RFC 4928: Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS Networks

This document describes the Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) behavior of currently deployed MPLS networks. This document makes best practice recommendations for…

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Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7274: Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS Labels
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6576: IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Standard Advancement Testing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5143: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation Service over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6374: Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5695: MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9789: MPLS Network Actions (MNAs) Framework