RFC 9978: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Stability
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This document describes extensions to the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol to measure BFD Stability. Specifically, it describes a mechanism for the detection of BFD packet loss.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9978
- Published
- June 2026
- Authors
- A. Mishra; M. Jethanandani; A. Saxena; S. Pallagatti; M. Chen
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 19
- Also known as
- —
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