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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

S. Litkowski
B. Decraene
M. Horneffer

Stream:

IETF

Source:

rtgwg (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8541

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Abstract

A micro-loop is a packet-forwarding loop that may occur transiently among two or more routers in a hop-by-hop packet-forwarding paradigm.

This document analyzes the impact of using different link state IGP implementations in a single network with respect to micro-loops. The analysis is focused on the Shortest Path First (SPF) delay algorithm but also mentions the impact of SPF trigger strategies.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.