RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks

This document describes Time To Live (TTL) processing in hierarchical Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks and is motivated by the need to formalize…

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
Informative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 3036: LDP Specification

Incoming relationships (18 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5586: MPLS Generic Associated Channel
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8660: Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6371: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8279: Multicast Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8287: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) IGP-Prefix and IGP-Adjacency Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Planes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5960: MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8964: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9994: MPLS Network Action (MNA) Sub-Stack Specification Including In-Stack Network Actions and Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4216: MPLS Inter-Autonomous System (AS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6424: Mechanism for Performing Label Switched Path Ping (LSP Ping) over MPLS Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4950: ICMP Extensions for Multiprotocol Label Switching
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5695: MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6178: Label Edge Router Forwarding of IPv4 Option Packets
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5698: Data Structure for the Security Suitability of Cryptographic Algorithms (DSSC)