PCE Working Group                                                Q. Zhao
Internet-Draft                                                     Z. Li
Intended status: Experimental                                   D. Dhody
Expires: September 17, 2016                          Huawei Technologies
                                                                 C. Zhou
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                          March 16, 2016


   PCEP Procedures and Protocol Extensions for Using PCE as a Central
                       Controller (PCECC) of LSPs
          draft-zhao-pce-pcep-extension-for-pce-controller-03

Abstract

   In certain networks deployment scenarios, service providers would
   like to keep all the existing MPLS functionalities in both MPLS and
   GMPLS while removing the complexity of existing signalling protocols
   such as LDP and RSVP-TE.  In
   [I-D.zhao-pce-central-controller-user-cases], we propose to use the
   PCE [RFC5440] as a central controller (PCECC) so that LSP can be
   calculated/ signalled/initiated and label forwarding entries are
   downloaded through a centralized PCE server to each network devices
   along the LSP path while leveraging the existing PCE technologies as
   much as possible.

   This draft specify the procedures and PCEP protocol extensions for
   using the PCE as the central controller and user cases where LSPs are
   calculated/setup/initiated and label forwarding entries are
   downloaded through extending the existing PCE architectures and PCEP.

   This document also discuss the role of PCECC in Segment Routing (SR).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  PCECC Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  PCEP Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Procedures for Using the PCE as the Central Controller
       (PCECC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.1.  Stateful PCE Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.2.  New LSP Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.3.  PCECC Capability Advertisement  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.4.  PCEP session IP address and TEDB Router ID  . . . . . . .   9
     5.5.  LSP Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.5.1.  Basic PCECC Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
         5.5.1.1.  PCECC LSP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
         5.5.1.2.  Label Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       5.5.2.  PCE Initiated PCECC LSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       5.5.3.  PCECC LSP Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       5.5.4.  PCECC LSP State Report  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       5.5.5.  PCECC Segment Routing (SR)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
         5.5.5.1.  PCECC SR-BE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
         5.5.5.2.  PCECC SR-TE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   6.  PCEP messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     6.1.  Label Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       6.1.1.  The PCLabelUpd message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       6.1.2.  The PCInitiate message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   7.  PCEP Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     7.1.  OPEN Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       7.1.1.  PCECC Capability TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     7.2.  PATH-SETUP-TYPE TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24



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     7.3.  Label Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       7.3.1.  Address TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     7.4.  FEC Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   9.  Manageability Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.1.  Control of Function and Policy  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.2.  Information and Data Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.3.  Liveness Detection and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.4.  Verify Correct Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.5.  Requirements On Other Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     9.6.  Impact On Network Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   11. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     12.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     12.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   Appendix A.  Contributor Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   Appendix B.  Label Range Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     B.1.  Label Range Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
     B.2.  The PCLRResv message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     B.3.  LABEL-RANGE Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36

1.  Introduction

   In certain network deployment scenarios, service providers would like
   to have the ability to dynamically adapt to a wide range of
   customer's requests for the sake of flexible network service
   delivery, Software Defined Networks(SDN) has provides additional
   flexibility in how the network is operated compared to the
   traditional network.

   The existing networking ecosystem has become awfully complex and
   highly demanding in terms of robustness, performance, scalability,
   flexibility, agility, etc.  By migrating to the SDN enabled network
   from the existing network, service providers and network operators
   must have a solution which they can evolve easily from the existing
   network into the SDN enabled network while keeping the network
   services remain scalable, guarantee robustness and availability etc.

   Taking the smooth transition between traditional network and the new
   SDN enabled network into account, especially from a cost impact
   assessment perspective, using the existing PCE components from the
   current network to function as the central controller of the SDN
   network is one choice, which not only achieves the goal of having a
   centralized controller, but also leverage the existing PCE network
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   The Path Computation Element communication Protocol (PCEP) provides
   mechanisms for Path Computation Elements (PCEs) to perform route
   computations in response to Path Computation Clients (PCCs) requests.
   PCEP Extensions for PCE-initiated LSP Setup in a Stateful PCE Model
   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce] describes a set of extensions to PCEP to
   enable active control of MPLS-TE and GMPLS tunnels.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp] describes the setup and tear down of
   PCE-initiated LSPs under the active stateful PCE model, without the
   need for local configuration on the PCC, thus allowing for a dynamic
   MPLS network that is centrally controlled and deployed.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-remote-initiated-gmpls-lsp] complements
   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp] by addressing the requirements for
   remote-initiated GMPLS LSPs.

   Segment Routing (SR) technology leverage the source routing and
   tunnelling paradigms.  A source node can choose a path without
   relying on hop-by-hop signalling protocols such as LDP or RSVP-TE.
   Each path is specified as a set of "segments" advertised by link-
   state routing protocols (IS-IS or OSPF).
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing] provides an introduction to SR
   technology.  The corresponding IS-IS and OSPF extensions are
   specified in [I-D.ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions] and
   [I-D.ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions], respectively.

   A Segment Routed path (SR path) can be derived from an IGP Shortest
   Path Tree (SPT).  Segment Routed Traffic Engineering paths (SR-TE
   paths) may not follow IGP SPT.  Such paths may be chosen by a
   suitable network planning tool and provisioned on the source node of
   the SR-TE path.

   It is possible to use a stateful PCE for computing one or more SR-TE
   paths taking into account various constraints and objective
   functions.  Once a path is chosen, the stateful PCE can instantiate
   an SR-TE path on a PCC using PCEP extensions specified in
   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp] using the SR specific PCEP
   extensions described in [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing].

   PCECC may further use PCEP protocol for SR label distribution instead
   of IGP extensions with some benefits.

   Current MPLS label has local meaning.  That is, MPLS label is always
   allocated by the downstream node to the upstream node.  Then the MPLS
   label is only identified by the neighbouring upstream node and
   downstream node.  The label allocation is done locally and signalled
   through the LDP/RSVP-TE/BGP protocol.  To ease the label allocation
   and signalling mechanism, PCE can be conveniently used as a central



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   controller with Label download capability.  Further PCE can also be
   used to manage the label range and Segment Routing Global Block
   (SRGB) etc.

   The PCECC solution introduced in
   [I-D.zhao-pce-central-controller-user-cases] allow for a dynamic MPLS
   network that is eventually controlled and deployed without the
   deployment of RSVP-TE protocol or extended IGP protocol with node/
   adjacency segment identifiers signalling capability while providing
   all the key MPLS functionalities needed by the service providers.

   This draft specify the procedures and PCEP protocol extensions for
   using the PCE as the central controller and user cases where LSPs are
   calculated/setup/initiated/downloaded through extending the existing
   PCE architectures and PCEP.

1.1.  Requirements Language

   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.  Terminology

   The following terminology is used in this document.

   IGP:  Interior Gateway Protocol.  Either of the two routing
      protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Intermediate System
      to Intermediate System (IS-IS).

   PCC:  Path Computation Client: any client application requesting a
      path computation to be performed by a Path Computation Element.

   PCE:  Path Computation Element.  An entity (component, application,
      or network node) that is capable of computing a network path or
      route based on a network graph and applying computational
      constraints.

   TE:  Traffic Engineering.

3.  PCECC Modes

   The following PCECC modes are supported -

   o  Basic PCECC.

   o  PCECC SR.




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      *  PCECC SR-BE (Best Effort).

      *  PCECC SR-TE (Traffic Engineered).

   In basic PCECC mode, the forwarding is similar to RSVP-TE signalled
   LSP without the RSVP-TE signalling.  The PCECC allocates and download
   the label entries along the LSP.  The rest of processing is similar
   to the existing stateful PCE mechanism.

   In case of SR, there are two modes for SR-BE and SR-TE.  For SR-BE,
   the forwarding is similar to LDP LSP without LDP signalling or IGP-SR
   extension.  The SR Node label are allocated and distributed in the
   domain centrally by the PCE via PCEP.  Each node (PCC) relies on
   local IGP for the nexthop calculation.  For SR-TE, the forwarding
   uses label stack similar to IGP based SR-TE without IGP-SR extension.
   The SR node and adjacency labels are allocated and distributed in the
   domain centrally by the PCE via PCEP by PCECC.  Rest of the
   processing is similar to existing stateful PCE with SR mechanism.

4.  PCEP Requirements

   Following key requirements associated PCECC should be considered when
   designing the PCECC based solution:

   1.  PCEP speaker supporting this draft MUST have the capability to
       advertise its PCECC capability to its peers.

   2.  PCEP speaker not supporting this draft MUST be able to reject
       PCECC related message with a reason code that indicates no
       support for PCECC.

   3.  PCEP SHOULD provide a means to identify PCECC based LSP in the
       PCEP messages.

   4.  PCEP SHOULD provide a means to update (or cleanup) the label-
       download or label-map entry to the PCC.

   5.  Path Computation Client (PCC) supporting this draft MAY support a
       capability to communicate local label range or global label range
       or both to PCE. (see xref target="sec_lr"/>)

   6.  Path Computation Element (PCE) supporting this draft MAY have the
       capability to negotiate a global label range for a group of
       clients and communicate the final global label range to PCC. (see
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5.  Procedures for Using the PCE as the Central Controller (PCECC)

5.1.  Stateful PCE Model

   Active stateful PCE is described in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce].  PCE
   as a central controller (PCECC) reuses existing Active stateful PCE
   mechanism as much as possible to control the LSP.

5.2.  New LSP Functions

   This document defines the following new PCEP messages and extends the
   existing messages to support PCECC:

   (PCRpt):  a PCEP message described in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce].
      PCRpt message MAYBE used to send PCECC LSP Reports.

   (PCInitiate):  a PCEP message described in
      [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp].  PCInitiate message is used to
      setup PCE-Initiated LSP based on PCECC mechanism.

   (PCUpd):  a PCEP message described in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce].
      PCUpd message is used to send PCECC LSP Update.

   Per Node Label Operations:  a PCEP mechanism to instruct label
      operations on each node.  An approach to this could be -

      (PCLabelUpd):  a new PCEP message sent by a PCE to a PCC to
         download or cleanup the Label entry.  The PCLabelUpd message
         described in Section 6.1.1.

      (PCInitiate):  reuse an existing PCEP message described in
         [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp].  PCInitiate message.

   The new LSP functions defined in this document are mapped onto the
   messages as shown in the following table.
















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   +----------------------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Function                               | Message                  |
   +----------------------------------------+--------------------------+
   | PCECC Capability advertisement         | Open                     |
   | Label entry Update                     | PCLabelUpd/PCInitiate    |
   | Label entry Cleanup                    | PCLabelUpd/PCInitiate    |
   | PCECC Initiated LSP                    | PCInitiate               |
   | PCECC LSP Update                       | PCUpd                    |
   | PCECC LSP State Report                 | PCRpt                    |
   | PCECC LSP Delegation                   | PCRpt                    |
   +----------------------------------------+--------------------------+


5.3.  PCECC Capability Advertisement

   During PCEP Initialization Phase, PCEP Speakers (PCE or PCC)
   advertise their support of PCECC extensions.  A PCEP Speaker includes
   the "PCECC Capability" TLV, described in Section 7.1.1 of this
   document, in the OPEN Object to advertise its support for PCECC
   extensions.

   The presence of the PCECC Capability TLV in PCC's OPEN Object
   indicates that the PCC is willing to function as a PCECC client.

   The presence of the PCECC Capability TLV in PCE's OPEN message
   indicates that the PCE is interested in function as a PCECC server.

   The PCEP protocol extensions for PCECC MUST NOT be used if one or
   both PCEP Speakers have not included the PCECC Capability TLV in
   their respective OPEN message.  If the PCEP Speakers support the
   extensions of this draft but did not advertise this capability then a
   PCErr message with Error-Type=19(Invalid Operation) and Error-
   Value=[TBD] (Attempted LSP setup/download/label-range reservation if
   PCECC capability was not advertised) will be generated and the PCEP
   session will be terminated.

   A PCC or a PCE MUST include both PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV and STATEFUL-
   PCE-CAPABILITY TLV ([I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce]) in OPEN Object to
   support the extensions defined in this document.  If PCECC-CAPABILITY
   TLV is advertised and STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is not advertised
   in OPEN Object, it SHOULD send a PCErr message with Error-Type=19
   (Invalid Operation) and Error-value=[TBD](stateful PCE capability was
   not advertised) and terminate the session.

   PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV includes a S-bit to indicate support for PCECC-
   SR.  A PCEP speaker MUST set S-bit in PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV and
   include SR-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV ([I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing]) in
   OPEN Object to support the PCECC SR-TE extensions defined in this



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   document.  If S-bit is set in PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV and SR-PCE-
   CAPABILITY TLV is not advertised in OPEN Object, PCEP speaker SHOULD
   send a PCErr message with Error-Type=19 (Invalid Operation) and
   Error-value=[TBD](SR capability was not advertised) and terminate the
   session.

5.4.  PCEP session IP address and TEDB Router ID

   PCE may construct its TEDB by participating in the IGP ([RFC3630]
   and [RFC5305]  for MPLS-TE; [RFC4203]  and [RFC5307] for GMPLS).  An
   alternative is offered by BGP-LS [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution] and
   [I-D.dhodylee-pce-pcep-ls].

   PCEP [RFC5440] speaker MAY use any IP address while creating a TCP
   session.  It is important to link the session IP address with the
   Router ID in TEDB for successful PCECC operations.

   During PCEP Initialization Phase, PCC SHOULD advertise the TE mapping
   information.  Thus a PCC includes the "Node Attributes TLV"
   [I-D.dhodylee-pce-pcep-ls] with "IPv4/IPv6 Router-ID of Local Node",
   in the OPEN Object for this purpose.  [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution]
   describes the usage as auxiliary Router-IDs that the IGP might be
   using, e.g., for TE purposes.  If there are more than one auxiliary
   Router-ID of a given type, then multiple TLVs are used to encode
   them.

   If "IPv4/IPv6 Router-ID" TLV is not present, the TCP session IP
   address is directly used for the mapping purpose.

5.5.  LSP Operations

   The PCEP messages pertaining to PCECC MUST include PATH-SETUP-TYPE
   TLV [I-D.ietf-pce-lsp-setup-type] in the SRP object to clearly
   identify the PCECC LSP is intended.

5.5.1.  Basic PCECC Mode

5.5.1.1.  PCECC LSP Setup

   In order to setup a LSP based on PCECC mechanism, a PCC MUST delegate
   the LSP by sending a PCRpt message with Path Setup Type set for basic
   PCECC (see Section 7.2) and D (Delegate) flag (see
   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce]) set in the LSP object.

   LSP-IDENTIFIER TLV MAY be included for PCECC LSP, the LSP-ID SHOULD
   be generated by the PCE for PCECC LSP.  In the first PCRpt message of
   PCECC LSP, LSP ID of LSP-IDENTIFIER TLV is set to zero.




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   When a PCE receives PCRpt message with P and D flags set, it MAY
   generates LSP ID; calculates the path and assigns labels along the
   path; and setups the path by sending PCLabelUpd or PCInitiate message
   to each node along the path of the LSP.

   In response to the delegate PCRpt message, the PCE SHOULD send the
   PCUpd message with the same PLSP-ID to the Ingress PCC.

   The PCECC LSPs MUST be delegated to a PCE at all times.

   LSP deletion operation for PCECC LSP is same as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce].  If the PCE receives PCRpt message for
   LSP deletion then it does Label cleanup operation as described in
   Section 5.5.1.2.1.2 for the corresponding LSP.

   The Basic PCECC LSP setup sequence is as shown below using a new
   message PCLabelUpd.


                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1  --->| PCECC LSP
   |PCC   +--------+ |       (LSP ID=0)                  |(LSPID=1)
   |Egress  |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCLabelUpd,PLSP-ID=1  ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1)                  | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd,PLSP-ID=1  ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd,PLSP-ID=1  ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd,PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1 ---- | PCECC LSP
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | Update
       |       |     |                                   |


              Figure 2: Using PCLabelUpd For Label Operations






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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1  --->| PCECC LSP
   |PCC   +--------+ |       (LSP ID=0)                  |(LSPID=1)
   |Egress  |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCInitiate,PLSP-ID=1  ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1)                  | download
       |------- PCRpt ---------------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCInitiate,PLSP-ID=1  ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | download
       |       |----- -PCRpt---------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCInitiate,PLSP-ID=1  ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | download
       |       |     |-----PCRpt------------------------>|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd,PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1 ---- | PCECC LSP
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1)                   | Update
       |       |     |                                   |

   Some open issue -

   * PCC send PCRpt messages for each PCInitiate message?
   * Should one use PCInitiate at Ingress too? How to link this
     with existing tunnel at the PCC?


              Figure 3: Using PCInitiate For Label Operations

   The PCECC LSP are considered to be 'up' by default.  The Ingress MAY
   further choose to deploy a data plane check mechanism and report the
   status back to the PCE via PCRpt message.

5.5.1.2.  Label Operations

5.5.1.2.1.  Via a new PCLabelUpd Message

   The new label operations in PCEP can be done via a new message and by
   defining new PCEP Objects for Label operations and FEC.





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5.5.1.2.1.1.  Label Download

   In order to setup an LSP based on PCECC, the PCE sends a PCLabelUpd
   message to each node of the LSP to download the Label entry as
   described in Section 5.5.1.1.

   The LSP object in PCLabelUpd MUST include the LSP-IDENTIFIER TLV.

   If a node (PCC) receives a PCLabelUpd message but failed to download
   the Label entry, it MUST send a PCErr message with Error-type=[TBD]
   (label download failed) and Error-value=[TBD].

   Two new PCEP objects for LABEL and FEC are defined in Section 7.3 and
   Section 7.4 to encode the Label operations and its associated FEC.

5.5.1.2.1.2.  Label Cleanup

   In order to delete an LSP based on PCECC, the PCE sends a PCLabelUpd
   message to each node along the path of the LSP to cleanup the Label
   entry.

   If the PCC receives a PCLabelUpd message but does not recognize the
   label, the PCC MUST generate a PCErr message with Error-Type
   19(Invalid operation) and Error-Value=3, "Unknown Label".

   The R flag in SRP object defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp]
   specifies the deletion of Label Entry in the new PCLabelUpd message.
























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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=1,P=1,D=1,R=1--->| PCECC LSP
   |PCC   +--------+ |       (LSP ID=1)                  | remove
   |Egress  |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1, R=1)             | cleanup
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1, R=1)             | cleanup
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1, R=1)             | cleanup
       |       |     |                                   |


5.5.1.2.2.  Via an existing PCInitiate Message

   The new label operations in PCEP can be done via existing PCInitiate
   message and by reusing PCEP Objects (and subobjects) to encode Label
   operations and FEC.  A TE LSP can be envisioned as a series of
   "cross-connects" and ERO in the PCInitiate message can be used to
   indicate each such cross-connect along the path.  The use of
   PCInitiate message would also require each node to send the PCRpt
   message.  The handling of PLSP-ID, LSP Identifiers, Symbolic path
   name would need to be taken into consideration.

   The PATH-SETUP-TYPE TLV [I-D.ietf-pce-lsp-setup-type] in the SRP
   object can identify the PCECC LSP.

5.5.1.2.2.1.  Label Download

   In order to setup an LSP based on PCECC, the PCE sends a PCInitiate
   message to each node of the LSP to download the Label entry as
   described in Section 5.5.1.1 represented as a "cross-connect".

   If a node (PCC) receives a PCInitiate message with setup type
   indicated as PCECC, it should not try to initiate a complete tunnel.
   The error-handling and other processing would remain unchanged.

   The ERO in the PCInitiate message would indicate the cross-connect as
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   Egress only input interface/label would be present and for Ingress
   only output interface/label.  For Ingress either PCInitiate is used
   or the same information can be put in PCUpd message as well.

5.5.1.2.2.2.  Label Cleanup

   In order to delete an LSP based on PCECC, one can use existing
   PCInitiate message (with R flag) to each node along the path of the
   LSP to cleanup the Label entry.  The R flag in SRP object defined in
   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp] is used during cleanup.

   The error-handling and other processing would remain unchanged.

5.5.2.  PCE Initiated PCECC LSP

   The LSP Instantiation operation is same as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp].

   In order to setup a PCE Initiated LSP based on PCECC mechanism, a PCE
   sends PCInitiate message with Path Setup Type set for basic PCECC
   (see Section 7.2) to the Ingress PCC.

   The Ingress PCC MUST also set D (Delegate) flag (see
   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce]) and C (Create) flag (see
   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp]) in LSP object of PCRpt message.
   The PCC responds with first PCRpt message with the status as "GOING-
   UP" and assigned PLSP-ID.

   The rest of the PCECC LSP setup operations are same as those
   described in Section 5.5.1.1.

   The LSP deletion operation for PCE Initiated PCECC LSP is same as
   defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp].  The PCE should further
   perform Label entry cleanup operation as described in
   Section 5.5.1.2.1.2 for the corresponding LSP.

   The PCE Initiated PCECC LSP setup sequence is shown below using a new
   PCLabelUpd message.













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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |<---PCInitiate,PLSP-ID=0,P=1,D=1---| PCECC LSP
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   | Initiate
   |Egress  |  |     |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=2,P=1,D=1,C=1--->| PCECC LSP
   +--------+  |     |       (LSP ID=0,GOING-UP)         |(LSPID=2
       |       |     |                                   | assigned)
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=2 ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=2 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=2 ------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd, PLSP-ID=2, P=1, D=1---- | PCECC LSP
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | Update
       |       |     |                                   |


   The PCE Initiated PCECC LSP setup sequence is shown below using
   existing PCInitiate message.
























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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |<---PCInitiate,PLSP-ID=0,P=1,D=1---| PCECC LSP
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   | Initiate
   |Egress  |  |     |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=2,P=1,D=1,C=1--->| PCECC LSP
   +--------+  |     |       (LSP ID=0,GOING-UP)         |(LSPID=2
       |       |     |                                   | assigned)
       |<------ PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=2 ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |------- PCRpt ---------------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=2 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |       |----- -PCRpt---------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=2 ------- | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | download
       |       |     |-----PCRpt------------------------>|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd, PLSP-ID=2, P=1, D=1---- | PCECC LSP
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=2)                  | Update
       |       |     |                                   |

   Some open issue -

   * PCC send PCRpt messages for each PCInitiate message?
   * How to link 2 PCInitiate message at Ingress one to initiate the
     full tunnel, and one to download the cross-connect (label)?



5.5.3.  PCECC LSP Update

   Incase of a modification of PCECC LSP with a new path, a PCE sends a
   PCUpd message to the Ingress PCC.

   When a PCC receives a PCUpd message for an existing LSP, a PCC MAY
   follow the make-before-break procedure i.e. first download labels for
   the updated LSP and then switch traffic, before cleaning up the old
   labels.  On successful traffic switch over to the new LSP, PCC sends
   a PCRpt message to the PCE for the deletion of old LSP.  Further the
   PCE does cleanup operation for the old LSP as described in
   Section 5.5.1.2.1.2.




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   The PCECC LSP Update and make-before-break sequence is shown below
   using a new PCLabelUpd message.


                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |                                   |
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   |
   |Egress  |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   | Modify LSP
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------------------ | (LSPID=3
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=3)                  | assigned)
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=3)                   | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=3)                   | download
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd, PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1---- | PCECC
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=3)                  | LSP Update
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=1,P=1,D=1,R=1--->| Delete
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1)                  | old LSP
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1, R=1)             | cleanup
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1, R=1)              | cleanup
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd, PLSP-ID=1 ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1, R=1)              | cleanup


   The PCECC LSP Update and make-before-break sequence is shown below
   using existing PCInitiate message.









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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |Ingress|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | Transit| |                                   |
   +------|        | |                                   |
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   |
   |Egress  |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   | Modify LSP
       |<------ PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ------------------ | (LSPID=3
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=3)                  | assigned)
       |------- PCRpt ---------------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=3)                   | download
       |       |----- -PCRpt---------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=3)                   | download
       |       |     |-----PCRpt------------------------>|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<-- PCUpd, PLSP-ID=1, P=1, D=1---- | PCECC
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=3)                  | LSP Update
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |--- PCRpt,PLSP-ID=1,P=1,D=1,R=1--->| Delete
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1)                  | old LSP
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ------------------ | Label
       |       |     |       (LSP ID=1, R=1)             | cleanup
       |------- PCRpt ---------------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ----------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1, R=1)              | cleanup
       |       |----- -PCRpt---------------------------->|
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCInitiate, PLSP-ID=1 ------- | Label
       |       |     |      (LSP ID=1, R=1)              | cleanup
       |       |     |-----PCRpt------------------------>|


   The modified PCECC LSP are considered to be 'up' by default.  The
   Ingress MAY further choose to deploy a data plane check mechanism and
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5.5.4.  PCECC LSP State Report

   As mentioned before, an Ingress PCC MAY choose to apply any OAM
   mechanism to check the status of LSP in the Data plane and MAY
   further send its status in PCRpt message to the PCE.

5.5.5.  PCECC Segment Routing (SR)

   Segment Routing (SR) as described in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing] depends on "segments" that are
   advertised by Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs).  The SR-node
   allocates and advertises the SID (node, adj etc) and flood via the
   IGP.  This document proposes a new mechanism where PCE allocates the
   SID (label) centrally and uses PCEP to advertise the SID.  In some
   deployments PCE (and PCEP) are better suited than IGP because of
   centralized nature of PCE and direct TCP based PCEP session to the
   node.

   PCECC SR capability (S-bit) MUST be advertised in Open message.

   [EDITOR NOTE: Currently only the use of a new message PCLabelUpd is
   discussed in this section, the editors feel that use of existing
   PCInitiate message for SR node and adjacency label would be
   problematic.]

5.5.5.1.  PCECC SR-BE

   Each node (PCC) is allocated a node-SID (label) by the PCECC.  The
   PCECC sends PCLabelUpd to update the label map of each node to all
   the nodes in the domain.  The TE router ID is determined from the
   TEDB or from "IPv4/IPv6 Router-ID" Sub-TLV
   [I-D.dhodylee-pce-pcep-ls], in the OPEN Object Section 5.4.

   It is RECOMMENDED that PCEP session with PCECC SR capability to use a
   different session IP address during TCP session establishment than
   the node Router ID in TEDB, to make sure that the PCEP session does
   not get impacted by the SR-BE node label maps (Section 5.4).

   On receiving the label map, each node (PCC) uses the local
   information to determine the next-hop and download the label
   forwarding instructions accordingly.  The PCLabelUpd message in this
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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |3.3.3.3|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | 2.2.2.2| |                                   |
   +------|        | |                                   |
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   |
   |1.1.1.1 |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, FEC=1.1.1.1----------------- | Label Map
       |       |     |      Label=X                      | update
       |Find   |     |                                   |
       |Nexthop|<----- PCLabelUpd, FEC=1.1.1.1---------- | Label Map
       |locally|     |             Label=X               | update
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |     |<--- PCLabelUpd, FEC=1.1.1.1------ | Label Map
       |       |     |                 Label=X           | update
       |       |     |                                   |


   The forwarding behaviour and the end result is similar to IGP based
   "Node-SID" in SR.  Thus, from anywhere in the domain, it enforces the
   ECMP-aware shortest-path forwarding of the packet towards the related
   node.

   PCE relies on the Node label cleanup using the same PCLabelUpd
   message.

5.5.5.2.  PCECC SR-TE

   A Segment Routed Best Effort path (SR-BE path) can be derived from an
   IGP Shortest Path Tree (SPT) as explained above.  On the other hand,
   SR-TE paths may not follow IGP SPT.  Such paths may be chosen by a
   PCE and provisioned on the source node of the SR-TE path.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing] extends PCEP to allow a stateful PCE
   to compute and initiate SR-TE paths, as well as a PCC to request a
   path subject to certain constraint(s) and optimization criteria in SR
   networks.

   For SR-TE, apart from node-SID, Adj-SID is used where each adjacency
   is allocated an Adj-SID (label) by the PCECC.  The PCECC sends
   PCLabelUpd to update the label map of each Adj to the corresponding
   nodes in the domain.  Each node (PCC) download the label forwarding
   instructions accordingly.  Similar to SR-BE, the PCLabelUpd message
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                 +-------+                           +-------+
                 |PCC    |                           |  PCE  |
                 |3.3.3.3|                           +-------+
          +------|       |                               |
          | PCC  +-------+                               |
          | 2.2.2.2| |                                   |
   +------|        | |                                   |
   |PCC   +--------+ |                                   |
   |1.1.1.1 |  |     |                                   |
   +--------+  |     |                                   |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |<------ PCLabelUpd, FEC=10.1.1.1 / ------------- | Label Map
       |       |     |          10.1.1.2                 | update
       |       |     |      Label=A                      |
       |       |     |                                   |
       |       |<----- PCLabelUpd, FEC=10.1.1.2--------- | Label Map
       |       |     |                 10.1.1.1          | update
       |       |     |             Label=B               |
       |       |     |                                   |


   The forwarding behavior and the end result is similar to IGP based
   "Adj-SID" in SR.

   The Path Setup Type for segment routing MUST be set for PCECC SR-TE
   (see Section 7.2).  All PCEP procedures and mechanism are similar to
   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing].

   PCE relies on the Adj label cleanup using the same PCLabelUpd
   message.

6.  PCEP messages

   As defined in [RFC5440], a PCEP message consists of a common header
   followed by a variable-length body made of a set of objects that can
   be either mandatory or optional.  An object is said to be mandatory
   in a PCEP message when the object must be included for the message to
   be considered valid.  For each PCEP message type, a set of rules is
   defined that specify the set of objects that the message can carry.
   An implementation MUST form the PCEP messages using the object
   ordering specified in this document.

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6.1.  Label Operations

6.1.1.  The PCLabelUpd message

   A new Label Update Message (also referred to as PCLabelUpd) is a PCEP
   message sent by a PCE to a PCC to download label or update the label
   map.  The same message is also used to cleanup the Label entry.  The
   Message-Type field of the PCEP common header for the PCLabelUpd
   message is set to [TBD].

   The format of the PCLabelUpd message is as follows:


   <PCLabelUpd Message> ::= <Common Header>
                            <pce-label-update-list>
   Where:
   <pce-label-update-list> ::= <pce-label-update>
                      [<pce-label-update-list>]

   <pce-label-update> ::= (<pce-label-download>|<pce-label-map>)

   Where:
   <pce-label-download> ::= <SRP>
                            <LSP>
                            <label-list>

   <pce-label-map> ::= <SRP>
                       <LABEL>
                       <FEC>

   <label-list > ::=  <LABEL>
                     [<label-list>]


   The PCLabelUpd message is used to download label along the path of
   the LSP for the basic PCECC mode, as well as to update the label map
   for the Node and Adjacency Label in case of SR.

   The SRP object is defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce] and this
   document extends the use of SRP object in PCLabelUpd message.  The
   SRP object is mandatory and MUST be included in PCLabelUpd message.
   If the SRP object is missing, the receiving PCC MUST send a PCErr
   message with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-
   value=10 (SRP object missing).

   The LSP object is defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce] and this
   document extends the use of LSP object in PCLabelUpd message.  The
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   PCLabelUpd message.  LSP Identifiers TLV is defined in
   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce], it MAY be included in the LSP object in
   PCLabelUpd message.

   The LABEL object is defined in Section 7.3.  The LABEL is the
   mandatory object and MUST be included in PCLabelUpd message.  If the
   LABEL object is missing, the receiving PCC MUST send a PCErr message
   with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=[TBD]
   (LABEL object missing).  More than one LABEL object MAY be included
   in the PCLabelUpd message for the transit LSR.

   The FEC object is defined in Section 7.4.  The FEC is an optional
   object and used in PCECC SR mode in PCLabelUpd message.  The FEC
   object encodes the Node and Adjacency information of the Label Map.

   To cleanup the SRP object must set the R (remove) bit.

6.1.2.  The PCInitiate message

   Message described in [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp] continue to
   apply.

7.  PCEP Objects

   The PCEP objects defined in this document are compliant with the PCEP
   object format defined in [RFC5440].  The P flag and the I flag of the
   PCEP objects defined in this document MUST always be set to 0 on
   transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt since these flags are
   exclusively related to path computation requests.

7.1.  OPEN Object

   This document defines a new optional TLVs for use in the OPEN Object.

7.1.1.  PCECC Capability TLV

   The PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV is an optional TLV for use in the OPEN
   Object for PCECC capability advertisement.  Advertisement of the
   PCECC capability implies support of LSPs that are setup through PCECC
   as per PCEP extensions defined in this document.

   Its format is shown in the following figure:









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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Type=[TBD]      |            Length=4           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             Flags                           |S|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The type of the TLV is [TBD] and it has a fixed length of 4 octets.

   The value comprises a single field - Flags (32 bits):

   S (PCECC-SR-CAPABILITY - 1 bit):  If set to 1 by a PCEP speaker, it
      indicates that the PCEP speaker is capable for PCECC-SR capability
      and PCE would allocate node and Adj label on this session.

   Unassigned bits are considered reserved.  They MUST be set to 0 on
   transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.

7.2.  PATH-SETUP-TYPE TLV

   The PATH-SETUP-TYPE TLV is defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-lsp-setup-type];
   this document defines a new PST value:

   o  PST = 2: Path is setup via Basic PCECC mode.

   PST = 1 (defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing]) can be reused
   when Path is setup via PCECC SR-TE mode.

   On a PCRpt/PCUpd/PCInitiate message, the PST=2 in PATH-SETUP-TYPE TLV
   in SRP object indicates that this LSP was setup via a basic PCECC
   based mechanism; the PST=1 indicates that this LSP was setup via a
   SR-TE based mechanism where either the labels are allocated by PCE
   via PCECC mechanism or advertised by IGP.

7.3.  Label Object

   The LABEL Object is used to specify the Label information and MUST be
   carried within PCLabelUpd message.

   LABEL Object-Class is TBD.

   LABEL Object-Type is 1.







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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Reserved            |              Flags           |O|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Label                 |     Reserved          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //                        Optional TLV                         //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The fields in the LABEL object are as follows:

   Flags:  is used to carry any additional information pertaining to the
      label.  Currently, the following flag bit is defined:

      *  O bit(Out-label) : If the bit is set, it specifies the label is
         the OUT label and it is mandatory to encode the nexthop
         information (via IPV4-ADDRESS TLV or IPV6-ADDRESS TLV or
         UNNUMBERED-IPV4-ID-ADDRESS TLV in LABEL object).  If the bit is
         not set, it specifies the label is the IN label and it is
         optional to encode the local interface information (via
         IPV4-ADDRESS TLV or IPV6-ADDRESS TLV or UNNUMBERED-IPV4-ID-
         ADDRESS TLV in LABEL object).

   Label (20-bit):  The Label information encoded such that the 20
      rightmost bits represent a label.

   Reserved (12 bit):  Set to zero while sending, ignored on receive.

7.3.1.  Address TLVs

   This document defines the following TLV for the LABEL object to
   associate the nexthop information incase of an outgoing label and
   local interface information incase of an incoming label.














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   IPV4-ADDRESS TLV:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Type=TBD          |  Length = 8                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        IPv4 address                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   IPV6-ADDRESS TLV:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Type=TBD          |   Length = 20                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //                IPv6 address (16 bytes)                      //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   UNNUMBERED-IPV4-ID-ADDRESS TLV:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Type=TBD          |   Length = 12                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                            Node-ID                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          Interface ID                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The address TLVs are as follows:

   IPV4-ADDRESS TLV:  an IPv4 address.

   IPV6-ADDRESS TLV:  an IPv6 address.

   UNNUMBERED-IPV4-ID-ADDRESS TLV:  a pair of Node ID / Interface ID
      tuples.








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7.4.  FEC Object

   The FEC Object is used to specify the FEC information and MAY be
   carried within PCLabelUpd message.


   FEC Object-Class is TBD.

   FEC Object-Type is 1 'IPv4 Node ID'.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      IPv4 Node ID                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   FEC Object-Type is 2 'IPv6 Node ID'.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //                      IPv6 Node ID (16 bytes)                //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   FEC Object-Type is 3 'IPv4 Adjacency'.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Local IPv4 address                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Remote IPv4 address                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   FEC Object-Type is 4 'IPv6 Adjacency'.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //               Local IPv6 address (16 bytes)                 //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //               Remote IPv6 address (16 bytes)                //



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   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   FEC Object-Type is 5 'Unnumbered Adjacency with IPv4 NodeIDs'.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Local Node-ID                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Local Interface ID                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Remote Node-ID                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   Remote Interface ID                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The FEC objects are as follows:

   IPv4 Node ID:  where IPv4 Node ID is specified as an IPv4 address of
      the Node.  FEC Object-type is 1, and the Object-Length is 4 in
      this case.

   IPv6 Node ID:  where IPv6 Node ID is specified as an IPv6 address of
      the Node.  FEC Object-type is 2, and the Object-Length is 16 in
      this case.

   IPv4 Adjacency:  where Local and Remote IPv4 address is specified as
      pair of IPv4 address of the adjacency.  FEC Object-type is 3, and
      the Object-Length is 8 in this case.

   IPv6 Adjacency:  where Local and Remote IPv6 address is specified as
      pair of IPv6 address of the adjacency.  FEC Object-type is 4, and
      the Object-Length is 32 in this case.

   Unnumbered Adjacency with IPv4 NodeID:  where a pair of Node ID /
      Interface ID tuples is used.  FEC Object-type is 5, and the
      Object-Length is 16 in this case.

8.  Security Considerations

   TBD








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9.  Manageability Considerations

9.1.  Control of Function and Policy

   TBD.

9.2.  Information and Data Models

   TBD.

9.3.  Liveness Detection and Monitoring

   TBD.

9.4.  Verify Correct Operations

   TBD.

9.5.  Requirements On Other Protocols

   TBD.

9.6.  Impact On Network Operations

   TBD.

10.  IANA Considerations

   TBD

11.  Acknowledgments

   We would like to thank Robert Tao, Changjing Yan, Tieying Huang and
   Avantika for their useful comments and suggestions.

   We would like to thank Adrian Farrel for presenting followup of PCECC
   proposal in IETF 94.

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

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





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   [RFC5440]  Vasseur, JP., Ed. and JL. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation
              Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5440, March 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5440>.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce]
              Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Medved, J., and R. Varga, "PCEP
              Extensions for Stateful PCE", draft-ietf-pce-stateful-
              pce-13 (work in progress), December 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp]
              Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Sivabalan, S., and R. Varga, "PCEP
              Extensions for PCE-initiated LSP Setup in a Stateful PCE
              Model", draft-ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp-05 (work in
              progress), October 2015.

   [I-D.dhodylee-pce-pcep-ls]
              Dhody, D., Lee, Y., and D. Ceccarelli, "PCEP Extension for
              Distribution of Link-State and TE Information.", draft-
              dhodylee-pce-pcep-ls-03 (work in progress), March 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution]
              Gredler, H., Medved, J., Previdi, S., Farrel, A., and S.
              Ray, "North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and TE
              Information using BGP", draft-ietf-idr-ls-distribution-13
              (work in progress), October 2015.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.

   [RFC4203]  Kompella, K., Ed. and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "OSPF Extensions in
              Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
              (GMPLS)", RFC 4203, DOI 10.17487/RFC4203, October 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4203>.

   [RFC5305]  Li, T. and H. Smit, "IS-IS Extensions for Traffic
              Engineering", RFC 5305, DOI 10.17487/RFC5305, October
              2008, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5305>.

   [RFC5307]  Kompella, K., Ed. and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "IS-IS Extensions
              in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
              (GMPLS)", RFC 5307, DOI 10.17487/RFC5307, October 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5307>.




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   [I-D.li-mpls-global-label-framework]
              Li, Z., Zhao, Q., Chen, X., Yang, T., and R. Raszuk, "A
              Framework of MPLS Global Label", draft-li-mpls-global-
              label-framework-02 (work in progress), July 2014.

   [I-D.zhao-pce-central-controller-user-cases]
              Zhao, Q., Li, Z., Ke, Z., Fang, L., Zhou, C., and T.
              Communications, "The Use Cases for Using PCE as the
              Central Controller(PCECC) of LSPs", draft-zhao-pce-
              central-controller-user-cases-02 (work in progress), July
              2015.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-remote-initiated-gmpls-lsp]
              Ali, Z., Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Varga, R., Lopez,
              V., Dios, O., and X. Zhang, "Path Computation Element
              Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for remote-
              initiated GMPLS LSP Setup", draft-ietf-pce-remote-
              initiated-gmpls-lsp-01 (work in progress), July 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing]
              Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S.,
              and R. Shakir, "Segment Routing Architecture", draft-ietf-
              spring-segment-routing-07 (work in progress), December
              2015.

   [I-D.ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions]
              Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Bashandy, A., Gredler, H.,
              Litkowski, S., Decraene, B., and J. Tantsura, "IS-IS
              Extensions for Segment Routing", draft-ietf-isis-segment-
              routing-extensions-06 (work in progress), December 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions]
              Psenak, P., Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Gredler, H.,
              Shakir, R., Henderickx, W., and J. Tantsura, "OSPF
              Extensions for Segment Routing", draft-ietf-ospf-segment-
              routing-extensions-06 (work in progress), December 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing]
              Sivabalan, S., Medved, J., Filsfils, C., Crabbe, E.,
              Lopez, V., Tantsura, J., Henderickx, W., and J. Hardwick,
              "PCEP Extensions for Segment Routing", draft-ietf-pce-
              segment-routing-06 (work in progress), August 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-lsp-setup-type]
              Sivabalan, S., Medved, J., Minei, I., Crabbe, E., Varga,
              R., Tantsura, J., and J. Hardwick, "Conveying path setup
              type in PCEP messages", draft-ietf-pce-lsp-setup-type-03
              (work in progress), June 2015.



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Appendix A.  Contributor Addresses

   Udayasree Palle
   Huawei Technologies
   Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield
   Bangalore, Karnataka  560066
   India

   EMail: udayasree.palle@huawei.com

   Katherine Zhao
   Huawei Technologies
   2330 Central Expressway
   Santa Clara, CA  95050
   USA

   EMail: katherine.zhao@huawei.com

   Boris Zhang
   Telus Ltd.
   Toronto
   Canada

   EMail: boris.zhang@telus.com


Appendix B.  Label Range Handling

   This section is created to move the Label range handling text.  It
   would be moved to a separate document in future.

   New requirements for PCEP extension regarding Label Range:-

   o  Path Computation Client (PCC) supporting this draft MAY support a
      capability to communicate local label range or global label range
      or both to PCE.

   o  Path Computation Element (PCE) supporting this draft MAY have the
      capability to negotiate a global label range for a group of
      clients and communicate the final global label range to PCC.

   Two new flags are added in PCECC-CAPABILITY TLV (Section 7.1.1) to
   support PCECC:-

   L (LOCAL-LABEL-RANGE-CAPABILITY - 1 bit):  If set to 1 by a PCEP
      speaker, it indicates that the PCEP speaker is capable for local
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   G (GLOBAL-LABEL-RANGE-CAPABILITY - 1 bit):  If set to 1 by a PCEP
      speaker, it indicates that the PCEP speaker capable for global
      label range reservation.

   A new PCEP messages to support PCECC:-

   (PCLRResv):  a PCEP message sent by a PCC to a PCE to ask for the
      label range reservation or a PCE to a PCC to send the reserved
      label range.  The PCLRResv message described in Appendix B.2.

B.1.  Label Range Reservation

   After PCEP initial state synchronization, the label range is
   reserved.

   If L flag is advertised in OPEN Object by PCEP speakers, a PCC
   reserves a local label range and is communicated using PCLRResv
   message to a PCE.  The PCE maintains the local label range of each
   node and further during LSP setup, a label is assigned to each node
   from the corresponding local label range reserved.

   If G flag is advertised in OPEN Object by PCEP speakers,a PCC
   reserves a global label range and is advertised in PCLRResv message
   to a PCE.  The PCE MAY negotiate and reserves the global label range
   and also sends the negotiated global label range in PCLRResv message
   to the PCC.  Please refer [I-D.li-mpls-global-label-framework] for
   MPLS global label allocation.

   A PCC MUST send PCLRResv message immediately after the initial LSP
   synchronization completion.  A PCE SHOULD NOT send PCLabelUpd message
   to a PCC before PCLRResv message is received.  If the PCC has
   received PCLabelUpd message and has not initiated label range
   reservation, it SHOULD send a PCErr message with Error-type=[TBD]
   (label range not reserved) and Error-value=[TBD].

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        +-+-+                           +-+-+
        |PCC|                           |PCE|
        +-+-+                           +-+-+
          |                               |
          |--- PCLRResv, label type=1 --->|local label range reserved
          |             (100-500)         |global label range negotiated
          |             label type=2      |
          |             (600-1000)        |
          |                               |
          |<--- PCLRResv, label type=2 ---|global label range reserved
          |             (700-1000)        |
          |                               |


   [Editor's Note: This section of the document would be updated with
   more details about Label Block Negotiation, Reservation, Adjustment
   etc in a future revision of the document.]

B.2.  The PCLRResv message

   A Label Range Reservation message (also referred to as PCLRResv
   message) is a PCEP message sent by a PCC to a PCE for the reservation
   of label range or by PCE to PCC to send reserved label range for the
   network.  The Message-Type field of the PCEP common header for the
   PCLRResv message is set to [TBD].

   The format of a PCLRResv message is as follows:


   PCLRResv Message>::= <Common Header>
                                <label-range>
      Where:

       <label-range> ::= <SRP>
                         <labelrange-list>

      Where
   <labelrange-list>::=<LABEL-RANGE>[<labelrange-list>]


   There are two mandatory objects that MUST be included within each
   <label-range> in the PCLRResv message: the SRP Object and LABEL-RANGE
   object.

   SRP object is defined in [I-D.ietf-pce-stateful-pce] and this
   document extends the use of SRP object in PCLRResv message.  If the
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   with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=10 (SRP
   object missing).

   PCC generates the value of SRP-ID-number in SRP object of PCLRResv
   message send to a PCE.  The PCE MUST include the same SRP-ID-number
   in SRP object of PCLRResv message sent to the PCC in response to
   PCLRResv message.

   LABEL-RANGE object is defined in Appendix B.3.  If the LABEL-RANGE
   object is missing, the receiving PCE MUST send a PCErr message with
   Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=[TBD] (Label
   object missing).

   [Editor's Note: This section of the document would be updated with
   more details about Label Block Negotiation, Reservation, Adjustment
   etc in a future revision of the document.]

B.3.  LABEL-RANGE Object

   The LABEL-RANGE object MUST be carried within PCLRResv message.  The
   LABEL-RANGE object is used to carry the label range information based
   on the label type.

   LABEL-RANGE Object-Class is TBD.

   LABEL-RANGE Object-Type is 1.


    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  label type  |                 range size                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                           label  base |     Reserved          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //                      Optional TLVs                          //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   label type (8 bit):  The values defined for label type are label type
      1 specifies the local label.  It means the label range is non
      negotiable.  label type 2 specifies the global label.  It means
      the label range is negotiable.  Refer
      [I-D.li-mpls-global-label-framework] for global label.

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   Label base (20 bit):  It specifies the minimum label of label range.

   Reserved (12 bit):  Set to zero while sending, ignored on receive.

Authors' Addresses

   Quintin Zhao
   Huawei Technologies
   125 Nagog Technology Park
   Acton, MA  01719
   USA

   EMail: quintin.zhao@huawei.com


   Zhenbin Li
   Huawei Technologies
   Huawei Bld., No.156 Beiqing Rd.
   Beijing    100095
   China

   EMail: lizhenbin@huawei.com


   Dhruv Dhody
   Huawei Technologies
   Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield
   Bangalore, Karnataka  560066
   India

   EMail: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com


   Chao Zhou
   Cisco Systems

   EMail: choa.zhou@cisco.com














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