
     can be virtually concatenated beyond the virtual concatenation as
     defined in T1.105/G.707.

   Multiplier (MT): 16 bits

     This field indicates the number of identical signals that are
     requested for the LSP, i.e. that form the Final Signal. These
     signals can be either identical Elementary Signals, or
     identical contiguously concatenated signals, or identical
     virtually concatenated signals. Note that all these signals
     belongs thus to the same LSP.

     The distinction between the components of multiple virtually
     concatenated signals is done via the order of the labels that
     are specified in the signaling. The first set of labels must
     describe the first component (set of individual signals
     belonging to the first virtual concatenated signal), the second
     set must describe the second component (set of individual
     signals belonging to the second virtual concatenated signal)
     and so on.

     This field is set to one (default value) to indicate that
     exactly one instance of a signal is being requested. Zero is an
     invalid value.

   Transparency (T): 32 bits

     This field is a vector of flags that indicates the type of
     transparency being requested. Several flags can be combined to
     provide different types of transparency. Not all combinations
     are necessarily valid. The default value for this field is
     zero, i.e. no transparency requested.

     Transparency, as defined from the point of view of this
     signaling specification, is only applicable to the fields in
     the SONET/SDH frame overheads. In the SONET case, these are the
     fields in the Section Overhead (SOH), and the Line Overhead
     (LOH). In the SDH case, these are the fields in the Regenerator
     Section Overhead (RSOH), the Multiplex Section overhead (MSOH),
     and the pointer fields between the two. With SONET, the pointer
     fields are part of the LOH.

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     Note as well that transparency is only applicable when using
     the following Signal Types: STM-0, STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, STM-
     64, STM-256, STS-1, STS-3, STS-12, STS-48, STS-192, and STS-
     768. At least one transparency type must be specified when
     requesting such a signal type.

     Transparency indicates precisely which fields in these
     overheads must be delivered unmodified at the other end of the
     LSP. An ingress LSR requesting transparency will pass these
     overhead fields that must be delivered to the egress LSR
     without any change. From the ingress and egress LSRs point of
     views, these fields must be seen as unmodified.

     Transparency is not applied at the interfaces with the
     initiating and terminating LSRs, but is only applied between
     intermediate LSRs.

     The transparency field is used to request an LSP that supports
     the requested transparency type; it may also be used to setup
     the transparency process to be applied in each intermediate
     LSR.

     The different transparency flags are the following:

        Flag 1 (bit 1): Section/Regenerator Section layer.
        Flag 2 (bit 2): Line/Multiplex Section layer.

     Where bit 1 is the low order bit. Others flags are reserved,
     they should be set to zero when sent, and should be ignored
     when received. A flag is set to one to indicate that the
     corresponding transparency is requested.

     Section/Regenerator Section layer transparency means that the
     entire frames must be delivered unmodified. This implies that
     pointers cannot be adjusted. When using Section/Regenerator
     Section layer transparency all other flags must be ignored.

     Line/Multiplex Section layer transparency means that the
     LOH/MSOH must be delivered unmodified. This implies that
     pointers cannot be adjusted.

     Refer to [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT] for an extended set of transparency
     types beyond the transparency types as defined in T1.105/G.707.


2.2. RSVP-TE Details

   For RSVP-TE, the SONET/SDH traffic parameters are carried in the
   SONET/SDH SENDER_TSPEC and FLOWSPEC objects.  The same format is
   used both for SENDER_TSPEC object and FLOWSPEC objects. The
   contents of the objects is defined above in Section 2.1. The
   objects have the following class and type:


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     For SONET ANSI T1.105 and SDH ITU-T G.707:

       SONET/SDH SENDER_TSPEC object: Class = 12, C-Type = 4 (TBA)
       SONET/SDH FLOWSPEC object: Class = 9, C-Type = 4 (TBA)

   There is no Adspec associated with the SONET/SDH SENDER_TSPEC.
   Either the Adspec is omitted or an int-serv Adspec with the
   Default General Characterization Parameters and Guaranteed Service
   fragment is used, see [RFC2210].

   For a particular sender in a session the contents of the FLOWSPEC
   object received in a Resv message SHOULD be identical to the
   contents of the SENDER_TSPEC object received in the corresponding
   Path message. If the objects do not match, a ResvErr message with
   a "Traffic Control Error/Bad Flowspec value" error SHOULD be
   generated.


2.3. CR-LDP Details

   For CR-LDP, the SONET/SDH traffic parameters are carried in the
   SONET/SDH Traffic Parameters TLV.  The contents of the TLV is
   defined above in Section 2.1. The header of the TLV has the
   following format:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|          Type             |      Length                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The type field for the SONET/SDH Traffic Parameters TLV is: 0xTBA.


3. SDH and SONET Labels

   SDH and SONET each define a multiplexing structure, with the SONET
   multiplex structure being a subset of the SDH multiplex structure.
   These two structures are trees whose roots are respectively an
   STM-N or an STS-N; and whose leaves are the signals that can be
   transported via the time-slots and switched between time-slots,
   i.e. a VC-x, a VT-x SPE or an STS SPE. An SDH/SONET label will
   identify the exact position of a particular signal in a
   multiplexing structure. SDH and SONET labels are carried in the
   Generalized Label per [GMPLS-RSVP] and [GMPLS-LDP].

   These multiplexing structures will be used as naming trees to
   create unique multiplex entry names or labels. Since the SONET
   multiplexing structure may be seen as a subset of the SDH
   multiplexing structure, the same format of label is used for SDH
   and SONET. As explained in [GMPLS-SIG], a label does not identify
   the "class" to which the label belongs. This is implicitly
   determined by the link on which the label is used.


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   In case of signal concatenation or multiplication, a list of
   labels can appear in the Label field of a Generalized Label.

   In case of contiguous concatenation, only one label appears in the
   Label field. This label is the lowest signal of the contiguously
   concatenated signal. By lowest signal we mean the one having the
   lowest label when compared as integer values, i.e. the first
   component signal of the concatenated signal encountered when
   descending the tree.

   In case of virtual concatenation, the explicit ordered list of all
   labels in the concatenation is given. Each label indicates a
   component of the virtually concatenated signal. The order of the
   labels must reflect the order of the payloads to concatenate (not
   the physical order of time-slots). The above representation limits
   virtual concatenation to remain within a single (component) link;
   it imposes as such a restriction compared to the G.707/T1.105
   recommendations.

   In case of multiplication (i.e. using the multiplier transform),
   the explicit ordered list of all labels that take part in the
   Final Signal is given. In case of multiplication of virtually
   concatenated signals, the first set of labels indicates the first
   virtually concatenated signal, the second set of labels indicates
   the second virtually concatenated signal, and so on. The above
   representation limits multiplication to remain within a single
   (component) link.

   The format of the label for SDH and/or SONET TDM-LSR link is:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               S               |   U   |   K   |   L   |   M   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   For SDH, this is an extension of the numbering scheme defined in
   G.707 section 7.3, i.e. the (K, L, M) numbering. For SONET, the U
   and K fields are not significant and must be set to zero. Only the
   S, L and M fields are significant for SONET and have a similar
   semantic as for SDH.

   Each letter indicates a possible branch number starting at the
   parent node in the multiplex structure. Branches are considered as
   numbered in increasing order, starting from the top of the
   multiplexing structure. The numbering starts at 1, zero is used to
   indicate a non-significant or ignored field.

   When a field is not significant or ignored in a particular context
   it MUST be set to zero when transmitted, and MUST be ignored when
   received.

   When hierarchical SDH/SONET LSPs are used, an LSP with a given
   bandwidth can be used to tunnel lower order LSPs.  The higher

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   order SDH/SONET LSP behaves as a virtual link with a given
   bandwidth (e.g. VC-3), it may also be used as a Forwarding
   Adjacency. A lower order SDH/SONET LSP can be established through
   that higher order LSP. Since a label is local to a (virtual) link,
   the highest part of that label is non-significant and is set to
   zero.

   For instance, a VC-3 LSP can be advertised as a forwarding
   adjacency. In that case the labels allocated between the two ends
   of that LSP (i.e. for that "link") will have S, U and K set to
   zero, i.e., non-significant, while L and M will be used to
   indicate the signal allocated in that VC-3.

   The possible values of S, U, K, L and M are defined as it follows:

     1. S is only significant for SDH STM-N (N>0) and SONET. It must
     be ignored for STM-0. S is the index of a particular AUG-1/STS-
     1. S=1->N indicates a specific AUG-1/STS-1 inside an STM-N/STS-N
     multiplex. For example, S=1 indicates the first AUG-1/STS-1, and
     S=N indicates the last AUG-1/STS-1 of this multiplex.

     2. U is only significant for SDH STM-N (N>0) and must be ignored
     for STM-0 and SONET. It indicates a specific VC inside a given
     AUG-1. U=1 indicates a single VC-4, while U=2->4 indicates a
     specific VC-3 inside the given AUG-1.

     3. K is only significant for SDH VC-4 and must be ignored in all
     other cases. It indicates a specific branch of a VC-4. K=1
     indicates that the VC-4 is not further subdivided and contains a
     C-4. K=2->4 indicates a specific TUG-3 inside the VC-4. K is not
     significant when the AUG-1 is divided into AU-3s.

     4. L indicates a specific branch of a TUG-3, VC-3 or STS-1 SPE.
     It is not significant for an unstructured VC-4 (L=0). L=1
     indicates that the TUG-3/VC-3/STS-1 SPE is not further
     subdivided and contains a VC-3/C-3 in SDH or the equivalent in
     SONET. L=2->8 indicates a specific TUG-2/VT Group inside the
     corresponding higher order signal.

     5. M indicates a specific branch of a TUG-2/VT Group. It is not
     significant for an unstructured VC-4, TUG-3, VC-3 or STS-1 SPE.
     M=1 indicates that the TUG-2/VT Group is not further subdivided
     and contains a VC-2/VT-6 SPE. M=2->3 indicates a specific VT-3
     inside the corresponding VT Group, these values MUST NOT be used
     for SDH since there is no equivalent of VT-3 with SDH. M=4->6
     indicates a specific VC-12/VT-2 SPE inside the corresponding
     TUG-2/VT Group. M=7->10 indicates a specific VC-11/VT-1.5 SPE
     inside the corresponding TUG-2/VT Group. Note that M=0 denotes
     an unstructured VC-4, VC-3 or STS-1 SPE.






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      The M encoding is summarized in the following table:

          M    SDH                          SONET
         ----------------------------------------------------------
          0    unstructured VC-4/VC-3  unstructured STS-1 SPE
          1    VC-2                    VT-6
          2    -                       1st VT-3
          3    -                       2nd VT-3
          4    1st VC-12               1st VT-2
          5    2nd VC-12               2nd VT-2
          6    3rd VC-12               3rd VT-2
          7    1st VC-11               1st VT-1.5
          8    2nd VC-11               2nd VT-1.5
          9    3rd VC-11               3rd VT-1.5
          10   4th VC-11               4th VT-1.5

   Examples of labels:

   Example 1: S>0, U=1, K=1, L=0, M=0
   Denotes the unstructured VC-4 of the Sth AUG-1.

   Example 2: S>0, U=1, K>1, L=1, M=0
   Denotes the unstructured VC-3 of the Kth-1 TUG-3 of the Sth AUG-1.

   Example 3: S>0, U=0, K=0, L=0, M=0
   Denotes the unstructured SPE of the Sth STS-1.

   Example 4: S>0, U=0, K=0, L>1, M=1
   Denotes the VT-6 in the Lth-1 VT Group in the Sth STS-1.

   Example 5: S>0, U=0, K=0, L>1, M=9
   Denotes the 3rd VT-1.5 in the Lth-1 VT Group in the Sth STS-1.

   In case of contiguous concatenation, the label that is used is the
   lowest label of the contiguously concatenated signal as explained
   before. The higher part of the label indicates where the signal
   starts and the lowest part is not significant. For instance, when
   requesting an STS-48c the label is S>0, U=0, K=0, L=0, M=0.

   In case of STM-0, the values of S, U and K must be equal to zero
   according to the field coding rules. For instance, when requesting
   an unstructured VC-3 in an STM-0 the label is S=0, U=0, K=0, L=1,
   M=0.

   In case of STS-3c SPE, the value of S is the index of the first
   STS-1 of the STS-3c SPE in the SONET multiplex where SPEs are
   numbered from 1 to N (before any interleaving).

   When a transparent concatenated STM-N/STS-3*N (N=1, 4, 16, 64,
   256) is requested, the label is coded as for the case of
   contiguous concatenation and with S=1. I.e. S=1, U=0, K=0, L=0,
   M=0.



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4. Acknowledgments

   Valuable comments and input were received from many people.


5. Security Considerations

   This draft introduces no new security considerations to either
   [GMPLS-RSVP] or [GMPLS-LDP].


6. References

   [GMPLS-SIG] Ashwood-Smith, P. et al, "Generalized MPLS -
               Signaling Functional Description", Internet Draft,
               draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-signaling-07.txt,
               November 2001.

   [GMPLS-LDP] Ashwood-Smith, P. et al, "Generalized MPLS Signaling -
               CR-LDP Extensions", Internet Draft,
               draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-cr-ldp-05.txt,
               November 2001.

   [GMPLS-RSVP] Ashwood-Smith, P. et al, "Generalized MPLS
                Signaling - RSVP-TE Extensions", Internet Draft,
                draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-rsvp-te-06.txt,
                November 2001.

   [GMPLS-SONET-SDH-EXT] E. Mannie Editor, "GMPLS extensions to
                control non-standard SONET and SDH features",
                Internet Draft, draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-sonet-sdh-
                extensions-01.txt, December 2001.

   [GMPLS-ARCH] E. Mannie Editor, "GMPLS Architecture", Internet
                Draft, draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-architecture-01.txt,
                November 2001.

   [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels," RFC 2119.

   [RFC2210] Wroclawski, J., "The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated
             Services," RFC 2210, September 1997.


7. Authors Addresses

      Stefan Ansorge
      Alcatel
      Lorenzstrasse 10
      70435 Stuttgart
      Germany
      Phone: +49 7 11 821 337 44
      Email: Stefan.ansorge@alcatel.de


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      Peter Ashwood-Smith
      Nortel Networks Corp.
      P.O. Box 3511 Station C,
      Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7
      Canada
      Phone:  +1 613 763 4534
      Email:  petera@nortelnetworks.com

      Ayan Banerjee
      Calient Networks
      5853 Rue Ferrari
      San Jose, CA 95138
      Phone:  +1 408 972-3645
      Email:  abanerjee@calient.net

      Lou Berger
      Movaz Networks, Inc.
      7926 Jones Branch Drive
      Suite 615
      McLean VA, 22102
      Phone:  +1 703 847-1801
      Email:  lberger@movaz.com

      Greg Bernstein
      Ciena Corporation
      10480 Ridgeview Court
      Cupertino, CA 94014
      Phone:  +1 408 366 4713
      Email:  greg@ciena.com

      Angela Chiu
      Celion Networks
      One Sheila Drive, Suite 2
      Tinton Falls, NJ 07724-2658
      Phone: +1 732 747 9987
      Email: angela.chiu@celion.com

      John Drake
      Calient Networks
      5853 Rue Ferrari
      San Jose, CA 95138
      Phone:  +1 408 972 3720
      Email:  jdrake@calient.net

      Yanhe Fan
      Axiowave Networks, Inc.
      100 Nickerson Road
      Marlborough, MA 01752
      Phone:  +1 508 460 6969 Ext. 627
      Email:  yfan@axiowave.com





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      Michele Fontana
      Alcatel
      Via Trento 30,
      I-20059 Vimercate, Italy
      Phone: +39 039 686-7053
      Email: michele.fontana@netit.alcatel.it

      Gert Grammel
      Alcatel
      Via Trento 30,
      I-20059 Vimercate, Italy
      Phone: +39 039 686-7060
      Email: gert.grammel@netit.alcatel.it

      Juergen Heiles
      Siemens AG
      Hofmannstr. 51
      D-81379 Munich, Germany
      Phone: +49 89 7 22 - 4 86 64
      Email: Juergen.Heiles@icn.siemens.de

      Suresh Katukam
      Cisco Systems
      1450 N. McDowell Blvd,
      Petaluma, CA 94954-6515 USA
      e-mail: skatukam@cisco.com

      Kireeti Kompella
      Juniper Networks, Inc.
      1194 N. Mathilda Ave.
      Sunnyvale, CA 94089
      Email:  kireeti@juniper.net

      Jonathan P. Lang
      Calient Networks
      25 Castilian
      Goleta, CA 93117
      Email:  jplang@calient.net

      Zhi-Wei Lin
      101 Crawfords Corner Rd
      Holmdel, NJ  07733-3030
      Phone: +1 732 949 5141
      Email: zwlin@lucent.com

      Ben Mack-Crane
      Tellabs
      Email: Ben.Mack-Crane@tellabs.com







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      Eric Mannie
      EBONE
      Terhulpsesteenweg 6A
      1560 Hoeilaart - Belgium
      Phone:  +32 2 658 56 52
      Mobile: +32 496 58 56 52
      Fax:    +32 2 658 51 18
      Email:  eric.mannie@ebone.com

      Dimitri Papadimitriou
      Alcatel
      Francis Wellesplein 1,
      B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
      Phone: +32 3 240-8491
      Email: Dimitri.Papadimitriou@alcatel.be

      Mike Raftelis
      White Rock Networks
      18111 Preston Road Suite 900
      Dallas, TX 75252
      Phone: +1 (972)588-3728
      Fax:   +1 (972)588-3701
      Email: Mraftelis@WhiteRockNetworks.com

      Bala Rajagopalan
      Tellium, Inc.
      2 Crescent Place
      P.O. Box 901
      Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
      Phone:  +1 732 923 4237
      Fax:    +1 732 923 9804
      Email:  braja@tellium.com

      Yakov Rekhter
      Juniper Networks, Inc.
      Email:  yakov@juniper.net

      Debanjan Saha
      Tellium Optical Systems
      2 Crescent Place
      Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
      Phone:  +1 732 923 4264
      Fax:    +1 732 923 9804
      Email:  dsaha@tellium.com

      Vishal Sharma
      Metanoia, Inc.
      335 Elan Village Lane
      San Jose, CA 95134
      Phone:  +1 408 943 1794
      Email: vsharma87@yahoo.com




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      George Swallow
      Cisco Systems, Inc.
      250 Apollo Drive
      Chelmsford, MA 01824
      Voice:  +1 978 244 8143
      Email:  swallow@cisco.com

      Z. Bo Tang
      Tellium, Inc.
      2 Crescent Place
      P.O. Box 901
      Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
      Phone:  +1 732 923 4231
      Fax:    +1 732 923 9804
      Email:  btang@tellium.com

      Eve Varma
      101 Crawfords Corner Rd
      Holmdel, NJ  07733-3030
      Phone: +1 732 949 8559
      Email: evarma@lucent.com

      Maarten Vissers
      Botterstraat 45
      Postbus 18
      1270 AA Huizen, Netherlands
      Email: mvissers@lucent.com

      Yangguang Xu
      21-2A41, 1600 Osgood Street
      North Andover, MA 01845
      Email: xuyg@lucent.com























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Appendix 1 - Signal Type Values Extension For VC-3

   This appendix defines the following optional additional Signal
   Type value for the Signal Type field of section 2.1:

       Value         Type
       -----  ---------------------
        20     "VC-3 via AU-3 at the end"

   According to the G.707 standard a VC-3 in the TU-3/TUG-3/VC-4/AU-4
   branch of the SDH multiplex cannot be structured in TUG-2s,
   however a VC-3 in the AU-3 branch can be. In addition, a VC-3
   could be switched between the two branches if required.

   A VC-3 circuit could be terminated on an ingress interface of an
   LSR (e.g. forming a VC-3 forwarding adjacency). This LSR could
   then want to demultiplex this VC-3 and switch internal low order
   LSPs. For implementation reasons, this could be only possible if
   the LSR receives the VC-3 in the AU-3 branch. E.g. for an LSR not
   able to switch internally from a TU-3 branch to an AU-3 branch on
   its incoming interface before demultiplexing and then switching
   the content with its switch fabric.

   In that case it is useful to indicate that the VC-3 LSP must be
   terminated at the end in the AU-3 branch instead of the TU-3
   branch.

   This is achieved by using the "VC-3 via AU-3 at the end" signal
   type. This information can be used, for instance, by the
   penultimate LSR to switch an incoming VC-3 received in any branch
   to the TU-3 branch on the outgoing interface to the destination
   LSR.

   The "VC-3 via AU-3 at the end" signal type does not imply that the
   VC-3 must be switched via the AU-3 branch at some other places in
   the network. The VC-3 signal type just indicates that a VC-3 in
   any branch is suitable.


















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Annex 1 - Examples

   This annex defines examples of SONET and SDH signal coding. Their
   objective is to help the reader to understand how works the traffic
   parameter coding and not to give examples of typical SONET or SDH
   signals.

   As stated above, signal types are Elementary Signals to which
   successive concatenation, multiplication and transparency
   transforms can be applied.

   1. A VC-4 signal is formed by the application of RCC with value 0,
   NCC with value 0, NVC with value 0, MT with value 1 and T with
   value 0 to a VC-4 Elementary Signal.

   2. A VC-4-7v signal is formed by the application of RCC with value
   0, NCC with value 0, NVC with value 7 (virtual concatenation of 7
   components), MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to a VC-4
   Elementary Signal.

   3. A VC-4-16c signal is formed by the application of RCC with flag
   1 (standard contiguous concatenation), NCC with value 16, NVC with
   value 0, MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to a VC-4 Elementary
   Signal.

   4. An STM-16 signal with Multiplex Section layer transparency is
   formed by the application of RCC with value 0, NCC with value 0,
   NVC with value 0, MT with value 1 and T with flag 2 to an STM-16
   Elementary Signal.

   5. An STM-4c signal (i.e. VC-4-4C with the transport overhead)
   with Multiplex Section layer transparency is formed by the
   application of RCC with flag 1, NCC with value 1, NVC with value
   0, MT with value 1 and T with flag 2 applied to an STM-4
   Elementary Signal.

   6. An STM-256c signal with Multiplex Section layer transparency is
   formed by the application of RCC with flag 1, NCC with value 1,
   NVC with value 0, MT with value 1 and T with flag 2 applied to an
   STM-256 Elementary Signal.

   7. An STS-1 SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC with
   value 0, NCC with value 0, NVC with value 0, MT with value 1 and T
   with value 0 to an STS-1 SPE Elementary Signal.

   8. An STS-3c SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC with
   value 0 (no contiguous concatenation), NCC with value 0, NVC with
   value 0, MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to an STS-3c SPE
   Elementary Signal.

   9. An STS-48c SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC with
   flag 1 (standard contiguous concatenation), NCC with value 16, NVC
   with value 0, MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to an STS-3c SPE
   Elementary Signal.

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   10. An STS-1-3v SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC
   with value 0, NVC with value 3 (virtual concatenation of 3
   components), MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to an STS-1 SPE
   Elementary Signal.

   11. An STS-3c-9v SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC
   with value 0, NCC with value 0, NVC with value 9 (virtual
   concatenation of 9 STS-3c), MT with value 1 and T with value 0 to
   an STS-3c SPE Elementary Signal.

   12. An STS-12 signal with Section layer (full) transparency is
   formed by the application of RCC with value 0, NVC with value 0,
   MT with value 1 and T with flag 1 to an STS-12 Elementary Signal.

   13. 3 x STS-768c SPE signal is formed by the application of RCC
   with flag 1, NCC with value 256, NVC with value 0, MT with value
   3, and T with value 0 to an STS-3c SPE Elementary Signal.

   14. 5 x VC-4-13v composed signal is formed by the application of
   RCC with value 0, NVC with value 13, MT with value 5 and T with
   value 0 to a VC-4 Elementary Signal.

































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