RFC 9488: Local Protection Enforcement in the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document updates RFC 5440 to clarify usage of the Local Protection Desired bit signaled in the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP). This document also introduces a new flag for signaling protection enforcement in PCEP.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9488
- Published
- October 2023
- Authors
- A. Stone; M. Aissaoui; S. Sidor; S. Sivabalan
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 9
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 5440
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