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RFC 8664: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing

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Segment Routing (SR) enables any head-end node to select any path without relying on a hop-by-hop signaling technique (e.g., LDP or RSVP-TE). It depends only on "segments" that are advertised by link-state Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs). An SR path can be derived from a variety of mechanisms, including an IGP Shortest Path Tree (SPT), an explicit configuration, or a Path Computation Element (PCE). This document specifies extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) that allow a stateful PCE to compute and initiate Traffic-Engineering (TE) paths, as well as a Path Computation Client (PCC) to request a path subject to certain constraints and optimization criteria in SR networks. This document updates RFC 8408.

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Document ID
RFC8664
Published
December 2019
Authors
S. Sivabalan; C. Filsfils; J. Tantsura; W. Henderickx; J. Hardwick
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
29
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Updates:
RFC 8408
Updated by:
RFC 9756, RFC 9933

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