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Network Working Group P. Ashwood-Smith, Editor Request for Comments: 3472 Nortel Networks Category: Standards Track L. Berger, Editor

                                                        Movaz Networks
                                                          January 2003
   Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling

Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions

Status of this Memo

 This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
 and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

 This document describes extensions to Multi-Protocol Label Switching
 (MPLS) Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP)
 signaling required to support Generalized MPLS.  Generalized MPLS
 extends the MPLS control plane to encompass time-division (e.g.,
 Synchronous Optical Network and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
 SONET/SDH), wavelength (optical lambdas) and spatial switching (e.g.,
 incoming port or fiber to outgoing port or fiber).  This document
 presents a CR-LDP specific description of the extensions.  A generic
 functional description can be found in separate documents.

Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction  ..............................................   2
 2.  Label Related Formats   ....................................   3
  2.1  Generalized Label Request  ...............................   3
  2.2  Generalized Label  .......................................   4
  2.3  Waveband Switching  ......................................   5
  2.4  Suggested Label  .........................................   6
  2.5  Label Set  ...............................................   6
 3.  Bidirectional LSPs  ........................................   8
  3.1  Procedures  ..............................................   8
 4.  Notification on Label Error  ...............................   9
 5.    Explicit Label Control  ..................................   9
  5.1  Procedures  ..............................................   9

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 6.  Protection TLV  ............................................  10
  6.1  Procedures  ..............................................  11
 7.  Administrative Status Information  .........................  11
  7.1  Admin Status TLV  ........................................  11
  7.2  REQUEST and MAPPING Message Procedures  ..................  12
  7.3  Notification Message Procedures  .........................  13
 8.  Control Channel Separation  ................................  14
  8.1  Interface Identification  ................................  14
  8.2  Errored Interface Identification  ........................  15
 9.  Fault Handling     .........................................  17
 10  Acknowledgments  ...........................................  17
 11. Security Considerations  ...................................  17
 12. IANA Considerations  .......................................  17
 13. Intellectual Property Considerations  ......................  18
 14. References  ................................................  18
  14.1  Normative References  ...................................  18
  14.2  Informative References  .................................  19
 15. Contributors  ..............................................  19
 16. Editors' Addresses  ........................................  22
 17. Full Copyright Statement ...................................  23

1. Introduction

 Generalized MPLS extends MPLS from supporting packet (PSC) interfaces
 and switching to include support of three new classes of interfaces
 and switching: Time-Division Multiplex (TDM), Lambda Switch (LSC) and
 Fiber-Switch (FSC).  A functional description of the extensions to
 MPLS signaling needed to support the new classes of interfaces and
 switching is provided in [RFC3471].  This document presents CR-LDP
 specific formats and mechanisms needed to support all four classes of
 interfaces.  RSVP-TE extensions can be found in [RFC3473].
 [RFC3471] should be viewed as a companion document to this document.
 The format of this document parallels [RFC3471].  It should be noted
 that the RSVP-TE specific version of Generalized MPLS includes RSVP
 specific support for rapid failure notification, see Section 4
 [RFC3473].  For CR-LDP there is not currently a similar mechanism.
 When a failure is detected it will be propagated with
 RELEASE/WITHDRAW messages radially outward from the point of failure.
 Resources are to be released in this phase and actual resource
 information may be fed back to the source using a feedback
 mechanisms.
 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

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2. Label Related Formats

 This section defines formats for a generalized label request, a
 generalized label, support for waveband switching, suggested label
 and label sets.

2.1. Generalized Label Request

 A REQUEST message SHOULD contain as specific an LSP (Label Switched
 Path) Encoding Type as possible to allow the maximum flexibility in
 switching by transit LSRs.  A Generalized Label Request Type, Length,
 and Value (TLV) is set by the ingress node, transparently passed by
 transit nodes, and used by the egress node.  The Switching Type field
 may also be updated hop-by-hop.
 The format of a Generalized Label Request is:
  0                   1                   2                     3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x0824)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 | LSP Enc. Type |Switching Type |             G-PID             |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters.

2.1.1. Procedures

 A node processing a REQUEST message containing a Generalized Label
 Request must verify that the requested parameters can be satisfied by
 the incoming interface, the node and by the outgoing interface.  The
 node may either directly support the LSP or it may use a tunnel (FA),
 i.e., another class of switching.  In either case, each parameter
 must be checked.
 Note that local node policy dictates when tunnels may be used and
 when they may be created.  Local policy may allow for tunnels to be
 dynamically established or may be solely administratively controlled.
 For more information on tunnels and processing of ER (Explicit Route)
 hops when using tunnels see [MPLS-HIERARCHY].
 Transit and egress nodes MUST verify that the node itself and, where
 appropriate, that the outgoing interface or tunnel can support the
 requested LSP Encoding Type.  If encoding cannot be supported, the
 node MUST generate a NOTIFICATION message, with a "Routing
 problem/Unsupported Encoding" indication.

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 Nodes MUST verify that the type indicated in the Switching Type
 parameter is supported on the corresponding incoming interface.  If
 the type cannot be supported, the node MUST generate a NOTIFICATION
 message with a "Routing problem/Switching Type" indication.
 The G-PID parameter is normally only examined at the egress.  If the
 indicated G-PID cannot be supported then the egress MUST generate a
 NOTIFICATION message, with a "Routing problem/Unsupported G-PID"
 indication.  In the case of PSC and when penultimate hop popping
 (PHP) is requested, the penultimate hop also examines the (stored)
 G-PID during the processing of the MAPPING message.  In this case if
 the G-PID is not supported, then the penultimate hop MUST generate a
 NOTIFICATION message with a "Routing problem/Unacceptable label
 value" indication.  The generated NOTIFICATION message MAY include an
 Acceptable Label Set, see Section 4.
 When an error message is not generated, normal processing occurs.  In
 the transit case this will typically result in a REQUEST message
 being propagated.  In the egress case and PHP special case this will
 typically result in a MAPPING message being generated.

2.1.2. Bandwidth Encoding

 Bandwidth encodings are carried in the CR-LDP Traffic Parameters TLV.
 See [RFC3471] for a definition of values to be used for specific
 signal types.  These values are set in the Peak and Committed Data
 Rate fields of the Traffic Parameters TLV.  Other bandwidth/service
 related parameters in the TLV are ignored and carried transparently.

2.2. Generalized Label

 The format of a Generalized Label is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x0825)         |      Length                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                             Label                             |
 |                              ...                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters and encoding of labels.

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2.2.1. Procedures

 The Generalized Label travels in the upstream direction in MAPPING
 messages.
 The presence of both a generalized and normal label TLV in a MAPPING
 message is a protocol error and should treated as a malformed message
 by the recipient.
 The recipient of a MAPPING message containing a Generalized Label
 verifies that the values passed are acceptable.  If the label is
 unacceptable then the recipient MUST generate a NOTIFICATION message
 with a "Routing problem/MPLS label allocation failure" indication.
 The generated NOTIFICATION message MAY include an Acceptable Label
 Set, see Section 4.

2.3. Waveband Switching

 Waveband switching uses the same format as the generalized label, see
 section 2.2.  The type 0x0828 is assigned for the Waveband Label.
 In the context of waveband switching, the generalized label has the
 following format:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x0828)         |      Length                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Waveband Id                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Start Label                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                           End Label                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters.

2.3.1. Procedures

 The procedures defined in Section 2.2.1 apply to waveband switching.
 This includes generating a NOTIFICATION message with a "Routing
 problem/MPLS label allocation failure" indication if any of the label
 fields are unrecognized or unacceptable.
 Additionally, when a waveband is switched to another waveband, it is
 possible that the wavelengths within the waveband will be mirrored
 about a center frequency.  When this type of switching is employed,

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 the start and end label in the waveband label TLV MUST be swapped
 before forwarding the label TLV with the new waveband Id.  In this
 manner an egress/ingress LSR that receives a waveband label which has
 these values inverted, knows that it must also invert its egress
 association to pick up the proper wavelengths.  Without this
 mechanism and with an odd number of mirrored switching operations,
 the egress LSRs will not know that an input wavelength of say L1 will
 emerge from the waveband tunnel as L100.
 This operation MUST be performed in both directions when a
 bidirectional waveband tunnel is being established.

2.4. Suggested Label

 The format of a suggested label is identical to a generalized label.
 It is used in REQUEST messages.  Suggested Label uses type = 0x904.
 Errors in received Suggested Labels MUST be ignored.  This includes
 any received inconsistent or unacceptable values.
 Per [RFC3471], if a downstream node passes a label value that differs
 from the suggested label upstream, the upstream LSR MUST either
 reconfigure itself so that it uses the label specified by the
 downstream node or generate a NOTIFICATION message with a "Routing
 problem/Unacceptable label value" indication.  Furthermore, an
 ingress node SHOULD NOT transmit data traffic using a suggested label
 until the downstream node passes corresponding a label upstream.

2.5. Label Set

 The format of a Label Set is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|  Type (0x0827)            |      Length                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Action     |      Reserved     |        Label Type         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Subchannel 1                         |
 |                              ...                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 :                               :                               :
 :                               :                               :
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Subchannel N                         |
 |                              ...                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 Label Type: 14 bits
    Indicates the type and format of the labels carried in the TLV.
    Values match the TLV type of the appropriate Label TLV.
 See [RFC3471] for a description of other parameters.

2.5.1. Procedures

 A Label Set is defined via one or more Label Set TLVs.  Specific
 labels/subchannels can be added to or excluded from a Label Set via
 Action zero (0) and one (1) TLVs respectively.  Ranges of
 labels/subchannels can be added to or excluded from a Label Set via
 Action two (2) and three (3) TLVs respectively.  When the Label Set
 TLVs only list labels/subchannels to exclude, this implies that all
 other labels are acceptable.
 The absence of any Label Set TLVs implies that all labels are
 acceptable.  A Label Set is included when a node wishes to restrict
 the label(s) that may be used downstream.
 On reception of a REQUEST message, the receiving node will restrict
 its choice of labels to one, which is in the Label Set.  Nodes
 capable of performing label conversion may also remove the Label Set
 prior to forwarding the REQUEST message.  If the node is unable to
 pick a label from the Label Set or if there is a problem parsing the
 Label Set TLVs, then the request is terminated and a NOTIFICATION
 message with a "Routing problem/Label Set" indication MUST be
 generated.  It is a local matter if the Label Set is stored for later
 selection on the MAPPING message or if the selection is made
 immediately for propagation in the MAPPING message.
 On reception of a REQUEST message, the Label Set represented in the
 message is compared against the set of available labels at the
 downstream interface and the resulting intersecting Label Set is
 forwarded in a REQUEST message.  When the resulting Label Set is
 empty, the REQUEST must be terminated, and a NOTIFICATION message,
 and a "Routing problem/Label Set" indication MUST be generated.  Note
 that intersection is based on the physical labels (actual
 wavelength/band values) which may have different logical values on
 different links, as a result it is the responsibility of the node to
 map these values so that they have a consistent physical meaning, or
 to drop the particular values from the set if no suitable logical
 label value exists.
 When processing a MAPPING message at an intermediate node, the label
 propagated upstream MUST fall within the Label Set.

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 Note, on reception of a MAPPING message a node that is incapable of
 performing label conversion has no other choice than to use the same
 physical label (wavelength/band) as received in the MAPPING message.
 In this case, the use and propagation of a Label Set will
 significantly reduce the chances that this allocation will fail.

3. Bidirectional LSPs

 Bidirectional LSP setup is indicated by the presence of an Upstream
 Label in the REQUEST message.  An Upstream Label has the same format
 as the generalized label, see Section 2.2.  Upstream Label uses type
 = 0x0826.

3.1. Procedures

 The process of establishing a bidirectional LSP follows the
 establishment of a unidirectional LSP with some additions.  To
 support bidirectional LSPs an Upstream Label is added to the REQUEST
 message.  The Upstream Label MUST indicate a label that is valid for
 forwarding at the time the REQUEST message is sent.
 When a REQUEST message containing an Upstream Label is received, the
 receiver first verifies that the upstream label is acceptable.  If
 the label is not acceptable, the receiver MUST issue a NOTIFICATION
 message with a "Routing problem/Unacceptable label value" indication.
 The generated NOTIFICATION message MAY include an Acceptable Label
 Set, see Section 4.
 An intermediate node must also allocate a label on the outgoing
 interface and establish internal data paths before filling in an
 outgoing Upstream Label and propagating the REQUEST message.  If an
 intermediate node is unable to allocate a label or internal
 resources, then it MUST issue a NOTIFICATION message with a "Routing
 problem/Label allocation failure" indication.
 Terminator nodes process REQUEST messages as usual, with the
 exception that the upstream label can immediately be used to
 transport data traffic associated with the LSP upstream towards the
 initiator.
 When a bidirectional LSP is removed, both upstream and downstream
 labels are invalidated and it is no longer valid to send data using
 the associated labels.

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4. Notification on Label Error

 This section defines the Acceptable Label Set TLV to support
 Notification on Label Error per [RFC3471].  An Acceptable Label Set
 TLV uses a type value of 0x082a.  The remaining contents of the TLV
 have the identical format as the Label Set TLV, see Section 2.5.
 Acceptable Label Set TLVs may be carried in NOTIFICATION messages.
 The procedures for defining an Acceptable Label Set follow the
 procedures for defining a Label Set, see Section 2.5.1.
 Specifically, an Acceptable Label Set is defined via one or more
 Acceptable Label Set TLVs.  Specific labels/subchannels can be added
 to or excluded from an Acceptable Label Set via Action zero (0) and
 one (1) TLVs respectively.  Ranges of labels/subchannels can be added
 to or excluded from an Acceptable Label Set via Action two (2) and
 three (3) TLVs respectively.  When the Acceptable Label Set TLVs only
 list labels/subchannels to exclude, this implies that all other
 labels are acceptable.
 The inclusion of Acceptable Label Set TLVs is optional.  If included,
 the NOTIFICATION message SHOULD contain a "Routing
 problem/Unacceptable label value" indication.  The absence of
 Acceptable Label Set TLVs does not have any specific meaning.

5. Explicit Label Control

 The Label ER-Hop TLV is defined as follows:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |0|0|     Type (0x0829)         |      Length                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |L|U|      Reserved             |   Label                       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                       Label (continued)                       |
 |                              ...                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of L, U and Label parameters.

5.1. Procedures

 The Label ER-Hop follows a ER-Hop containing the IP address, or the
 interface identifier [MPLS-UNNUM], associated with the link on which
 it is to be used.  Up to two label ER-Hops may be present, one for
 the downstream label and one for the upstream label.  The following
 SHOULD result in "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE" errors:

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 o   If the first label ER-Hop is not preceded by a ER-Hop containing
     an IP address, or a interface identifier [MPLS-UNNUM], associated
     with an output link.
 o   For a label ER-Hop to follow a ER-Hop that has the L-bit set.
 o   On unidirectional LSP setup, for there to be a label ER-Hop with
     the U-bit set.
 o   For there to be two label ER-Hops with the same U-bit values.
 To support the label ER-Hop, a node must check to see if the ER-Hop
 following its associate address/interface is a label ER-Hop.  If it
 is, one ER-Hop is examined for unidirectional LSPs and two ER-Hops
 for bidirectional LSPs.  If the U-bit of the ER-Hop being examined is
 clear (0), then value of the label is copied into a new Label Set
 TLV.  This Label Set TLV MUST be included on the corresponding
 outgoing REQUEST message.
 If the U-bit of the ER-Hop being examined is set (1), then value of
 the label is label to be used for upstream traffic associated with
 the bidirectional LSP.  If this label is not acceptable, a "Bad
 EXPLICIT_ROUTE" error SHOULD be generated.  If the label is
 acceptable, the label is copied into a new Upstream Label TLV.  This
 Upstream Label TLV MUST be included on the corresponding outgoing
 REQUEST message.
 After processing, the label ER-Hops are removed from the ER.
 Note an implication of the above procedures is that the label ER-Hop
 should never be the first ER-Hop in a newly received message.  If the
 label ER-Hop is the first ER-Hop an a received ER, then it SHOULD be
 treated as a "Bad strict node" error.
 Procedures by which an LSR at the head-end of an LSP obtains the
 information needed to construct the Label ER-Hop are outside the
 scope of this document.

6. Protection TLV

 The use of the Protection TLV is optional.  The TLV is included to
 indicate specific protection attributes of an LSP.
 The format of Protection Information TLV is:

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  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x0835)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |S|                  Reserved                       | Link Flags|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters.

6.1. Procedures

 Transit nodes processing a REQUEST message containing a Protection
 TLV MUST verify that the requested protection can be satisfied by the
 outgoing interface or tunnel (FA).  If it cannot, the node MUST
 generate a NOTIFICATION message, with a "Routing problem/Unsupported
 Link Protection" indication.

7. Administrative Status Information

 Administrative Status Information is carried in the Admin Status TLV.
 The TLV provides information related to the administrative state of a
 particular LSP.  The information is used in two ways.  In the first,
 the TLV is carried in REQUEST and MAPPING messages to indicate the
 administrative state of an LSP.  In the second, the TLV is carried in
 Notification message to request a change to the administrative state
 of an LSP.

7.1. Admin Status TLV

 The use of the Admin Status TLV is optional.  It uses Type = 0x082b.
 The format of the TLV is:
 The format of Admin Status TLV in REQUEST, MAPPING and Notification
 Messages is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x082b)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |R|                          Reserved                     |T|A|D|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters.

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7.2. REQUEST and MAPPING Message Procedures

 The Admin Status TLV is used to notify each node along the path of
 the status of the LSP.  Each node processes status information based
 on local policy and then propagated in the corresponding outgoing
 messages.  The TLV is inserted in REQUEST messages at the discretion
 of the ingress node.  The absence of the TLV is the equivalent to
 receiving a TLV containing values all set to zero.
 Transit nodes receiving a REQUEST message containing an Admin Status
 TLV, update their local state, take any appropriate local action
 based on the indicated status and then propagate the received Admin
 Status TLV in the outgoing REQUEST message.
 Edge nodes receiving a REQUEST message containing an Admin Status
 TLV, also update their local state and take any appropriate local
 action based on the indicated status.  When the ADMIN Status TLV is
 received with the R bit set, the receiving edge node should reflect
 the received values in a corresponding MAPPING message.
 Specifically, if an egress node receives a Request message with the R
 bit of the Admin_Status TLV set and the node the node SHOULD send a
 Mapping message containing an Admin_Status TLV with the same values
 set, with the exception of the R bit, as received in the
 corresponding Request message.

7.2.1. Deletion procedure

 In some circumstances, particularly optical networks, it is useful to
 set the administrative status of an LSP before tearing it down.
 In such circumstances the procedure SHOULD be followed when deleting
 an LSP from the ingress:
 o   The ingress node precedes an LSP deletion by inserting an Admin
     Status TLV in a Notification Message setting the Reflect (R) and
     Delete (D) bits.
 o   Transit nodes process the Admin Status TLV by passing the
     Notification message.  The egress node May respond with a
     Notification message with the Admin Status TLV.
 o   Upon receiving the Admin Status TLV with the Delete (D) bit set
     in the Notification message, the egress SHOULD respond with a
     LABEL WITHDRAW message and normal CR-LDP processing takes place.
 In such circumstances the procedure SHOULD be followed when deleting
 an LSP from the egress:

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 o   The egress node indicates its desire for deletion by inserting an
     Admin Status TLV in a Notification message and setting Delete (D)
     bit.
 o   Transit nodes process the Admin Status TLV as described above.
 o   Upon receiving the Admin Status TLV with the Delete (D) bit set
     in the Notification message, the ingress node sends a LABEL
     RELEASE message downstream to remove the LSP and normal CR-LDP
     processing takes place.

7.3. Notification Message Procedures

 Subsequent messaging Admin Status messaging may be performed by
 Notification Messages.  The ingress may begin the propagation of a
 Notification Message with an Admin Status TLV.  Each subsequent node
 propagates the Notification with the Admin Status TLV from the
 ingress to the egress and then the egress node returns the
 Notification messages back Upstream carrying the Admin Status TLV.
 Intermediate and egress nodes may trigger the setting of
 administrative status via the use of Notification messages.  To
 accomplish this, an intermediate or egress node generates a
 Notification message with the corresponding upstream notify session
 information.  The Admin Status TLV MUST be included in the session
 information, with the appropriate bit or bits set.  The Reflect (R)
 bit MUST NOT be set.
 An ingress or egress node receiving a Notification message containing
 an Admin Status TLV with the Delete (D) bit set, SHOULD initiate the
 deletion procedure described in the previous section.

7.3.1. Compatibility and Error Procedures

 Some special processing is required in order to cover the case of
 nodes that do not support the Admin Status TLV and other error
 conditions.  Specifically, a node that sends a Notification message
 containing an Admin Status TLV with the Down (D) bit set MUST verify
 that it receives a corresponding LABEL RELEASE message within a
 configurable period of time.  By default this period of time SHOULD
 be 30 seconds.  If the node does not receive such a LABEL RELEASE
 message, it SHOULD send a Label Release message downstream and a
 LABEL WITHDRAW message upstream.

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8. Control Channel Separation

 This section provides the protocol specific formats and procedures to
 required support a control channel not being in-band with a data
 channel.

8.1. Interface Identification

 The choice of the data interface to use is always made by the sender
 of the REQUEST message.  The choice of the data interface is
 indicated by the sender of the REQUEST message by including the data
 channel's interface identifier in the message using a new Interface
 TLV type.  For bidirectional LSPs, the sender chooses the data
 interface in each direction.  In all cases but bundling, the upstream
 interface is implied by the downstream interface.  For bundling, the
 REQUEST sender explicitly identifies the component interface used in
 each direction.

8.1.1. Interface ID TLV

 The format of IPV4 Interface ID  in REQUEST, MAPPING Messages is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x082d)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                 IPv4 Next/Previous Hop Address                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Logical Interface ID                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |              Interface ID TLVS see [RFC3471]                  |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The format of IPV6 Interface ID TLV in REQUEST, MAPPING Messages is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x082e)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                 IPv6 Next/Previous Hop Address                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Logical Interface ID                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |              Interface ID TLVS see [RFC3471]                  |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 See [RFC3471] for a description of parameters.
 See [RFC3212] for a description of signaling address.  See [RFC3471]
 for a description of parameters and encoding of TLVs.

8.1.2. Procedures

 An IF_ID TLV is used on links where there is not a one-to-one
 association of a control channel to a data channel, see [RFC3471].
 The LDP session uses the IF_ID TLV to identify the data channel(s)
 associated with the LSP.  For a unidirectional LSP, a downstream data
 channel MUST be indicated.  For bidirectional LSPs, a common
 downstream and upstream data channel is normally indicated.  In the
 special case where a bidirectional LSP that traverses a bundled link,
 it is possible to specify a downstream data channel that differs from
 the upstream data channel.  Data channels are specified from the
 viewpoint of the sender of a REQUEST message.  The IF_ID TLV SHOULD
 NOT be used when no TLVs are needed.
 A node receiving one or more IF_ID TLVs in a REQUEST message saves
 their values and returns them in the subsequent MAPPING message sent
 to the node that originated the TLVs.
 Note, the node originating an IF_ID TLV MUST ensure that the selected
 outgoing interface, as specified in the IF_ID TLV, is consistent with
 an ERO.  A node that receives an IF_ID TLV SHOULD check whether the
 information carried in this TLV is consistent with the information
 carried in a received ERO, and if not it MUST send a LABEL ABORT
 Message with the error code "Routing Error" and error value of "Bad
 Explicit Routing TLV Error" toward the sender.  This check CANNOT be
 performed when the initial ERO subobject is not the incoming
 interface.

8.2. Errored Interface Identification

 There are cases where it is useful to indicate a specific interface
 associated with an error.  To support these cases the IF_ID Status
 TLV are defined.

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8.2.1. IF_ID Status TLVs

 The format of the IPv4 IF_ID Status TLV is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x082f)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                 IPv4 Next/Previous Hop Address                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Status Code                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                              TLVs                             ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The format of the IPv6 IF_ID Status TLV is:
  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |U|F|     Type (0x0830)         |             Length            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 |                     IPv6 Error Node Address                   |
 |                                                               |
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Status Code                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                              TLVs                             ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 See [RFC3036] for a description of status code value fields.  See
 [RFC3471] for a description of parameters and encoding of TLVs.

8.2.2. Procedures

 Nodes wishing to indicate that an error is related to a specific
 interface SHOULD use the appropriate IF_ID Status TLV in the
 corresponding LABEL WITHDRAW or LABEL RELEASE message.  IF_ID Status
 TLV SHOULD be generated and processed as any other Status TLV, see
 [RFC3036].

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9. Fault Handling

 In optical transport networks, failures in the out-of-fiber signaling
 communication or optical control plane should not have service impact
 on the existing optical connections.  Under such circumstances, a
 mechanism MUST exist to detect a signaling communication failure and
 a recovery procedure SHALL guarantee connection integrity at both
 ends of the signaling channel.
 The LDP Fault tolerant document [LDP-FT] specifies the procedures for
 recovering LDP and CR-LDP sessions under failure.  Please refer to
 his document for procedures on recovering optical connections.
 Currently the Fault tolerant document covers many of the common
 failure modes for a separated control and data plane.

10. Acknowledgments

 This document is the work of numerous authors and consists of a
 composition of a number of previous documents in this area.
 Valuable comments and input were received from a number of people,
 notably Adrian Farrel.

11. Security Considerations

 This document introduces no new security considerations to [RFC3212].

12. IANA Considerations

 This document uses the LDP [RFC3036] name spaces, see
 http://www.iana.org/assignments/ldp-namespaces, which lists the
 assignments for the following TLVs:
 o Generalized Label Request (TLV 0x0824)
 o Generalized Label (TLV 0x0825)
 o Upstream Label (TLV 0x0826)
 o Label Set (TLV 0x0827)
 o Waveband Label (TLV 0x0828)
 o ER-Hop (TLV 0x0829)
 o Acceptable Label Set (TLV 0x082a)
 o Admin Status (TLV 0x082b)
 o Interface ID (TLV 0x082c)
 o IPV4 Interface ID (TLV 0x082d)
 o IPV6 Interface ID (TLV 0x082e)
 o IPv4 IF_ID Status (TLV 0x082f)
 o IPv6 IF_ID Status (TLV 0x0830)
 o Protection (TLV 0x0835)

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13. Intellectual Property Considerations

 This section is taken from Section 10.4 of [RFC2026].
 The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
 intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
 pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
 this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
 might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
 has made any effort to identify any such rights.  Information on the
 IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
 standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11.  Copies of
 claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
 licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
 obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
 proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
 be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.
 The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
 copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
 rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
 this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF Executive
 Director.

14. References

14.1. Normative References

 [RFC2119]        Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
                  Requirement Levels," BCP 14, RFC 2119. March 1997.
 [RFC3036]        Andersson, L., Doolan, P., Feldman, N., Fredette, A.
                  and B. Thomas, "LDP Specification", RFC 3036,
                  January 2001.
 [RFC3212]        Jamoussi, B., Andersson, L., Callon, R., Dantu, R.,
                  Wu, L., Doolan, P., Worster, T., Feldman, N.,
                  Fredette, A., Girish, M., Gray, E., Heinanen, J.,
                  Kilty, T. and A. Malis, "Constraint-Based LSP Setup
                  using LDP", RFC 3212, January 2002.
 [RFC3471]        Berger, L., Editor, "Generalized Multi-Protocol
                  Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional
                  Description", RFC 3471, January 2003.

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14.2. Informative References

 [LDP-FT]         Farrel, A., et al, "Fault Tolerance for LDP and CR-
                  LDP", Work in Progress.
 [MPLS-HIERARCHY] Kompella, K. and Y. Rekhter, "LSP Hierarchy with
                  MPLS TE", Work in Progress.
 [MPLS-UNNUM]     Kompella, K., Rekhter, Y. and A. Kullberg,
                  "Signalling Unnumbered Links in CR-LDP", Work in
                  Progress.
 [RFC2026]        Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process --
                  Revision 3," BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
 [RFC3473]        Berger, L., Editor, "Generalized Multi-Protocol
                  Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling - Resource
                  ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
                  Extensions", RFC 3473, January 2003.

15. Contributors

 Peter Ashwood-Smith
 Nortel Networks Corp.
 P.O. Box 3511 Station C,
 Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7
 Canada
 Phone:  +1 613 763 4534
 EMail:  petera@nortelnetworks.com
 Ayan Banerjee
 Calient Networks
 5853 Rue Ferrari
 San Jose, CA 95138
 Phone:  +1 408 972-3645
 EMail:  abanerjee@calient.net

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 Lou Berger
 Movaz Networks, Inc.
 7926 Jones Branch Drive
 Suite 615
 McLean VA, 22102
 Phone:  +1 703 847-1801
 EMail:  lberger@movaz.com
 Greg Bernstein
 EMail:  gregb@grotto-networking.com
 Yanhe Fan
 Axiowave Networks, Inc.
 200 Nickerson Road
 Marlborough, MA 01752
 Phone: + 1 774 348 4627
 EMail: yfan@axiowave.com
 Don Fedyk
 Nortel Networks Corp.
 600 Technology Park
 Billerica  MA 01821
 Phone:  +1 978 288 3041
 Fax:    +1 978 288 0620
 EMail:  dwfedyk@nortelnetworks.com
 Jonathan P. Lang
 EMail:  jplang@ieee.org
 Eric Mannie
 Independent Consultant
 2 Avenue de la Folle Chanson
 1050 Brussels
 Belgium
 EMail:  eric_mannie@hotmail.com

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 Bala Rajagopalan
 Tellium, Inc.
 2 Crescent Place
 P.O. Box 901
 Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
 Phone:  +1 732 923 4237
 Fax:    +1 732 923 9804
 EMail:  braja@tellium.com
 Debanjan Saha
 EMail:  debanjan@acm.org
 Vishal Sharma
 Metanoia, Inc.
 1600 Villa Street, Unit 352
 Mountain View, CA 94041-1174
 Phone:  +1 650-386-6723
 EMail:  v.sharma@ieee.org
 George Swallow
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
 250 Apollo Drive
 Chelmsford, MA 01824
 Phone:  +1 978 244 8143
 EMail:  swallow@cisco.com
 Z. Bo Tang
 EMail:  botang01@yahoo.com

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16. Editors' Addresses

 Peter Ashwood-Smith
 Nortel Networks Corp.
 P.O. Box 3511 Station C,
 Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7
 Canada
 Phone:  +1 613 763 4534
 EMail:  petera@nortelnetworks.com
 Lou Berger
 Movaz Networks, Inc.
 7926 Jones Branch Drive
 Suite 615
 McLean VA, 22102
 Phone:  +1 703 847-1801
 EMail:  lberger@movaz.com

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