@misc{rfc9516, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 9516, howpublished = {RFC 9516}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC9516}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9516}, author = {Greg Mirsky and Wei Meng and Ting Ao and Bhumip Khasnabish and Kent Leung and Gyan Mishra}, title = {{Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC)}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2023, month = nov, abstract = {A set of requirements for active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC) in a network is presented in this document. Based on these requirements, an encapsulation of active OAM messages in SFC and a mechanism to detect and localize defects are described.}, }