Routing area                                                    S. Hegde
Internet-Draft                                                 C. Bowers
Intended status: Informational                     Juniper Networks Inc.
Expires: March 25, 2021                                     S. Litkowski
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                                   X. Xu
                                                            Alibaba Inc.
                                                                   F. Xu
                                                                 Tencent
                                                      September 21, 2020


                    Node Protection for SR-TE Paths
          draft-ietf-spring-node-protection-for-sr-te-paths-00

Abstract

   Segment routing supports the creation of explicit paths using
   adjacency-sids, node-sids, and binding-sids.  It is important to
   provide fast reroute (FRR) mechanisms to respond to failures of links
   and nodes in the Segment-Routed Traffic-Engineered(SR-TE) path.  A
   point of local repair (PLR) can provide FRR protection against the
   failure of a link in an SR-TE path by examining only the first (top)
   label in the SR label stack.  In order to protect against the failure
   of a node, a PLR may need to examine the second label in the stack as
   well, in order to determine SR-TE path beyond the failed node.  This
   document specifies how a PLR can use the first and second label in
   the label stack describing an SR-TE path to provide protection
   against node failures.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Node Failures Along SR-TE Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Node protection for node-sid explicit paths . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Node-Protection for Anycast-SIDs  . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  Node-protection for adj-sid explicit paths  . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Detailed Solution using Context Tables  . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Building Context Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Node protection for node SIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  Node protection for adjacency SIDs  . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.4.  Node protection for edge nodes  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.  Hold timers for Node-SID/Prefix-SIDs and Adjacency-SIDs . . .  10
     4.1.  Interaction with micro-loop avoidance . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.  Optimization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   It is possible for a routing device to completely go out of service
   abruptly due to power failure, hardware failure or software crashes.
   Node protection is an important property of the Fast Reroute
   mechanism.  It provides protection against a node failure by
   rerouting traffic around the failed node.  For example, the
   mechanisms described in Loop Free Alternates ([RFC5286]), Remote Loop
   Free Alternates ([RFC8102]), and




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   [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-ti-lfa] can be used to provide
   node protection to ensure minimal traffic loss after a node failure.

   Section 2 describes problems with SR-TE paths and the need for a
   specialized mechanism to provide node protection for SR-TE paths.
   Section 3 describes the solution applied to paths built using
   adjacency-sids and node-sids.

2.  Node Failures Along SR-TE Paths

   The topology shown in Figure 1. illustrates a example network
   topology with SPRING enabled on each node.

      Node          Node          Node          Node          Node
      sid:1         sid:2         sid:3         sid:4         sid:5
      +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+
      | R1 |--------| R2 |--------| R3 |--------| R4 |--------| R5 |
      +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+
          \                           \          /
           \ 10                        \ 100    / 60
            \                           \      /
             \   +----+                  +----+
              +--| R7 |------------------| R8 |
                 +----+    30            +----+
                / Node                   Node             Label stack:
               /  sid:7                  sid:8            +------------+
         +----+                          SRGB:            |  1008 (top)|
         | R6 |                          3000-4000        +------------+
         +----+                                           |  3005      |
         Node                                             +------------+
         sid:6

   Figure 1: Example topology.  The segment index for each node is shown
     in the diagram.  All nodes have SRGB = [1000-2000], except for R8
   which has SRGB = [3000-4000].  A label stack that represents the path
                   R1->R7->R8->R4->R5 is shown as well.

2.1.  Node protection for node-sid explicit paths

   Consider an explicit path in the topology in Figure 1 from R1->R5 via
   R1->R7->R8->R4->R5.  This path can be built using the shortest paths
   from R1-to-R8 and R8-to-R5.  The label stack to instantiate this path
   contains two node-sids 1008 and 3005.  The 1008 label will take the
   packet from R1 to R8 via R7 and get popped.  The next label in the
   stack 3005 will take the packet from R8 to the destination R5 via R4.
   If the node R8 goes down, it is not possible for R7 to perform FRR
   without examining the second label in the incoming label stack
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   Note that in the absence of a failure, R7 does not need to understand
   the meaning of the second label (3005) in order to perform normal
   forwarding.  However, in order to support node protection, R7 will
   need to understand the meaning of label 3005 in order to determine
   where the packet is headed after R8.

   The mechanisms used to detect whether a node failed or a link failed,
   is outside the scope of this document.  The possible options for node
   failure detection capabilities of a device and resultant forwarding
   state is described in section 5.2 in [RFC8679] are applicable to this
   draft as well.

2.2.  Node-Protection for Anycast-SIDs

   A prefix segment advertised as a node SID may only be advertised by
   one node in the network.  Instead, an anycast prefix segment may be
   advertised by more than one node.  In some situations, one can use
   anycast SIDs to construct SR-TE paths that are protected against node
   failure, without the need for the mechanism described in this
   document.

      +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+
      | R1 |--------| R2 |--------| R3 |--------| R4 |--------| R5 |
      +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+
          \                           \          / |
           \ 10                        \100   60/  |
            \                           \      /   |
             \   +----+    30            +----+    |
              +--| R7 |------------------| R8 |    |
                 +----+                  +----+    |
                /    \                  Anycast    +
               /      \                 sid:100   /
         +----+        \                         /
         | R6 |         \    40          +----+ /60
         +----+          +---------------| R9 |+          Label stack:
                                         +----+           +------------+
                                        Anycast           |  1100 (top)|
                                        sid:100           +------------+
                                                          |  1005      |
                                                          +------------+

      Figure 2: Topology illustrating use of anycast-sids to protect
        against node failures.  All nodes have SRGB = [1000-2000].

   An example of this is shown in Figure 2.  In this example, R8 and R9
   advertise an anycast SID of 100.  The label stack in this example =
   [1100, 1005];. The top label (1100) corresponds to the anycast SID
   advertised by both R8 and R9.  In the absence of a failure, the



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   packet sent by R1 with this label stack will follow the path from
   R1->R5 along R1->R7->R8->R4->R5.

   If R7 is performing a per-prefix LFA calculation [RFC5286], then R7
   will install a backup next-hop to R9 for this anycast SID, protecting
   against the failure of the primary next-hop to R8.  This backup path
   does not pass through R8, so it is would not be affected by a
   complete failure of node R8.  As illustrated by this example, for
   some topologies node-protecting SR-TE paths can be constructed
   through the use of anycast SIDs, as opposed to the mechanism
   described in this document.

2.3.  Node-protection for adj-sid explicit paths

                                  Adj-sid:
                                  R3-R8:9044

      Node          Node          Node          Node          Node
      sid:1         sid:2         sid:3         sid:4         sid:5
      +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+   10   +----+
      | R1 |--------| R2 |--------| R3 |--------| R4 |--------| R5 |
      +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+        +----+
          \                           \          /              |
           \ 10                        \ 100    / 60            | 10
            \                           \      /                |
             \   +----+                  +----+               +----+
              +--| R7 |------------------| R8 |---------------| R9 |
                 +----+    30            +----+      10       +----+
                / Node                   Node                 Node
               /  sid:7                  sid:8                sid:9
         +----+                          SRGB:
         | R6 |                          3000-4000        Label stack:
         +----+                                           +------------+
         Node                            Adj-sids:        |  1003 (top)|
         sid:6                           R8-R4:9054       +------------+
                                                          |  9044      |
                                                          +------------+
                                                          |  9054      |
                                                          +------------+
                                                          |  1005      |
                                                          +------------+

   Figure 3: Explicit path using an adjacency sid.  All nodes have SRGB
        = [1000-2000], except for R8 which has SRGB = [3000-4000].

   Consider an explicit path from R1->R5 via R1->R2->R3->R8->R4->R5.
   This path can be built using a combination of node sids and adjacency
   sids, as shown in Figure 3.  The diagram shows the label stack needed



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   to instantiate this path, as well as several adjacency sids
   advertised by nodes involved in this path.  When a packet leaving R1
   with this label stack reaches R3, the top label is 9044, which will
   take the packet to R8.  The next-next-hop in the path is R4.  To
   provide protection for the failure of node R8, R3 would need to send
   the the packet to R4 without going through R8.  However, the only way
   R3 can learn that the packet needs to go to the R4 is to examine the
   next label in the stack, label 9054.  Since R3 knows that R8 has
   advertised label 9054 as the adjacency segment for the link from R8
   to R4, R3 knows that a backup path can merge back into the original
   explicit path at R4.

3.  Detailed Solution using Context Tables

   This section provides a detailed description of how to construct
   node-protecting backup paths for SR-TE paths using context tables.
   The end result of this description is externally visible forwarding
   behavior that can be specified as a packet arriving at a PLR with a
   particular incoming label stack and leaving the PLR on a particular
   outgoing interface with a particular outgoing label stack.  There may
   be other methods of arriving at the same externally visible
   forwarding behavior as described in draft
   [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-ti-lfa].  It is not the intent of
   this document to exclude other methods, as long as the externally
   visible forwarding behavior is the same as produced by this method.

3.1.  Building Context Tables

   [RFC5331] introduced the concept of Context Specific Label Spaces and
   there are various applications making use of this concept.A context
   label table on a router represents the Label Forwarding Information
   Base (LFIB) from the point of view of a particular neighbor . Context
   tables are built by constructing incoming label mappings advertised
   by the neighbor and the actions corresponding to those labels.  The
   labels advertised by each node are local to the node and may not be
   unique across the segment routing domain.  The context tables are
   separate tables built on a per-neighbor basis on every node to ensure
   they represent LFIBs of a particular neighbor.

   When a PLR needs to protect an SR-TE path against the failure of a
   neighbor N, it creates a context table associated with N.  This
   context table is populated with the following segment routing
   forwarding entries:

      - All the Prefix-SIDs of the network.  The programmed incoming
      label map uses the SRGB of N to compute the input label value.
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      looking into all the nexthops for the prefix-SID and choosing a
      loop-free path as explained in Section 3.2

      - All the Adjacency SIDs advertised by N.  The NHLFE is
      constructed as explained in Section 3.3

   The following section illustrates how the context table is
   constructed to allow the PLR to provide node-protecting paths for the
   next-next hops in the topology shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3.

3.2.  Node protection for node SIDs

   Figure 4 shows the routing table entries on R7 corresponding to the
   node SIDs to reach R1 and R8 for the topology in Figure 1.  In the
   absence of a failure, a packet with a label stack whose top label is
   1008 will have its top label popped by R7 (assuming PHP behavior),
   and R7 will forward the packet to R8.  When the interface to R8 is
   down, the backup next-hop entry is used.  R7 will pop the top label
   of 1008, and use the context table that R7 computed for R8 to
   evaluate the next label on the stack.

       R7's Routing Table (partial)
       Transits routes for Node SIDs for R1 and R8
      +=============+=============================================+
      | In label    | Outgoing label action                       |
      +=============+=============================================+
      | 1001        | Primary: pop, fwd to R1                     |
      |             | Backup: pop, lookup context.r1              |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+
      | 1008        | Primary: pop, fwd to R8                     |
      |             | Backup: pop, lookup context.r8              |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+

       R7's Context Table for R8 (context.r8, partial)
      +=============+=============================================+
      | In label    | Outgoing label action                       |
      +=============+=============================================+
      | 3004        | swap 1004, fwd to R1                        |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+
      | 3005        | swap 1005, fwd to R1                        |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+
      | 3008        | drop                                        |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+

      Figure 4: Building node-protecting backup paths for SR-TE paths
                            involving node SIDs





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   R7 builds context table for R8 using the following process.  R7
   computes the mapping of incoming label to node-sid that R8 expects to
   see based on the SRGB advertised by R8.  In the example in Figure 1,
   R7 can determine that R8 interprets in incoming label of 3005 as
   mapping to the the node SID for R5.

   R7 then computes a loop-free backup path to reach R5 which is node-
   protecting with respect to the failure of R8.  In this example, the
   backup path computed by R7 to reach R5 without passing through R8 can
   be achieved forwarding the packet to R1 with a top label of 1005,
   corresponding to the node SID for R5 in the context of R1's SRGB.
   The loop-free path computation may be based on a mechanism such as
   LFA, R-LFA, TI-LFA, or constraint based SPF avoiding failure.  To
   populate the context table for R8, R7 maps the out label actions
   corresponding to the backup path to R5 to the incoming label 3005.
   This results in the entry for label 3005 showin in context.r8 in
   Figure 4.

   Therefore, when a packet arrives at R7 with label stack = [1008,
   3005], and the link from R7 to R8 has recently failed, R7 will use
   backup next-hop entry for label 1008 in its main routing table.
   Based on this entry, R7 will pop label 1008, and use context.r8 to
   lookup the new top label = 3005.  R7 will swap label 3005 for 1005
   and forward the packet to R1.  This will get the packet to R5 on a
   node protecting backup path.

   Note that R7 activates the node-protecting backup path when it
   detects that the link to R8 has failed.  R7 does not know that node
   R8 has actually failed.  However, the node-protecting backup path is
   computed assuming that the failure of the link to R8 implies that R8
   has failed.

3.3.  Node protection for adjacency SIDs

   This section gives an example of how to constuct node-protecting
   backup paths when the SR-TE path uses adjacency SIDs.  Figure 5 shows
   some of the routing table entries for R3 corresponding to the sample
   network shown in Figure 3.  When the top label of the label stack is
   an adjacency SID, the PLR needs to recognize that in order to provide
   a node-protecting backup path, it needs to pop the top label and
   examine the next label in the context of the next-hop router
   identified by the top label adjacency SID.  In this example, when R3
   is constructing its routing table, it recognizes that label 9044
   corresponds to a next-hop of R8, so it installs a backup entry,
   corresponding to the failure of the link to R8, when pops label 9044,
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       R3's Routing Table (partial)
       Transit route for Adj SID
      +=============+=============================================+
      | In label    | Outgoing label action                       |
      +=============+=============================================+
      | 9044        | Primary: pop, fwd to R8                     |
      |             | Backup: pop, lookup context.r8              |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+


       R3's Context Table for R8 (context.r8, partial)
      +=============+=============================================+
      | In label    | Outgoing label action                       |
      +=============+=============================================+
      | 3005        | swap 1005, fwd to R4                        |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+
      | 9054        | pop, fwd to R4                              |
      +-------------+---------------------------------------------+

      Figure 5: Building node-protecting backup paths for SR-TE paths
                         involving adjacency SIDs

   R3 constructs its context table for R8 by determining which labels R8
   expects to receive to accomplish different forwarding actions.  The
   entry for incoming label 3005 in context.r8 in Figure 5 corresponds
   to a node SID.  This entry is computed using the methods described in
   Section 3.2

   The entry for incoming label 9054 in context.r8 corresponds to an
   adjacency SID.  R3 recognizes that R8 has advertised this adjacency
   SID for the link from R8 to R4 in Figure 3.  So R3 determines the
   outgoing label action needed to reach R4 without passing through R8.
   This can be accomplished by popping the label 9054, and forwarding
   the packet directly on the link from R3 to R4.

3.4.  Node protection for edge nodes

   The node protection mechanism described in the previous sections
   depends on the assumption that the label immediately below the top
   label in the label stack is understood in the IGP domain.  When the
   provider edge routers exchange service labels via BGP or some other
   non-IGP mechanism the bottom label is not understood in the IGP
   domain.

   The egress node protection mechanisms described in the draft
   [RFC8679] is applicable to this usecase and no additional changes
   will be required for SR based networks




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4.  Hold timers for Node-SID/Prefix-SIDs and Adjacency-SIDs

   SR-TE paths may be computed by a controller or by the head-end
   router.  When there is a node failure in the network, the controller
   or head-end router has to learn about the failure, recompute the
   label stacks of any affected SR-TE paths, and get the new label
   stacks programmed into the forwarding plane of the head-end router.
   This process may be slow compared to the speed with which routers in
   the network react to the event.  After learning about a node failure,
   the non-PLR routers in the network will no longer be able to compute
   a path to reach the failed node.  If no special precautions are
   taken, these non-PLR routers will remove the forwarding entries
   corresponding the Node-SID and Prefix-SIDs advertised by the failed
   node.  If the head-end router is still sending traffic with that
   Node-sid/prefix-sid in the stack, traffic can be blackholed at a non-
   PLR router.  In this case, the node-protection FRR mechanisms do not
   bring full benefit.

   In order to solve the above problem, hold timers are recommended.
   The hold-timer corresponds to the maximum time that a combination of
   controller and head-end router or a head-end router alone takes to
   compute and install label stacks corresponding to a new SR-TE paths
   in the event of a node failure.  The hold times should be applied to
   forwarding entries for Node-SIDs and Prefix-SIDs that are advertised
   by single node in the network.  If the Node-SID or Prefix-SID becomes
   unreachable, the event and resulting forwarding changes should not
   communicated to the forwarding planes on all configured routers
   (including PLRs for the failed node) until the hold-timer expires.
   The traffic will continue to follow the previous path and get FRR
   protection on the PLR.

   A route corresponding to a global adjacency SID advertised by a node
   that becomes unreachable should also be left in the forwarding table
   for the duration of the hold-timer.

   The node-protecting backup forwarding entry on the PLR corresponding
   to the local adjacency-SID from the PLR to the failed node should
   also be left in the forwarding table for the duration of the hold-
   timer.

4.1.  Interaction with micro-loop avoidance

   During network convergence, the micro-loop avoidance mechansims as
   described in [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop] may be
   applied.For the failed node, all the nodes in the network should
   consistently detect the failure and maintain the pre-failure shortest
   path in the forwarding plane so that the traffic can follow pre-




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   failure shortest path and take the node-protecting backup path at the
   PLR of the failed node.

5.  Optimization Considerations

   The solution described in this document requires that a PLR build a
   context table for each neighbor for which node-protection is desired.
   The context table for each protected neighbor needs to contain route
   entries for all of the prefix-SIDs in the network, as well as the
   route entries corresponding to the adjacency SIDs advertised by the
   protected neighbor.  This may result in considerable additional
   memory consumption.  It is possible to take advantage of an
   optimization that allows the PLR to avoid creating context-tables
   when all of the nodes in the network advertise the same SRGB and all
   adjacency SIDs in the network are advertised as global adjacency
   SIDs.  In this case, all labels in the stack representing an SR-TE
   path are globally unique.  Protection for node failure cases in such
   a deployment can be achieved by doing a lookup of the first label and
   potentially a second lookup of the second label using a common route
   table with primary and backup entries for all prefix-SIDs as well as
   for all of the global adj-SIDs.

   The primary route entries for global adj-SIDs not advertised by the
   PLR will be the shortest path to the node advertising the global adj-
   SID.  The backup route entries for these global adj-SIDs will
   generally correspond to the node-protecting backup path to the node
   advertising the global adj-SID.  However, for a global adj-SID
   advertised by the direct neighbor of the PLR the node-protecting
   backup route entry will correspond to the backup path to the node on
   the far end of the adj-SID.

   With the common route table constructed in this manner, when the PLR
   receives a packet whose first label is a global adj-SID advertised by
   the failed neighbor of the PLR, the lookup of the first label will
   produce the correct backup path directly.  When the PLR receives a
   packet whose first label is the node-SID of the failed neighbor, or
   an adj-SID advertised by the PLR corresponding to the failed
   neighbor, the route entry will instruct the PLR to lookup the second
   label using the common route table.  Finally, when the PLR receives a
   packet whose first label is a global adj-SID or a node-SID advertised
   by a node which is neither the PLR nor the failed neighbor, then the
   usual link-protecting backup path will be produced based on a lookup
   of the first label only.








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6.  Security Considerations

   The procedures described in this document will in most common cases
   be deployed inside a single ownership IGP domain.  No new security
   risks are exposed due to the procedures described in this document.
   The security procedures applicable to IGP protocols will provide the
   desired protection.

7.  IANA Considerations

8.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Peter Psenak, Bruno Decraene,
   Alexander Vainshtein and Huzibo for their review and suggestions.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC5286]  Atlas, A., Ed. and A. Zinin, Ed., "Basic Specification for
              IP Fast Reroute: Loop-Free Alternates", RFC 5286,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5286, September 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5286>.

   [RFC5331]  Aggarwal, R., Rekhter, Y., and E. Rosen, "MPLS Upstream
              Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space",
              RFC 5331, DOI 10.17487/RFC5331, August 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5331>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-ti-lfa]
              Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S.,
              Francois, P., daniel.voyer@bell.ca, d., Clad, F., and P.
              Camarillo, "Topology Independent Fast Reroute using
              Segment Routing", draft-bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-ti-
              lfa-05 (work in progress), October 2018.

   [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop]
              Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C., Litkowski, S., Decraene, B.,
              Francois, P., and P. Psenak, "Loop avoidance using Segment
              Routing", draft-bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop-09
              (work in progress), June 2020.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.



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   [RFC8102]  Sarkar, P., Ed., Hegde, S., Bowers, C., Gredler, H., and
              S. Litkowski, "Remote-LFA Node Protection and
              Manageability", RFC 8102, DOI 10.17487/RFC8102, March
              2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8102>.

   [RFC8679]  Shen, Y., Jeganathan, M., Decraene, B., Gredler, H.,
              Michel, C., and H. Chen, "MPLS Egress Protection
              Framework", RFC 8679, DOI 10.17487/RFC8679, December 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8679>.

Authors' Addresses

   Shraddha Hegde
   Juniper Networks Inc.
   Exora Business Park
   Bangalore, KA  560103
   India

   Email: shraddha@juniper.net


   Chris Bowers
   Juniper Networks Inc.

   Email: cbowers@juniper.net


   Stephane Litkowski
   Cisco Systems

   Email: slitkows.ietf@gmail.com


   Xiaohu Xu
   Alibaba Inc.
   Beijing
   China

   Email: xiaohu.xxh@alibaba-inc.com


   Feng Xu
   Tencent
   China

   Email: oliverxu@tencent.com





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