RFC 6389

"MPLS Upstream Label Assignment for LDP", November 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6389.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

R. Aggarwal
JL. Le Roux

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mpls (rtg)

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Abstract

This document describes procedures for distributing upstream-assigned labels for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP). It also describes how these procedures can be used for avoiding branch Label Switching Router (LSR) traffic replication on a LAN for LDP point-to-multipoint (P2MP) Label Switched Paths (LSPs). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.