RFC 3063: MPLS Loop Prevention Mechanism

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This paper presents a simple mechanism, based on "threads", which can be used to prevent Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) from setting up label switched path (LSPs) which have loops. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID

RFC3063

Published

February 2001

Authors

Y. Ohba; Y. Katsube; E. Rosen; P. Doolan

Status

EXPERIMENTAL

Stream

IETF

Area

rtg

Pages

44

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• DOI: 10.17487/RFC3063

Topics

• MPLS
• multiprotocol label switching
• path
• LSPs

Related documents

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• RFC 3031Multiprotocol Label Switching ArchitectureUpdated

  January 2001

• RFC 3479Fault Tolerance for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)Current

  February 2003

• RFC 3480Signalling Unnumbered Links in CR-LDP (Constraint-Routing Label Distribution Protocol)Current

  February 2003

• RFC 3612Applicability Statement for Restart Mechanisms for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)Current

  September 2003

• RFC 3811Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) ManagementUpdated

  June 2004

• RFC 3812Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Management Information Base (MIB)Current

  June 2004

• RFC 3814Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Equivalence Class To Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry (FEC-To-NHLFE) Management Information Base (MIB)Current

  June 2004

• RFC 3815Definitions of Managed Objects for the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)Current

  June 2004

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• EXPERIMENTAL
• 2001
• IETF stream
• rtg area