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Network Working Group A. Fredette, Ed. Request for Comments: 4209 Hatteras Networks Category: Standards Track J. Lang, Ed.

                                                            Sonos Inc.
                                                          October 2005
                Link Management Protocol (LMP) for
 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Optical Line Systems

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 (2005).

Abstract

 The Link Management Protocol (LMP) is defined to manage traffic
 engineering (TE) links.  In its present form, LMP focuses on peer
 nodes, i.e., nodes that peer in signaling and/or routing.  This
 document proposes extensions to LMP to allow it to be used between a
 peer node and an adjacent optical line system (OLS).  These
 extensions are intended to satisfy the "Optical Link Interface
 Requirements" described in a companion document.

1. Introduction

 Networks are being developed with routers, switches, optical cross-
 connects (OXCs), dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
 optical line systems (OLSes), and add-drop multiplexors (ADMs) that
 use a common control plane (e.g., Generalized MPLS (GMPLS)) to
 dynamically provision resources and to provide network survivability
 using protection and restoration techniques.
 The Link Management Protocol (LMP) is being developed as part of the
 GMPLS protocol suite to manage traffic engineering (TE) links
 [RFC4204].  In its present form, LMP focuses on peer nodes, i.e.,
 nodes that peer in signaling and/or routing (e.g., OXC-to-OXC, as
 illustrated in Figure 1).  In this document, extensions to LMP are
 proposed to allow it to be used between a peer node and an adjacent
 optical line system (OLS).  These extensions are intended to satisfy

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 the "Optical Link Interface Requirements" described in [OLI].  It is
 assumed that the reader is familiar with LMP, as defined in
 [RFC4204].
       +------+       +------+       +------+       +------+
       |      | ----- |      |       |      | ----- |      |
       | OXC1 | ----- | OLS1 | ===== | OLS2 | ----- | OXC2 |
       |      | ----- |      |       |      | ----- |      |
       +------+       +------+       +------+       +------+
          ^                                             ^
          |                                             |
          +---------------------LMP---------------------+
                        Figure 1: LMP Model
 Consider two peer nodes (e.g., two OXCs) interconnected by a
 wavelength-multiplexed link, i.e., a DWDM optical link (see Figure 1
 above).  Information about the configuration of this link and its
 current state is known by the two OLSes (OLS1 and OLS2).  Allowing
 them to communicate this information to the corresponding peer nodes
 (OXC1 and OXC2) via LMP can improve network usability by reducing
 required manual configuration and by enhancing fault detection and
 recovery.
 Information about the state of LSPs using the DWDM optical link is
 known by the peer nodes (OXC1 and OXC2), and allowing them to
 communicate this information to the corresponding OLSes (OLS1 and
 OLS2) is useful for alarm management and link monitoring.  Alarm
 management is important because the administrative state of an LSP,
 known to the peer nodes (e.g., via the Admin Status object of GMPLS
 signaling [RFC3471]), can be used to suppress spurious alarm
 reporting from the OLSes.
 The model for extending LMP to OLSes is shown in Figure 2.
       +------+       +------+       +------+       +------+
       |      | ----- |      |       |      | ----- |      |
       | OXC1 | ----- | OLS1 | ===== | OLS2 | ----- | OXC2 |
       |      | ----- |      |       |      | ----- |      |
       +------+       +------+       +------+       +------+
         ^  ^             ^              ^             ^  ^
         |  |             |              |             |  |
         |  +-----LMP-----+              +-----LMP-----+  |
         |                                                |
         +----------------------LMP-----------------------+
                    Figure 2: Extended LMP Model

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 In this model, a peer node may have LMP sessions with adjacent OLSes,
 as well as adjacent peer nodes.  In Figure 2, for example, the OXC1-
 OXC2 LMP session can be used to build traffic-engineering (TE) links
 for GMPLS signaling and routing, as described in [RFC4204].  The
 OXC1-OLS1 and the OXC2-OLS2 LMP sessions are used to exchange
 information about the configuration of the DWDM optical link and its
 current state and information about the state of LSPs using that
 link.
 The latter type of LMP sessions is discussed in this document.  It is
 important to note that a peer node may have LMP sessions with one or
 more OLSes and an OLS may have LMP sessions with one or more peer
 nodes.
 Although there are many similarities between an LMP session between
 two peer nodes and an LMP session between a peer node and an OLS,
 there are some differences as well.  The former type of LMP session
 is used to provide the basis for GMPLS signaling and routing.  The
 latter type of LMP session is used to augment knowledge about the
 links between peer nodes.
 A peer node maintains its peer node-to-OLS LMP sessions and its peer
 node-to-peer node LMP sessions independently.  This means that it
 MUST be possible for LMP sessions to come up in any order.  In
 particular, it MUST be possible for a peer node-to-peer node LMP
 session to come up in the absence of any peer node-to-OLS LMP
 sessions, and vice versa.

1.1. Terminology

 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].
 The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology in
 [RFC4204].
 DWDM: Dense wavelength division multiplexing
 OLS: Optical line system
 Opaque:
    A device is called X-opaque if it examines or modifies the X
    aspect of the signal while forwarding an incoming signal from
    input to output.
 OXC: Optical cross-connect

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 Transparent:
    As defined in [RFC4204], a device is called X-transparent if it
    forwards incoming signals from input to output without examining
    or modifying the X aspect of the signal.  For example, a Frame
    Relay switch is network-layer transparent; an all-optical switch
    is electrically transparent.

1.2. Scope of LMP-WDM Protocol

 This document focuses on extensions required for use with opaque
 OLSes.  In particular, this document is intended for use with OLSes
 having SONET, SDH, and Ethernet user ports.
 At the time of this writing, work is ongoing in the area of fully
 transparent wavelength routing; however, it is premature to identify
 the necessary information to be exchanged between a peer node and an
 OLS in this context.  Nevertheless, the protocol described in this
 document provides the necessary framework in which to exchange
 additional information that is deemed appropriate.

2. LMP Extensions for Optical Line Systems

 LMP currently consists of four main procedures, of which the first
 two are mandatory and the last two are optional:
    1. Control channel management
    2. Link property correlation
    3. Link verification
    4. Fault management
 All four functions are supported in LMP-WDM.

2.1. Control Channel Management

 As in [RFC4204], we do not specify the exact implementation of the
 control channel; it could be, for example, a separate wavelength,
 fiber, Ethernet link, an IP tunnel routed over a separate management
 network, a multi-hop IP network, or the overhead bytes of a data
 link.
 The control channel management for a peer node-to-OLS link is the
 same as for a peer node-to-peer node link, as described in [RFC4204].
 To distinguish between a peer node-to-OLS LMP session and a peer
 node-to-peer node LMP session, a new LMP-WDM CONFIG object is defined
 (C-Type = 2).  The format of the CONFIG object is as follows:

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 Class = 6
 o     C-Type = 2, LMP-WDM_CONFIG
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |W|O|                      (Reserved)                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.
 WDM:  1 bit
       This bit indicates support for the LMP-WDM extensions defined
       in this document.
 OLS:  1 bit
       If set, this bit indicates that the sender is an optical line
       system (OLS).  If clear, this bit indicates that the sender is
       a peer node.
 The LMP-WDM extensions are designed for peer node-to-OLS LMP
 sessions.  The OLS bit allows a node to identify itself as an OLS or
 a peer node.  This is used to detect misconfiguration of a peer
 node-to-OLS LMP session between two peer nodes or a peer node-to-peer
 node LMP session between a peer node and an OLS.
 If the node does not support the LMP-WDM extensions, it MUST reply to
 the Config message with a ConfigNack message.
 If a peer node that is configured to run LMP-WDM receives a Config
 message with the OLS bit clear in LMP-WDM_CONFIG object, it MUST
 reply to the Config message with a ConfigNack message.

2.2. Link Verification

 The Test procedure used with OLSes is the same as described in
 [RFC4204].  The VerifyTransportMechanism (included in the BeginVerify
 and BeginVerifyAck messages) is used to allow nodes to negotiate a
 link verification method and is essential for line systems that have
 access to overhead bytes rather than the payload.  The VerifyId
 (provided by the remote node in the BeginVerifyAck message and used
 in all subsequent Test messages) is used to differentiate Test
 messages from different LMP Link Verification procedures.  In

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 addition to the Test procedure described in [RFC4204], the trace
 monitoring function of [RFC4207] may be used for link verification
 when the OLS user ports are SONET or SDH.
 In a combined LMP and LMP-WDM context, there is an interplay between
 the data links being managed by peer node-to-peer node LMP sessions
 and peer node-to-OLS LMP sessions.  For example, in Figure 2, the
 OXC1-OLS1 LMP session manages the data links between OXC1 and OLS1,
 and the OXC2-OLS2 LMP session manages the data links between OXC2 and
 OLS2.  However, the OXC1-OXC2 LMP session manages the data links
 between OXC1 and OXC2, which are actually a concatenation of the data
 links between OXC1 and OLS1, the DWDM span between OLS1 and OLS2, and
 the data links between OXC2 and OLS2.  It is these concatenated links
 that comprise the TE links that are advertised in the GMPLS TE link
 state database.
 The implication of this is that when the data links between OXC1 and
 OXC2 are being verified, using the LMP link verification procedure,
 OLS1 and OLS2 need to make themselves transparent with respect to
 these concatenated data links.  The coordination of verification of
 OXC1-OLS1 and OXC2-OLS2 data links to ensure this transparency is the
 responsibility of the peer nodes, OXC1 and OXC2.
 It is also necessary for these peer nodes to understand the mappings
 between the data links of the peer node - OLS LMP session and the
 concatenated data links of the peer node - peer node LMP session.

2.3. Link Summarization

 As in [RFC4204], the LinkSummary message is used to synchronize the
 Interface_Ids and correlate the properties of the TE link.  (Note
 that the term "TE link" originated from routing/signaling
 applications of LMP, and this concept does not necessarily apply to
 an OLS.  However, the term is used in this document to remain
 consistent with LMP terminology.)  The LinkSummary message includes
 one or more DATA_LINK objects.  The contents of the DATA_LINK object
 consist of a series of variable-length data items called Data Link
 sub-objects describing the capabilities of the data links.
 In this document, several additional Data Link sub-objects are
 defined to describe additional link characteristics.  The link
 characteristics are, in general, those needed by the CSPF to select
 the path for a particular LSP.  These link characteristics describe
 the specified peer node-to-OLS data link, as well as the associated
 DWDM span between the two OLSes.

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 The format of the Data Link sub-objects follows the format described
 in [RFC4204] and is shown below for readability:
  0                   1
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---------------//--------------+
 |    Type       |    Length     |     (Sub-object contents)     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---------------//--------------+
 Type: 8 bits
       The Type indicates the type of contents of the sub-object.
 Length: 8 bits
       The Length field contains the total length of the sub-object in
       bytes, including the Type and Length fields.  The Length MUST
       be at least 4, and MUST be a multiple of 4.
 The following link characteristics are exchanged on a per data link
 basis.

2.3.1. Link Group ID

 The main purpose of the Link Group ID is to reduce control traffic
 during failures that affect many data links.  A local ID may be
 assigned to a group of data links.  This ID can be used to reduce the
 control traffic in the event of a failure by enabling a single
 ChannelStatus message with the LINK GROUP CHANNEL_STATUS object (see
 Section 2.4.1) to be used for a group of data links instead of
 individual ChannelStatus messages for each data link.  A data link
 may be a member of multiple groups.  This is achieved by including
 multiple Link Group ID sub-objects in the LinkSummary message.
 The Link Group ID feature allows Link Groups to be assigned based on
 the types of fault correlation and aggregation supported by a given
 OLS.  From a practical perspective, the Link Group ID is used to map
 (or group) data links into "failable entities" known primarily to the
 OLS.  If one of those failable entities fails, all associated data
 links are failed and the peer node is notified with a single message.
 For example, an OLS could create a Link Group for each laser in the
 OLS.  The data links associated with each laser would then each be
 assigned the Link Group ID for that laser.  If a laser fails, the OLS
 would then report a single failure affecting all of the data links
 with a Link Group ID of the failed laser.  The peer node that
 receives the single failure notification then knows which data links
 are affected.  Similarly, an OLS could create a Link Group ID for a

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 fiber, to report a failure affecting all of the data links associated
 with that fiber if a loss-of-signal (LOS) is detected for that fiber.
 The format of the Link Group ID sub-object (Type = 3, Length = 8) is
 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |           (Reserved)          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Link Group ID                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.
 Link Group ID: 32 bits
       Link Group ID 0xFFFFFFFF is reserved and indicates all data
       links in a TE link.  All data links are members of Link Group
       0xFFFFFFFF by default.

2.3.2. Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG) Identifier

 This identifies the SRLGs of which the data link is a member.  This
 information may be configured on an OLS by the user and used for
 diverse path computation (see [RFC4202]).
 The format of the SRLG sub-object (Type = 4, Length = (N+1)*4 where N
 is the number of SRLG values) is 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |            (Reserved)         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         SRLG value #1                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         SRLG value #2                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 //                             ...                              //
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                       SRLG value #(N-1)                       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         SRLG value #N                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.

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 Shared Risk Link Group Value: 32 bits
       See [RFC4202].  List as many SRLGs as apply.

2.3.3. Bit Error Rate (BER) Estimate

 This object provides an estimate of the BER for the data link.
 The Bit Error Rate (BER) is the proportion of bits that have errors
 relative to the total number of bits received in a transmission,
 usually expressed as ten to a negative power.  For example, a
 transmission might have a BER of "10 to the minus 13", meaning that,
 out of every 10,000,000,000,000 bits transmitted, one bit may be in
 error.  The BER is an indication of overall signal quality.
 The format of the BER Estimate sub-object (Type = 5; Length = 4) is
 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |      BER      |   (Reserved)  |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.
 BER: 8 bits
       The exponent from the BER representation described above.  That
       is, if the BER is 10 to the minus X, the BER field is set to X.

2.3.4. Optical Protection

 This indicates whether the link is protected by the OLS.  This
 information can be used as a measure of link capability.  It may be
 advertised by routing and used by signaling as a selection criterion,
 as described in [RFC3471].
 The format of the Optical Protection sub-object (Type = 6; Length =
 4) is 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |     (Reserved)    | Link Flags|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.

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 Link Flags: 6 bits
       Encoding for Link Flags is defined in Section 7 of [RFC3471].

2.3.5. Total Span Length

 This indicates the total distance of fiber in the OLS.  This may be
 used as a routing metric or to estimate delay.
 The format of the Total Span Length sub-object (Type = 7, Length = 8)
 is 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |           (Reserved)          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Span Length                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.
 Span Length: 32 bits
       This value represents the total length of the WDM span in
       meters, expressed as an unsigned (long) integer.

2.3.6. Administrative Group (Color)

 The administrative group (or Color) to which the data link belongs.
 The format of the Administrative Group sub-object (Type = 8, Length =
 8) is 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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Type       |    Length     |           (Reserved)          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Administrative Group                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The Reserved field should be sent as zero and ignored on receipt.
 Administrative Group: 32 bits
       A 32-bit value, as defined in [RFC3630].

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2.4. Fault Management

 The Fault Management procedure used between a peer and an OLS follows
 the procedures described in [RFC4204]; some further extensions are
 defined in this section.  The information learned from the OLS-peer
 fault management procedures may be used to trigger peer-peer LMP
 fault management, or may be used to trigger GMPLS signaling/routing
 procedures directly.
 Fault management consists of three major functions:
    1. Fault Detection
    2. Fault Localization
    3. Fault Notification
 The fault detection mechanisms are the responsibility of the
 individual nodes and are not specified as part of this protocol.
 Fault detection mechanisms may include a Bit Error Rate (BER)
 exceeding a threshold, and loss-of-signal (LOS) and SONET/SDH-level
 errors.  It is the responsibility of the OLS to translate these
 failures into (Signal) OK, Signal Failure (SF), or Signal Degrade
 (SD), as described in [RFC4204].
 That is, an OLS uses the messages defined in the LMP fault
 localization procedures (ChannelStatus, ChannelStatusAck,
 ChannelStatusRequest, and ChannelStatusResponse messages) to inform
 the adjacent peer node of failures it has detected, in order to
 initiate the LMP fault localization procedures between peer nodes,
 but it does not participate in those procedures.
 The OLS may also execute its own fault localization process to allow
 it to determine the location of the fault along the DWDM span.  For
 example, the OLS may be able to pinpoint the fault to a particular
 amplifier in a span of thousands of kilometers in length.
 To report data link failures and recovery conditions, LMP-WDM uses
 the ChannelStatus, ChannelStatusAck, ChannelStatusRequest, and
 ChannelStatusResponse messages defined in [RFC4204].
 Each data link is identified by an Interface_ID.  In addition, a Link
 Group ID may be assigned to a group of data links (see Section
 2.3.1).  The Link Group ID may be used to reduce the control traffic
 by providing channel status information for a group of data links.  A
 new LINK GROUP CHANNEL_STATUS object is defined below for this
 purpose.  This object may be used in place of the CHANNEL_STATUS
 objects described in [RFC4204] in the ChannelStatus message.

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2.4.1. LINK_GROUP CHANNEL_STATUS Object

 The LINK_GROUP CHANNEL_STATUS object is used to indicate the status
 of the data links belonging to a particular Link Group.  The
 correlation of data links to Group ID is made with the Link Group ID
 sub-object of the DATA_LINK object.
 The format of the LINK_GROUP CHANNEL_STATUS object is as follows
 (Class = 13, C-Type = 4):
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Link Group ID                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |A|D|                    Channel Status                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                              :                                |
 //                             :                               //
 |                              :                                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Link Group ID                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |A|D|                    Channel Status                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Link Group ID: 32 bits
       The Link Group ID 0xFFFFFFFF is reserved and indicates all data
       links in a TE link.  All data links are members of the Link
       Group 0xFFFFFFFF by default.
 Channel Status: 32 bits
       The values for the Channel Status field are defined in
       [RFC4204].
 This object is non-negotiable.

3. Security Considerations

 LMP message security uses IPsec, as described in [RFC4204].  This
 document only defines new LMP objects that are carried in existing
 LMP messages.  As such, this document introduces no other new
 security considerations not covered in [RFC4204].

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4. IANA Considerations

 LMP [RFC4204] defines the following name spaces and the ways in which
 IANA can make assignments to these namespaces:
  1. LMP Message Type
  2. LMP Object Class
  3. LMP Object Class type (C-Type) unique within the Object Class
  4. LMP Sub-object Class type (Type) unique within the Object Class
 This memo introduces the following new assignments:
 LMP Object Class Types:
    o  under CONFIG class name (as defined in [RFC4204])
       -  LMP-WDM_CONFIG       (C-Type = 2)
    o  under CHANNEL_STATUS class name (as defined in [RFC4204])
       -  LINK_GROUP           (C-Type = 4)
 LMP Sub-Object Class names:
    o  under DATA_LINK Class name (as defined in [RFC4204])
       -  Link_GroupId         (sub-object Type = 3)
       -  SRLG                 (sub-object Type = 4)
       -  BER_Estimate         (sub-object Type = 5)
       -  Optical_Protection   (sub-object Type = 6)
       -  Total_Span_Length    (sub-object Type = 7)
       -  Administrative_Group (sub-object Type = 8)

5. Contributors

 The authors would like to acknowledge Osama S. Aboul-Magd, Stuart
 Brorson, Sudheer Dharanikota, John Drake, David Drysdale, W. L.
 Edwards, Adrian Farrel, Andre Fredette, Rohit Goyal, Hirokazu
 Ishimatsu, Monika Jaeger, Ram Krishnan, Jonathan P. Lang, Raghu
 Mannam, Eric Mannie, Dimitri Papadimitriou, Jagan Shantigram, Ed
 Snyder, George Swallow, Gopala Tumuluri, Yong Xue, Lucy Yong, and
 John Yu.

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6. References

6.1. Normative References

 [RFC4202]   Kompella, K., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Routing
             Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
             Switching (GMPLS)", RFC 4202, September 2005.
 [RFC4204]   Lang, J., Ed., "The Link Management Protocol (LMP)", RFC
             4204, September 2005.
 [RFC4207]   Lang, J., and D. Papadimitriou, "Synchronous Optical
             Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
             Encoding for Link Management Protocol (LMP) Test
             Messages", RFC 4207, September 2005.
 [RFC2119]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [RFC3471]   Berger, L., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
             (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description", RFC 3471,
             January 2003.
 [RFC3630]   Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic
             Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
             September 2003.

6.2. Informative References

 [OLI]       Fredette, A., Editor, "Optical Link Interface
             Requirements", Work in Progress.

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Editors' Addresses

 Andre Fredette
 Hatteras Networks
 P.O. Box 110025
 Research Triangle Park
 NC 27709-0025, USA
 EMail: Afredette@HatterasNetworks.com
 Jonathan P. Lang
 Sonos, Inc.
 223 E. De La Guerra St.
 Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 EMail: jplang@ieee.org

Fredette & Lang Standards Track [Page 15] RFC 4209 LMP for DWDM Optical Line Systems October 2005

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