RFC 5960: MPLS Transport Profile Data Plane Architecture

The Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is the set of MPLS protocol functions applicable to the construction and operation of…

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Outgoing relationships (26 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normative reference — RFC 5586: MPLS Generic Associated Channel
Normative reference — RFC 4385: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Control Word for Use over an MPLS PSN
Normative reference — RFC 5654: Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile
Normative reference — RFC 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
Normative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Normative reference — RFC 5331: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
Normative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Normative reference — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Normative reference — RFC 5332: MPLS Multicast Encapsulations
Normative reference — RFC 4553: Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) over Packet (SAToP)
Normative reference — RFC 4619: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Frame Relay over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4618: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of PPP/High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) over MPLS Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4717: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over MPLS Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4842: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP)
Normative reference — RFC 4816: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Transparent Cell Transport Service
Informative reference — RFC 5920: Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5659: An Architecture for Multi-Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge
Informative reference — RFC 5087: Time Division Multiplexing over IP (TDMoIP)
Informative reference — RFC 5086: Structure-Aware Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN)

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7274: Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS Labels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6371: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6373: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Control Plane Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7190: Use of Multipath with MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7213: MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Next-Hop Ethernet Addressing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6374: Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8661: Segment Routing MPLS Interworking with LDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6435: MPLS Transport Profile Lock Instruct and Loopback Functions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6905: Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9938: A Framework for the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Controller Plane