RFC 8964: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS

This document specifies the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) data plane when operating over an MPLS Packet Switched Network. It leverages existing pseudowire…

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Outgoing relationships (32 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3473: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
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 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
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 4206: Label Switched Paths (LSP) Hierarchy with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE)
Normative reference — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Normative reference — RFC 8655: Deterministic Networking Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 2212: Specification of Guaranteed Quality of Service
Normative reference — RFC 2211: Specification of the Controlled-Load Network Element Service
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
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2205: Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
Informative reference — RFC 5440: Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)
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 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 8660: Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane
Informative reference — RFC 5921: A Framework for MPLS in Transport Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6073: Segmented Pseudowire
Informative reference — RFC 3272: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
Informative reference — RFC 6003: Ethernet Traffic Parameters
Informative reference — RFC 8306: Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9016: Flow and Service Information Model for Deterministic Networking (DetNet)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9025: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: MPLS over UDP/IP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9633: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) YANG Data Model
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9056: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane: IP over MPLS
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9320: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Bounded Latency
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9791: Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and Ancillary Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9938: A Framework for the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Controller Plane