RFC 7325: MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements

This document provides guidelines for implementers regarding MPLS forwarding and a basis for evaluations of forwarding implementations. Guidelines cover many…

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Outgoing relationships (53 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 53 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 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 4090: Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
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 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
Normative reference — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Normative reference — RFC 4201: Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
Normative reference — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Normative reference — RFC 5129: Explicit Congestion Marking in MPLS
Normative reference — RFC 6391: Flow-Aware Transport of Pseudowires over an MPLS Packet Switched Network
Normative reference — RFC 4182: Removing a Restriction on the use of MPLS Explicit NULL
Informative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Informative reference — RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
Informative reference — RFC 5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Services
Informative reference — RFC 5036: LDP Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3471: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description
Informative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 4379: Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
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 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Informative reference — RFC 4206: Label Switched Paths (LSP) Hierarchy with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE)
Informative reference — RFC 2597: Assured Forwarding PHB Group
Informative reference — RFC 6388: Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 6291: Guidelines for the Use of the "OAM" Acronym in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 6371: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5860: Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in MPLS Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4377: Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 6425: Detecting Data-Plane Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP Ping
Informative reference — RFC 4124: Protocol Extensions for Support of Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
Informative reference — RFC 6426: MPLS On-Demand Connectivity Verification and Route Tracing
Informative reference — RFC 4928: Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4110: A Framework for Layer 3 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 6424: Mechanism for Performing Label Switched Path Ping (LSP Ping) over MPLS Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 5317: Joint Working Team (JWT) Report on MPLS Architectural Considerations for a Transport Profile
Informative reference — RFC 6310: Pseudowire (PW) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Message Mapping
Informative reference — RFC 3429: Assignment of the 'OAM Alert Label' for Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (MPLS) Operation and Maintenance (OAM) Functions
Informative reference — RFC 6669: An Overview of the Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Toolset for MPLS-Based Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4221: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview
Informative reference — RFC 6435: MPLS Transport Profile Lock Instruct and Loopback Functions
Informative reference — RFC 6720: The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM) for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 6829: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping for Pseudowire Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) Advertised over IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 5695: MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows
Informative reference — RFC 6478: Pseudowire Status for Static Pseudowires

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 8300: Network Service Header (NSH)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8012: Label Switched Path (LSP) and Pseudowire (PW) Ping/Trace over MPLS Networks Using Entropy Labels (ELs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7708: Using a Generic Associated Channel Label as a Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification Channel Indicator
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9994: MPLS Network Action (MNA) Sub-Stack Specification Including In-Stack Network Actions and Data