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mLDP In-Band Signaling with Wildcards
draft-wijnands-mpls-mldp-in-band-wildcard-encoding-03

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (mpls WG)
Expired & archived
Authors IJsbrand Wijnands , Eric C. Rosen , Arkadiy Gulko , Uwe Joorde , Jeff Tantsura
Last updated 2014-01-08
Replaced by draft-ietf-mpls-mldp-in-band-wildcard-encoding
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Proposed Standard
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Document shepherd Loa Andersson
IESG IESG state Replaced by draft-ietf-mpls-mldp-in-band-wildcard-encoding
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Abstract

There are scenarios in which an IP multicast tree traverses an MPLS domain. In these scenarios, it can be desirable to convert the IP multicast tree "seamlessly" to an MPLS multipoint label switched path (MP-LSP) when it enters the MPLS domain, and then to convert it back to an IP multicast tree when it exits the MPLS domain. Previous documents specify procedures that allow certain kinds of IP multicast trees (either "Source-Specific Multicast" trees or "Bidirectional Multicast" trees) to be attached to an MPLS Multipoint Label Switched Path (MP-LSP). However, the previous documents do not specify procedures for attaching IP "Any Source Multicast" trees to MP-LSPs, nor do they specify procedures for aggregating multiple IP multicast trees onto a single MP-LSP. This document specifies the procedures to support these functions. It does so by defining "wildcard" encodings that make it possible to specify, when setting up an MP- LSP, that a set of IP multicast trees, or a shared IP multicast tree, should be attached to that MP-LSP. Support for non-bidirectional IP "Any Source Multicast" trees is subject to certain applicability restrictions that are discussed in this document.

Authors

IJsbrand Wijnands
Eric C. Rosen
Arkadiy Gulko
Uwe Joorde
Jeff Tantsura

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