RFC 4204: Link Management Protocol (LMP)
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For scalability purposes, multiple data links can be combined to form a single traffic engineering (TE) link. Furthermore, the management of TE links is not restricted to in-band messaging, but instead can be done using out-of-band techniques. This document specifies a link management protocol (LMP) that runs between a pair of nodes and is used to manage TE links. Specifically, LMP will be used to maintain control channel connectivity, verify the physical connectivity of the data links, correlate the link property information, suppress downstream alarms, and localize link failures for protection/restoration purposes in multiple kinds of networks. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC4204
- Published
- October 2005
- Authors
- J. Lang
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 86
- Also known as
- —
- Updated by:
- RFC 6898
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- RFC 4207Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Encoding for Link Management Protocol (LMP) Test MessagesUpdated
October 2005
- RFC 4394A Transport Network View of the Link Management Protocol (LMP)Current
February 2006
- RFC 4652Evaluation of Existing Routing Protocols against Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) Routing RequirementsCurrent
October 2006
- RFC 4197Requirements for Edge-to-Edge Emulation of Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuits over Packet Switching NetworksCurrent
October 2005
- RFC 4257Framework for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based Control of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy/Synchronous Optical Networking (SDH/SONET) NetworksCurrent
December 2005
- RFC 3592Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Interface TypeCurrent
September 2003
- RFC 3474Documentation of IANA assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)Current
April 2003
- RFC 2823PPP over Simple Data Link (SDL) using SONET/SDH with ATM-like framingCurrent
May 2000
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