I-D Action: draft-ietf-mpls-egress-tlv-for-nil-fec-09.txt

Internet-Draft draft-ietf-mpls-egress-tlv-for-nil-fec-09.txt is now available.
It is a work item of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) WG of the IETF.

   Title:   Egress TLV for Nil FEC in Label Switched Path Ping and Traceroute Mechanisms
   Authors: Deepti N. Rathi
            Shraddha Hegde
            Kapil Arora
            Zafar Ali
            Nagendra Kumar Nainar
   Name:    draft-ietf-mpls-egress-tlv-for-nil-fec-09.txt
   Pages:   11
   Dates:   2023-12-21

Abstract:

   MPLS ping and traceroute mechanism as described in RFC 8029 and
   related extensions for SR as defined in RFC 8287 is very useful to
   validate the control plane and data plane synchronization.  In some
   environments, only some intermediate or transit nodes may have been
   upgraded to support these validation procedures.  A simple MPLS ping
   and traceroute mechanism allows traversing any path without
   validating the control plane state.  RFC 8029 supports this mechanism
   with Nil FEC.  The procedures described in RFC 8029 mostly apply when
   the Nil FEC is used as an intermediate FEC in the label stack.  When
   all labels in the label stack are represented using Nil FEC, it poses
   some challenges.

   This document introduces the new TLV as an extension to exisiting Nil
   FEC.  It describes MPLS ping and traceroute procedures using Nil FEC
   with this extension to overcome these challenges.

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