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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Y. Weingarten Request for Comments: 7412 Category: Informational S. Aldrin ISSN: 2070-1721 Huawei Technologies

                                                                P. Pan
                                                              Infinera
                                                               J. Ryoo
                                                                  ETRI
                                                             G. Mirsky
                                                              Ericsson
                                                         December 2014
         Requirements for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
                       Shared Mesh Protection

Abstract

 This document presents the basic network objectives for the behavior
 of Shared Mesh Protection (SMP) that are not based on control-plane
 support.  This document provides an expansion of the basic
 requirements presented in RFC 5654 ("Requirements of an MPLS
 Transport Profile") and RFC 6372 ("MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)
 Survivability Framework").  This document provides requirements for
 any mechanism that would be used to implement SMP for MPLS-TP data
 paths, in networks that delegate protection switch coordination to
 the data plane.

Status of This Memo

 This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
 published for informational purposes.
 This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
 (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
 received public review and has been approved for publication by the
 Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not all documents
 approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
 Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7412.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................3
 2. Terminology and Notation ........................................3
    2.1. Acronyms and Terminology ...................................4
 3. Shared Mesh Protection Reference Model ..........................4
    3.1. Protection or Restoration ..................................5
    3.2. Scope of Document ..........................................5
         3.2.1. Relationship to MPLS ................................5
 4. SMP Architecture ................................................6
    4.1. Coordination of Resources ..................................8
    4.2. Control Plane or Data Plane ................................8
 5. SMP Network Objectives ..........................................9
    5.1. Resource Reservation and Coordination ......................9
         5.1.1. Checking Resource Availability for Multiple
                Protection Paths ....................................9
    5.2. Multiple Triggers .........................................10
         5.2.1. Soft Preemption ....................................10
         5.2.2. Hard Preemption ....................................10
    5.3. Notification ..............................................11
    5.4. Reversion .................................................11
    5.5. Protection Switching Time .................................11
    5.6. Timers ....................................................12
    5.7. Communication Channel and Fate-Sharing ....................12
 6. Manageability Considerations ...................................13
 7. Security Considerations ........................................13
 8. Normative References ...........................................13
 Acknowledgements ..................................................15
 Contributors ......................................................15
 Authors' Addresses ................................................16

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1. Introduction

 The MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is described in [RFC5921].
 [RFC6372] provides a survivability framework for MPLS-TP and is the
 foundation for this document.
 Terminology for recovery of connectivity in networks is provided in
 [RFC4427] and includes the concept of surviving network faults
 (survivability) through the use of re-established connections
 (restoration) and switching of traffic to pre-established backup
 paths (protection).  MPLS provides control-plane tools to support
 various survivability schemes, some of which are identified in
 [RFC4426].  In addition, recent efforts in the IETF have started
 providing for data-plane tools to address aspects of data protection.
 In particular, [RFC6378] and [RFC7271] define a set of triggers and
 coordination protocols for 1:1 and 1+1 linear protection of point-to-
 point paths.
 When considering a full-mesh network and the protection of different
 paths that traverse the mesh, it is possible to provide an acceptable
 level of protection while conserving the amount of protection
 resources needed to protect the different data paths.  As pointed out
 in [RFC6372] and [RFC4427], applying 1+1 protection requires that
 resources are allocated for use by both the working and protection
 paths.  Applying 1:1 protection requires that the same resources are
 allocated but allows the resources of the protection path to be
 utilized for preemptible extra traffic.  Extending this to 1:n or m:n
 protection allows the resources of the protection path to be shared
 in the protection of several working paths.  However, 1:n or m:n
 protection architecture is limited by the restriction that all of the
 n+1 or m+n paths must have the same endpoints.  m:n protection
 architecture provides m protection paths to protect n working paths,
 where m or n can be 1.
 This document provides requirements for any mechanism that would be
 used to implement SMP for MPLS-TP data paths, in networks that
 delegate protection switch coordination to the data plane.

2. Terminology and Notation

 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].
 Although this document is not a protocol specification, the use of
 this language clarifies the instructions to protocol designers
 producing solutions that satisfy the requirements set out in this
 document.

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 The terminology used in this document is based on the terminology
 defined in the MPLS-TP Survivability Framework document [RFC6372],
 which in turn is based on [RFC4427].

2.1. Acronyms and Terminology

 This document uses the following acronyms:
    LSP  Label Switched Path
    SLA  Service Level Agreement
    SMP  Shared Mesh Protection
    SRLG Shared Risk Link Group
 This document defines the following term:
 SMP Protection Group: the set of different protection paths that
    share a common segment.

3. Shared Mesh Protection Reference Model

 As described in [RFC6372], SMP supports the sharing of protection
 resources, while providing protection for multiple working paths that
 need not have common endpoints and do not share common points of
 failure.  Note that some protection resources may be shared, while
 some others may not be.  An example of data paths that employ SMP is
 shown in Figure 1.  It shows two working paths -- <ABCDE> and <VWXYZ>
 -- that are protected employing 1:1 linear protection by protection
 paths <APQRE> and <VPQRZ>, respectively.  The two protection paths
 that traverse segment <PQR> share the protection resources on this
 segment.
                         A----B----C----D----E
                          \                 /
                           \               /
                            \             /
                             P-----Q-----R
                            /             \
                           /               \
                          /                 \
                         V----W----X----Y----Z
                   Figure 1: Basic SMP Architecture

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3.1. Protection or Restoration

 [RFC6372], based upon the definitions in [RFC4427], differentiates
 between "protection" and "restoration", depending on the dynamism of
 the resource allocation.  The same distinction is used in [RFC3945],
 [RFC4426], and [RFC4428].
 This document also uses the same distinction between protection and
 restoration as the distinction stated in [RFC6372].

3.2. Scope of Document

 [RFC5654] establishes that MPLS-TP SHOULD support shared protection
 (Requirement 68) and that MPLS-TP MUST support sharing of protection
 resources (Requirement 69).  This document presents the network
 objectives and a framework for applying SMP within an MPLS network,
 without the use of control-plane protocols.  Although there are
 existing control-plane solutions for SMP within MPLS, a data-plane
 solution is required for networks that do not employ a full control-
 plane operation for some reason (e.g., service provider preferences
 or limitations) or require service restoration faster than is
 achievable with control-plane mechanisms.
 The network objectives will also address possible additional
 restrictions on the behavior of SMP in networks that delegate
 protection switching for resiliency to the data plane.  Definitions
 of logic and specific protocol messaging are out of scope for this
 document.

3.2.1. Relationship to MPLS

 While some of the restrictions presented by this document originate
 from the properties of transport networks, nothing prevents the
 information presented here from being applied to MPLS networks
 outside the scope of the Transport Profile of MPLS.

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4. SMP Architecture

 Figure 1 shows a very basic configuration of working and protection
 paths that may employ SMP.  We may consider a slightly more complex
 configuration, such as the one in Figure 2 in order to illustrate
 characteristics of a mesh network that implements SMP.
                    A----B----C----D----E---N
                     \            /    /    \
                      \          M ---/--    \
                       \             /   \    \
                        P-----Q-----R-----S----T
                       /|      \     \     \    \
                      / F---G---H    J--K---L    \
                     /                            \
                    V------W-------X-------Y-------Z
            Figure 2: Example of a Larger SMP Architecture
 Consider the network presented in Figure 2.  There are five working
 paths:
  1. <ABCDE>
  1. <MDEN>
  1. <FGH>
  1. <JKL>
  1. <VWXYZ>
 Each of these has a corresponding protection path:
  1. <APQRE> (p1)
  1. <MSTN> (p2)
  1. <FPQH> (p3)
  1. <JRSL> (p4)
  1. <VPQRSTZ> (p5)

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 The following segments are shared by two or more of the protection
 paths -- <PQ> is shared by p1, p3, and p5; <QR> is shared by p1 and
 p5; <RS> is shared by p4 and p5; and <ST> is shared by p2 and p5.  In
 Figure 2, we have the following SMP Protection Groups -- {p1, p3, p5}
 for <PQ>, {p1, p5} for <QR>, {p4, p5} for <RS>, and {p2, p5}
 for <ST>.
 We assume that the available protection resources for these shared
 segments are not sufficient to support the complete traffic capacity
 of the respective working paths that may use the protection paths.
 We can further observe that with a method of coordinating sharing and
 preemption, there are no co-routing constraints on shared components
 at the segment level.
 The use of preemption in the network is typically a business or
 policy decision such that when protection resources are contested,
 priority can be applied to determine which parties utilize the
 protection resources.
 As opposed to the case of simple linear protection, where the
 relationship between the working and protection paths is defined and
 the resources for the protection path are fully dedicated, the
 protection path in the case of SMP consists of segments that are used
 for the protection of the related working path and also segments that
 are shared with other protection paths such that typically the
 protection resources are oversubscribed to support working paths that
 do not share common points of failure.  What is required is a
 preemption mechanism to implement business priority when multiple
 failure scenarios occur.  As such, the protection resources may be
 allocated but would not be utilized until requested and resolved in
 relation to other members of the SMP Protection Group as part of a
 protection switchover.
 [RFC6372] defines two types of preemption that can be considered for
 how the resources of SMP Protection Groups are shared: "soft
 preemption", where traffic of lower-priority paths is degraded; and
 "hard preemption", where traffic of lower-priority paths is
 completely blocked.  The traffic of lower-priority paths in this
 document can be viewed as the extra traffic being preempted, as
 described in [RFC6372].  "Hard preemption" requires the programming
 of selectors at the ingress of each shared segment to specify the
 priorities of backup paths, so that traffic of lower-priority paths
 can be preempted.  When any protection mechanism where the protection
 endpoint may have a choice of protection paths (e.g., m:n or m:1) is
 deployed, the shared segment selectors require coordination with the
 protection endpoints as well.

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 Typical deployment of services that use SMP requires various network
 planning activities.  These include the following:
 o  Determining the number of working and protection paths required to
    achieve resiliency targets for the service.
 o  Reviewing network topology to determine which working or
    protection paths are required to be disjoint from each other, and
    excluding specified resources such as links, nodes, or shared risk
    link groups (SRLGs).
 o  Determining the size (bandwidth) of the shared resource.

4.1. Coordination of Resources

 When a protection switch is triggered, the SMP network performs two
 operations -- switching data traffic over to a protection path and
 coordinating the utilization of the associated shared resources.
 Both operations should occur at the same time, or as close together
 as possible, to provide fast protection.  The resource utilization
 coordination is dependent upon their availability at each of the
 shared segments.
 When the reserved resources of the shared segments are utilized by a
 particular protection path, there may not be sufficient resources
 available for an additional protection path.  This then implies that
 if another working path of the SMP domain triggers a protection
 switch, the resource utilization coordination may fail.  The
 different working paths in the SMP network are involved in the
 resource utilization coordination, which is a part of a whole SMP
 protection switching coordination.

4.2. Control Plane or Data Plane

 As stated in both [RFC6372] and [RFC4428], full control of SMP,
 including both configuration and the coordination of the protection
 switching, is potentially very complex.  Therefore, it is suggested
 that this be carried out under the control of a dynamic control plane
 based on Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [RFC3945].  Implementations for SMP
 with GMPLS exist, and the general principles of its operation are
 well known, if not fully documented.
 However, there are operators, in particular in the transport sector,
 that do not operate their MPLS-TP networks under the control of a
 control plane or for other reasons have delegated executive action
 for resilience to the data plane, and require the ability to utilize

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 SMP protection.  For such networks, it is imperative that it be
 possible to perform all required coordination of selectors and
 endpoints for SMP via data-plane operations.

5. SMP Network Objectives

5.1. Resource Reservation and Coordination

 SMP is based on pre-configuration of the working paths and the
 corresponding protection paths.  This configuration may be based on
 either a control protocol or static configuration by the management
 system.  However, even when the configuration is performed by a
 control protocol, e.g., GMPLS, the control protocol SHALL NOT be used
 as the primary mechanism for detecting or reporting network failures,
 or for initiating or coordinating protection switchover.  That is, it
 SHALL NOT be used as the primary resilience mechanism.
 The protection relationship between the working and protection paths
 SHOULD be configured, and the shared segments of the protection path
 MUST be identified prior to use of the protection paths.  Relative
 priority for working paths to be used to resolve contention for
 protection path usage by multiple working paths MAY also be specified
 ahead of time.
 When a protection switch is triggered by any fault condition or
 operator command, the SMP network MUST perform two operations --
 switch data traffic over to a protection path, and coordinate the
 utilization of the associated shared resources.  To provide fast
 protection, both operations MUST occur at the same time or as close
 to the same time as possible.
 In the case of multiple working paths failing, the shared resource
 utilization coordination SHALL be between the different working paths
 in the SMP network.

5.1.1. Checking Resource Availability for Multiple Protection Paths

 In a hard-preemption scenario, when an endpoint identifies a
 protection switching trigger and has more than one potential action
 (e.g., m:1 protection), it MUST verify that the necessary protection
 resources are available on the selected protection path.  The
 resources may not be available because they have already been
 utilized for the protection of, for example, one or more higher-
 priority working paths.

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5.2. Multiple Triggers

 If more than one working path is triggering a protection switch such
 that a protection segment is oversubscribed, there are two different
 actions that the SMP network can choose -- soft preemption and hard
 preemption [RFC6372].

5.2.1. Soft Preemption

 For networks that support multiplexing packets over the shared
 segments, the requirement is as follows:
 o  All of the protection paths MAY be allowed to share the resources
    of the shared segments.

5.2.2. Hard Preemption

 There are networks that require the exclusive use of the protection
 resources when a protection segment is oversubscribed.  Traffic of
 lower-priority paths is completely blocked.  These include networks
 that support the requirements in [RFC5654], and in particular support
 Requirement 58.  For such networks, the following requirements apply:
 1. Relative priority MAY be assigned to each of the working paths of
    an SMP domain.  If the priority is not assigned, the working paths
    are assumed to have equal priority.
 2. Resources of the shared segments SHALL be utilized by the
    protection path according to the highest priority amongst those
    requesting use of the resources.
 3. If multiple protection paths of equal priority are requesting the
    shared resources, the resources SHALL be utilized on a first come
    first served basis.  Traffic of the protection paths that request
    the shared resources late SHALL be preempted.  In order to cover
    the situation where the first come first served principle cannot
    resolve the contention among multiple equal-priority requests,
    i.e., when the requests occur simultaneously, tie-breaking rules
    SHALL be defined in the scope of an SMP domain.
 4. If a higher-priority path requires the protection resources that
    are being utilized by a lower-priority path, the resources SHALL
    be utilized by the higher-priority path.  Traffic with the lower
    priority SHALL be preempted.

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 5. Once resources of shared segments have been successfully utilized
    by a protection path, the traffic on that protection path SHALL
    NOT be interrupted by any protection traffic whose priority is
    equal to or lower than the protecting path currently in use.
 6. During preemption, shared segment resources MAY be used by both
    existing traffic (that is being preempted) and higher-priority
    traffic.

5.3. Notification

 When a working path endpoint has a protection switch triggered, it
 SHOULD attempt to switch the traffic to the protection path and
 request the coordination of the shared resource utilization.  If the
 necessary shared resources are unavailable, the endpoints of the
 requesting working path SHALL be notified of protection switchover
 failure, and switchover will not be completed.
 Similarly, if preemption is supported and the resources currently
 utilized by a particular working path are being preempted, then the
 endpoints of the affected working path whose traffic is being
 preempted SHALL be notified that the resources are being preempted.
 As described in [RFC6372], the event of preemption may be detected by
 Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) and reported as a
 fault or a degradation of traffic delivery.

5.4. Reversion

 When the condition that triggered the protection switch is cleared,
 it is possible to either revert to using the working path resources
 or continue to utilize the protection resources.  Continuing the use
 of protection resources allows the operator to delay the disruption
 of service caused by the switchover until periods of lighter traffic.
 The switchover would need to be performed via an explicit operator
 command, unless the protection resources are preempted by a higher-
 priority fault.  Hence, both automatic and manual revertive behaviors
 MUST be supported for hard preemption in an SMP domain.  Normally,
 the network should revert to use of the working path resources in
 order to clear the protection resources for protection of other path
 triggers.  However, the protocol MUST support non-revertive
 configurations.

5.5. Protection Switching Time

 Protection switching time refers to the transfer time (Tt) defined in
 [G.808.1] and recovery switching time defined in [RFC4427], and is
 defined as the interval after a switching trigger is identified until
 the traffic begins to be transmitted on the protection path.  This

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 time does not include the time needed to initiate the protection
 switching process after a failure occurred, and the time needed to
 complete preemption of existing traffic on the shared segments as
 described in Section 4.2.  The time needed to initiate the protection
 switching process, which is known as detection time or correlation
 time in [RFC4427], is related to the OAM or management process, but
 the time needed to complete preemption is related to the actions
 within an SMP domain.  Support for a protection switching time of
 50 ms is dependent upon the initial switchover to the protection
 path, but the preemption time SHOULD also be taken into account to
 minimize total service interruption time.
 When triggered, protection switching action SHOULD be initiated
 immediately to minimize service interruption time.

5.6. Timers

 In order to prevent multiple switching actions for a single switching
 trigger, when there are multiple layers of networks, SMP SHOULD be
 controlled by a hold-off timer that would allow lower-layer
 mechanisms to complete their switching actions before invoking SMP
 protection actions as described in [RFC6372].
 In order to prevent an unstable recovering working path from invoking
 intermittent switching operations, SMP SHOULD employ a
 Wait-To-Restore timer during any reversion switching, as described in
 [RFC6372].

5.7. Communication Channel and Fate-Sharing

 SMP SHOULD provide a communication channel, along the protection
 path, between the endpoints of the protection path, to support fast
 protection switching.
 SMP in hard-preemption mode SHOULD include support for communicating
 information to coordinate the use of the shared protection resources
 among multiple working paths.  The message encoding and communication
 channel between the nodes of the shared protection resource and the
 endpoints of the protection path are out of the scope of this
 document.
 Bidirectional protection switching SHOULD be supported in SMP.

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6. Manageability Considerations

 The network management architecture and requirements for MPLS-TP are
 specified in [RFC5951].  They derive from the generic specifications
 described in ITU-T G.7710/Y.1701 [G.7710] for transport technologies.
 This document does not introduce any new manageability requirements
 beyond those covered in those documents.

7. Security Considerations

 General security considerations for MPLS-TP are covered in [RFC5921].
 The security considerations for the generic associated control
 channel are described in [RFC5586].
 Security considerations for any proposed solution should consider
 exhaustion of resources related to preemption, especially by a
 malicious actor as a threat vector against which the resources should
 be protected.  Protections should also be considered to prevent a
 malicious actor from attempting to create an alternate path on which
 to force traffic from a sensor/device, thereby enabling pervasive
 monitoring [RFC7258].

8. Normative References

 [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
 [RFC3945]  Mannie, E., Ed., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
            Switching (GMPLS) Architecture", RFC 3945, October 2004,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3945>.
 [RFC4426]  Lang, J., Ed., Rajagopalan, B., Ed., and D. Papadimitriou,
            Ed., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
            Recovery Functional Specification", RFC 4426, March 2006,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4426>.
 [RFC4427]  Mannie, E., Ed., and D. Papadimitriou, Ed., "Recovery
            (Protection and Restoration) Terminology for Generalized
            Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)", RFC 4427,
            March 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4427>.
 [RFC4428]  Papadimitriou, D., Ed., and E. Mannie, Ed., "Analysis of
            Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based
            Recovery Mechanisms (including Protection and
            Restoration)", RFC 4428, March 2006,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4428>.

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 [RFC5586]  Bocci, M., Ed., Vigoureux, M., Ed., and S. Bryant, Ed.,
            "MPLS Generic Associated Channel", RFC 5586, June 2009,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5586>.
 [RFC5654]  Niven-Jenkins, B., Ed., Brungard, D., Ed., Betts, M., Ed.,
            Sprecher, N., and S. Ueno, "Requirements of an MPLS
            Transport Profile", RFC 5654, September 2009,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5654>.
 [RFC5921]  Bocci, M., Ed., Bryant, S., Ed., Frost, D., Ed., Levrau,
            L., and L. Berger, "A Framework for MPLS in Transport
            Networks", RFC 5921, July 2010,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5921>.
 [RFC5951]  Lam, K., Mansfield, S., and E. Gray, "Network Management
            Requirements for MPLS-based Transport Networks", RFC 5951,
            September 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5951>.
 [RFC6372]  Sprecher, N., Ed., and A. Farrel, Ed., "MPLS Transport
            Profile (MPLS-TP) Survivability Framework", RFC 6372,
            September 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6372>.
 [RFC6378]  Weingarten, Y., Ed., Bryant, S., Osborne, E., Sprecher,
            N., and A. Fulignoli, Ed., "MPLS Transport Profile
            (MPLS-TP) Linear Protection", RFC 6378, October 2011,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6378>.
 [RFC7258]  Farrell, S. and H. Tschofenig, "Pervasive Monitoring Is an
            Attack", BCP 188, RFC 7258, May 2014,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7258>.
 [RFC7271]  Ryoo, J., Ed., Gray, E., Ed., van Helvoort, H.,
            D'Alessandro, A., Cheung, T., and E. Osborne, "MPLS
            Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Linear Protection to Match the
            Operational Expectations of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
            Optical Transport Network, and Ethernet Transport Network
            Operators", RFC 7271, June 2014,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7271>.
 [G.7710]   International Telecommunication Union, "Common equipment
            management function requirements", ITU-T Recommendation
            G.7710/Y.1701, February 2012.
 [G.808.1]  International Telecommunication Union, "Generic Protection
            Switching - Linear trail and subnetwork protection", ITU-T
            Recommendation G.808.1, May 2014.

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Acknowledgements

 This document is the outcome of discussions on Shared Mesh Protection
 for MPLS-TP.  The authors would like to thank all contributors to
 these discussions, and especially Eric Osborne for facilitating them.
 We would also like to thank Matt Hartley for working on the English
 review and Lou Berger for his valuable comments and suggestions on
 this document.

Contributors

 David Allan
 Ericsson
 EMail: david.i.allan@ericsson.com
 Daniel King
 Old Dog Consulting
 EMail: daniel@olddog.co.uk
 Taesik Cheung
 ETRI
 EMail: cts@etri.re.kr

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Authors' Addresses

 Yaacov Weingarten
 34 Hagefen St.
 Karnei Shomron,  4485500
 Israel
 EMail: wyaacov@gmail.com
 Sam Aldrin
 Huawei Technologies
 2330 Central Expressway
 Santa Clara, CA  95050
 United States
 EMail: aldrin.ietf@gmail.com
 Ping Pan
 Infinera
 EMail: ppan@infinera.com
 Jeong-dong Ryoo
 ETRI
 218 Gajeongno
 Yuseong, Daejeon  305-700
 South Korea
 EMail: ryoo@etri.re.kr
 Greg Mirsky
 Ericsson
 EMail: gregory.mirsky@ericsson.com

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