Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Protocols and Procedures
RFC 4929
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RFC - Best Current Practice
(June 2007; No errata)
Also known as BCP 129
Was draft-andersson-rtg-gmpls-change (individual in rtg area)
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Network Working Group L. Andersson, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4929 Acreo AB
BCP: 129 A. Farrel, Ed.
Category: Best Current Practice Old Dog Consulting
June 2007
Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and
Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Protocols and Procedures
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).
Abstract
This document provides guidelines for applying or extending the MPLS
or GMPLS ((G)MPLS) protocol suites and clarifies the IETF's (G)MPLS
working groups' responsibility for the (G)MPLS protocols. This
document is directed to multi-vendor fora and Standards Development
Organizations (SDOs) to provide an understanding of (G)MPLS work in
the IETF and documents the requisite use of IETF review procedures
when considering (G)MPLS applications or protocol extensions in their
work. This document does not modify IETF processes.
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RFC 4929 MPLS and GMPLS Change Process June 2007
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Document Source ............................................4
1.2. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................4
2. Overview of (G)MPLS within the IETF .............................4
2.1. IETF Working Groups Developing (G)MPLS Technology ..........5
2.1.1. Multiprotocol Label Switching Working Group .........5
2.1.2. Common Control & Measurement Plane Working Group ....5
2.1.3. MPLS and CCAMP Division of Work .....................6
2.2. Other (G)MPLS Technology-Related Working Groups ............6
2.3. Organizations Outside the IETF .............................7
3. Overview of (G)MPLS Change Process ..............................8
4. MPLS and GMPLS Change Process ...................................9
4.1. Flow Diagram ..............................................10
4.2. Description of Process Stages .............................11
4.2.1. Preliminary Investigation ..........................12
4.2.2. Requirements Statement Evaluation ..................13
4.2.3. Working Group Procedures ...........................14
4.2.4. REWG Evaluation of the Requirements Statement I-D ..14
4.2.5. AD Evaluation of Completed Requirements
Statement I-D ......................................14
4.2.6. IESG review of Requirements Statement I-D
and PSWG Charter ...................................15
4.2.7. Solutions Work .....................................15
5. Rejecting the Requirements Statements I-D ......................16
5.1. Reasons for Rejection .....................................16
5.2. Actions Required When Rejecting Requirements
Statement I-Ds ............................................18
5.3. Appeals ...................................................18
6. Abandonment of the Solutions I-D ...............................19
6.1. Appeals ...................................................19
7. (G)MPLS Integrity and Ownership ................................19
8. Security Considerations ........................................20
9. Acknowledgements ...............................................20
10. IANA Considerations ...........................................21
11. References ....................................................21
11.1. Normative References .....................................21
11.2. Informative References ...................................21
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RFC 4929 MPLS and GMPLS Change Process June 2007
1. Introduction
The MPLS and GMPLS technology is developed in two main tracks in the
IETF. "MPLS" refers to the work done for packet switched networks,
while "GMPLS" refers to the efforts to apply the MPLS protocols to
all types of networks including packet and non-packet technologies.
Though GMPLS by definition is a superset of MPLS, the term "(G)MPLS"
is used in this document to indicate both of these tracks. A
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