RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture

This document specifies the architecture for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Informative reference — RFC 2702: Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS
Informative reference — RFC 3036: LDP Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3035: MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching
Informative reference — RFC 3034: Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification

Incoming relationships (111 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 111 related RFCs.

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6178: Label Edge Router Forwarding of IPv4 Option Packets
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5920: Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3945: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5586: MPLS Generic Associated Channel
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5654: Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5331: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6388: Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8660: Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6374: Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6371: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4461: Signaling Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic-Engineered MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5332: MPLS Multicast Encapsulations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5659: An Architecture for Multi-Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8667: IS-IS Extensions for Segment Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3813: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR) Management Information Base (MIB)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5960: MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5073: IGP Routing Protocol Extensions for Discovery of Traffic Engineering Node Capabilities
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8296: Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and Non-MPLS Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3811: Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5565: Softwire Mesh Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8666: OSPFv3 Extensions for Segment Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8964: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3469: Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Recovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3564: Requirements for Support of Differentiated Services-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7274: Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS Labels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4378: A Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Operations and Management (OAM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6373: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Control Plane Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9613: Requirements for Solutions that Support MPLS Network Actions (MNAs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5695: MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6107: Procedures for Dynamically Signaled Hierarchical Label Switched Paths
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9789: MPLS Network Actions (MNAs) Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3814: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Equivalence Class To Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry (FEC-To-NHLFE) Management Information Base (MIB)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4973: OSPF-xTE: Experimental Extension to OSPF for Traffic Engineering
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6348: Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Extensions to the Label Distribution Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6423: Using the Generic Associated Channel Label for Pseudowire in the MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8663: MPLS Segment Routing over IP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9491: Integration of the Network Service Header (NSH) and Segment Routing for Service Function Chaining (SFC)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9714: Encapsulation for MPLS Performance Measurement with the Alternate-Marking Method
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4247: Requirements for Header Compression over MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8104: Pseudowire (PW) Endpoint Fast Failure Protection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5994: Application of Ethernet Pseudowires to MPLS Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6456: Multi-Segment Pseudowires in Passive Optical Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7453: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Traffic Engineering (TE) Management Information Base (MIB)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9717: A Routing Architecture for Satellite Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding