RFC 6388: Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths

This document describes extensions to the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) for the setup of point-to-multipoint (P2MP) and multipoint-to-multipoint (MP2MP)…

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Outgoing relationships (12 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 5036: LDP Specification
Normative reference — RFC 5331: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
Normative reference — RFC 5561: LDP Capabilities
Normative reference — RFC 5918: Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) 'Typed Wildcard' Forward Equivalence Class (FEC)
Normative reference — RFC 6389: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment for LDP
Informative reference — RFC 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 5332: MPLS Multicast Encapsulations
Informative reference — RFC 3813: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR) Management Information Base (MIB)
Informative reference — RFC 3815: Definitions of Managed Objects for the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 6348: Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Extensions to the Label Distribution Protocol

Incoming relationships (28 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 7358: Label Advertisement Discipline for LDP Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6513: Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6389: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment for LDP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7524: Inter-Area Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Segmented Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6512: Using Multipoint LDP When the Backbone Has No Route to the Root
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6826: Multipoint LDP In-Band Signaling for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7582: Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN): Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7060: Using LDP Multipoint Extensions on Targeted LDP Sessions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7140: LDP Extensions for Hub and Spoke Multipoint Label Switched Path
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7441: Encoding Multipoint LDP (mLDP) Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) in the NLRI of BGP MCAST-VPN Routes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7442: Carrying Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) in Any-Source Multicast (ASM) Mode Trees over Multipoint LDP (mLDP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9630: Multicast On-Path Telemetry Using In Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9658: Multipoint LDP Extensions for Multi-Topology Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9706: TreeDN: Tree-Based Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Live Streaming to Mass Audiences
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6514: BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6425: Detecting Data-Plane Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP Ping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9572: Updates to EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Procedures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7431: Multicast-Only Fast Reroute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7988: Ingress Replication Tunnels in Multicast VPN
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7338: Requirements and Framework for Point-to-Multipoint Pseudowires over MPLS Packet Switched Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7555: Proxy MPLS Echo Request
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6517: Mandatory Features in a Layer 3 Multicast BGP/MPLS VPN Solution
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7473: Controlling State Advertisements of Non-negotiated LDP Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9624: EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)