RFC 5695: MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows

This document describes a methodology specific to the benchmarking of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) forwarding devices, limited to the most common MPLS…

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Outgoing relationships (17 related RFCs)

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 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 5036: LDP Specification
Normative reference — RFC 2544: Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
Normative reference — RFC 1242: Benchmarking Terminology for Network Interconnection Devices
Normative reference — RFC 3107: Carrying Label Information in BGP-4
Informative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4090: Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4928: Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5180: IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6894: Methodology for Benchmarking MPLS Traffic Engineered (MPLS-TE) Fast Reroute Protection
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6645: IP Flow Information Accounting and Export Benchmarking Methodology