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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) E. Crabbe Request for Comments: 8231 Oracle Category: Standards Track I. Minei ISSN: 2070-1721 Google, Inc.

                                                             J. Medved
                                                   Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                              R. Varga
                                             Pantheon Technologies SRO
                                                        September 2017
       Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
                    Extensions for Stateful PCE

Abstract

 The Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) provides
 mechanisms for Path Computation Elements (PCEs) to perform path
 computations in response to Path Computation Client (PCC) requests.
 Although PCEP explicitly makes no assumptions regarding the
 information available to the PCE, it also makes no provisions for PCE
 control of timing and sequence of path computations within and across
 PCEP sessions.  This document describes a set of extensions to PCEP
 to enable stateful control of MPLS-TE and GMPLS Label Switched Paths
 (LSPs) via PCEP.

Status of This Memo

 This is an Internet Standards Track document.
 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).  Further information on
 Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8231.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................5
    1.1. Requirements Language ......................................5
 2. Terminology .....................................................5
 3. Motivation and Objectives for Stateful PCE ......................6
    3.1. Motivation .................................................6
         3.1.1. Background ..........................................6
         3.1.2. Why a Stateful PCE? .................................7
         3.1.3. Protocol vs. Configuration ..........................8
    3.2. Objectives .................................................9
 4. New Functions to Support Stateful PCEs ..........................9
 5. Overview of Protocol Extensions ................................10
    5.1. LSP State Ownership .......................................10
    5.2. New Messages ..............................................11
    5.3. Error Reporting ...........................................11
    5.4. Capability Advertisement ..................................11
    5.5. IGP Extensions for Stateful PCE Capabilities
         Advertisement .............................................12
    5.6. State Synchronization .....................................13
    5.7. LSP Delegation ............................................16
         5.7.1. Delegating an LSP ..................................16
         5.7.2. Revoking a Delegation ..............................17
         5.7.3. Returning a Delegation .............................19
         5.7.4. Redundant Stateful PCEs ............................19
         5.7.5. Redelegation on PCE Failure ........................20
    5.8. LSP Operations ............................................21
         5.8.1. Passive Stateful PCE Path Computation
                Request/Response ...................................21
         5.8.2. Switching from Passive Stateful to Active
                Stateful ...........................................22
         5.8.3. Active Stateful PCE LSP Update .....................23
    5.9. LSP Protection ............................................24
    5.10. PCEP Sessions ............................................24
 6. PCEP Messages ..................................................25
    6.1. The PCRpt Message .........................................25
    6.2. The PCUpd Message .........................................27
    6.3. The PCErr Message .........................................30
    6.4. The PCReq Message .........................................31
    6.5. The PCRep Message .........................................31
 7. Object Formats .................................................32
    7.1. OPEN Object ...............................................32
         7.1.1. STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV ........................32
    7.2. SRP Object ................................................33
    7.3. LSP Object ................................................34
         7.3.1. LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLVs ...............................36
         7.3.2. Symbolic Path Name TLV .............................39
         7.3.3. LSP Error Code TLV .................................40

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         7.3.4. RSVP Error Spec TLV ................................41
 8. IANA Considerations ............................................42
    8.1. PCE Capabilities in IGP Advertisements ....................42
    8.2. PCEP Messages .............................................43
    8.3. PCEP Objects ..............................................43
    8.4. LSP Object ................................................44
    8.5. PCEP-Error Object .........................................45
    8.6. Notification Object .......................................46
    8.7. PCEP TLV Type Indicators ..................................46
    8.8. STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV ...............................47
    8.9. LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV ........................................47
 9. Manageability Considerations ...................................48
    9.1. Control Function and Policy ...............................48
    9.2. Information and Data Models ...............................49
    9.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring .........................49
    9.4. Verifying Correct Operation ...............................49
    9.5. Requirements on Other Protocols and Functional
         Components ................................................50
    9.6. Impact on Network Operation ...............................50
 10. Security Considerations .......................................50
    10.1. Vulnerability ............................................50
    10.2. LSP State Snooping .......................................51
    10.3. Malicious PCE ............................................51
    10.4. Malicious PCC ............................................52
 11. References ....................................................52
    11.1. Normative References .....................................52
    11.2. Informative References ...................................53
 Acknowledgements ..................................................55
 Contributors ......................................................56
 Authors' Addresses ................................................57

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1. Introduction

 [RFC5440] describes the Path Computation Element Communication
 Protocol (PCEP).  PCEP defines the communication between a Path
 Computation Client (PCC) and a Path Computation Element (PCE), or
 between PCEs, enabling computation of Multiprotocol Label Switching
 (MPLS) for Traffic Engineering Label Switched Path (TE LSP)
 characteristics.  Extensions for support of Generalized MPLS (GMPLS)
 in PCEP are defined in [PCEP-GMPLS].
 This document specifies a set of extensions to PCEP to enable
 stateful control of LSPs within and across PCEP sessions in
 compliance with [RFC4657].  It includes mechanisms to effect Label
 Switched Path (LSP) State Synchronization between PCCs and PCEs,
 delegation of control over LSPs to PCEs, and PCE control of timing
 and sequence of path computations within and across PCEP sessions.
 Extensions to permit the PCE to drive creation of an LSP are defined
 in [PCE-Init-LSP], which specifies PCE-initiated LSP creation.

1.1. Requirements Language

 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
 "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
 BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
 capitals, as shown here.

2. Terminology

 This document uses the following terms defined in [RFC5440]: PCC,
 PCE, PCEP Peer, and PCEP speaker.
 This document uses the following terms defined in [RFC4655]: Traffic
 Engineering Database (TED).
 This document uses the following terms defined in [RFC3031]: LSP.
 This document uses the following terms defined in [RFC8051]: Stateful
 PCE, Passive Stateful PCE, Active Stateful PCE, Delegation, and LSP
 State Database.
 The following terms are defined in this document:
 Revocation:  an operation performed by a PCC on a previously
    delegated LSP.  Revocation revokes the rights granted to the PCE
    in the delegation operation.

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 Redelegation Timeout Interval:  the period of time a PCC waits for,
    when a PCEP session is terminated, before revoking LSP delegation
    to a PCE and attempting to redelegate LSPs associated with the
    terminated PCEP session to an alternate PCE.  The Redelegation
    Timeout Interval is a PCC-local value that can be either operator
    configured or dynamically computed by the PCC based on local
    policy.
 State Timeout Interval:  the period of time a PCC waits for, when a
    PCEP session is terminated, before flushing LSP state associated
    with that PCEP session and reverting to operator-defined default
    parameters or behaviors.  The State Timeout Interval is a PCC-
    local value that can be either operator configured or dynamically
    computed by the PCC based on local policy.
 LSP State Report:  an operation to send LSP state (operational/
    administrative status, LSP attributes configured at the PCC and
    set by a PCE, etc.) from a PCC to a PCE.
 LSP Update Request:  an operation where an Active Stateful PCE
    requests a PCC to update one or more attributes of an LSP and to
    re-signal the LSP with updated attributes.
 SRP-ID-number:  a number used to correlate errors and LSP State
    Reports to LSP Update Requests.  It is carried in the Stateful PCE
    Request Parameter (SRP) object described in Section 7.2.
 Within this document, PCEP communications are described through PCC-
 PCE relationships.  The PCE architecture also supports PCE-PCE
 communication, by having the requesting PCE fill the role of a PCC,
 as usual.
 The message formats in this document are specified using Routing
 Backus-Naur Format (RBNF) encoding as specified in [RFC5511].

3. Motivation and Objectives for Stateful PCE

3.1. Motivation

 [RFC8051] presents several use cases, demonstrating scenarios that
 benefit from the deployment of a stateful PCE.  The scenarios apply
 equally to MPLS-TE and GMPLS deployments.

3.1.1. Background

 Traffic engineering has been a goal of the MPLS architecture since
 its inception [RFC2702] [RFC3031] [RFC3346].  In the traffic
 engineering system provided by [RFC3209], [RFC3630], and [RFC5305],

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 information about network resources utilization is only available as
 total reserved capacity by the traffic class on a per-interface
 basis; individual LSP state is available only locally on each Label
 Edge Router (LER) for its own LSPs.  In most cases, this makes good
 sense, as distribution and retention of total LSP state for all LERs
 within in the network would be prohibitively costly.
 Unfortunately, this visibility in terms of global LSP state may
 result in a number of issues for some demand patterns, particularly
 within a common setup and hold priority.  This issue affects online
 traffic engineering systems.
 A sufficiently over-provisioned system will by definition have no
 issues routing its demand on the shortest path.  However, lowering
 the degree to which network over-provisioning is required in order to
 run a healthy, functioning network is a clear and explicit promise of
 MPLS architecture.  In particular, it has been a goal of MPLS to
 provide mechanisms to alleviate congestion scenarios in which
 "traffic streams are inefficiently mapped onto available resources;
 causing subsets of network resources to become over-utilized while
 others remain underutilized" [RFC2702].

3.1.2. Why a Stateful PCE?

 [RFC4655] defines a stateful PCE to be one in which the PCE maintains
 "strict synchronization between the PCE and not only the network
 states (in term of topology and resource information), but also the
 set of computed paths and reserved resources in use in the network."
 [RFC4655] also expressed a number of concerns with regard to a
 stateful PCE, specifically:
 o  Any reliable synchronization mechanism would result in significant
    control-plane overhead
 o  Out-of-band TED synchronization would be complex and prone to race
    conditions
 o  Path calculations incorporating total network state would be
    highly complex
 In general, stress on the control plane will be directly proportional
 to the size of the system being controlled and the tightness of the
 control loop and indirectly proportional to the amount of over-
 provisioning in terms of both network capacity and reservation
 overhead.

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 Despite these concerns in terms of implementation complexity and
 scalability, several TE algorithms exist today that have been
 demonstrated to be extremely effective in large TE systems, providing
 both rapid convergence and significant benefits in terms of
 optimality of resource usage [MXMN-TE].  All of these systems share
 at least two common characteristics: the requirement for both global
 visibility of a flow (or in this case, a TE LSP) state and for
 ordered control of path reservations across devices within the system
 being controlled.  While some approaches have been suggested in order
 to remove the requirements for ordered control (see [MPLS-PC]), these
 approaches are highly dependent on traffic distribution and do not
 allow for multiple simultaneous LSP priorities representing Diffserv
 classes.
 The use cases described in [RFC8051] demonstrate a need for
 visibility into global inter-PCC LSP state in PCE path computations
 and for PCE control of sequence and timing in altering LSP path
 characteristics within and across PCEP sessions.

3.1.3. Protocol vs. Configuration

 Note that existing configuration tools and protocols can be used to
 set LSP state, such as a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool.  However,
 this solution has several shortcomings:
 o  Scale & Performance: configuration operations often have
    transactional semantics that are typically heavyweight and often
    require processing of additional configuration portions beyond the
    state being directly acted upon, with corresponding cost in CPU
    cycles, negatively impacting both PCC stability LSP Update rate
    capacity.
 o  Security: when a PCC opens a configuration channel allowing a PCE
    to send configuration, a malicious PCE may take advantage of this
    ability to take over the PCC.  In contrast, the PCEP extensions
    described in this document only allow a PCE control over a very
    limited set of LSP attributes.
 o  Interoperability: each vendor has a proprietary information model
    for configuring LSP state, which limits interoperability of a
    stateful PCE with PCCs from different vendors.  The PCEP
    extensions described in this document allow for a common
    information model for LSP state for all vendors.
 o  Efficient State Synchronization: configuration channels may be
    heavyweight and unidirectional; therefore, efficient State
    Synchronization between a PCC and a PCE may be a problem.

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3.2. Objectives

 The objectives for the protocol extensions to support stateful PCE
 described in this document are as follows:
 o  Allow a single PCC to interact with a mix of stateless and
    stateful PCEs simultaneously using the same protocol, i.e., PCEP.
 o  Support efficient LSP State Synchronization between the PCC and
    one or more active or passive stateful PCEs.
 o  Allow a PCC to delegate control of its LSPs to an active stateful
    PCE such that a given LSP is under the control of a single PCE at
    any given time.
  • A PCC may revoke this delegation at any time during the

lifetime of the LSP. If LSP delegation is revoked while the

       PCEP session is up, the PCC MUST notify the PCE about the
       revocation.
  • A PCE may return an LSP delegation at any point during the

lifetime of the PCEP session. If LSP delegation is returned by

       the PCE while the PCEP session is up, the PCE MUST notify the
       PCC about the returned delegation.
 o  Allow a PCE to control computation timing and update timing across
    all LSPs that have been delegated to it.
 o  Enable uninterrupted operation of a PCC's LSPs in the event of a
    PCE failure or while control of LSPs is being transferred between
    PCEs.

4. New Functions to Support Stateful PCEs

 Several new functions are required in PCEP to support stateful PCEs.
 A function can be initiated either from a PCC towards a PCE (C-E) or
 from a PCE towards a PCC (E-C).  The new functions are:
 Capability advertisement (E-C,C-E):  both the PCC and the PCE must
    announce during PCEP session establishment that they support PCEP
    Stateful PCE extensions defined in this document.
 LSP State Synchronization (C-E):  after the session between the PCC
    and a stateful PCE is initialized, the PCE must learn the state of
    a PCC's LSPs before it can perform path computations or update LSP
    attributes in a PCC.

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 LSP Update Request (E-C):  a PCE requests modification of attributes
    on a PCC's LSP.
 LSP State Report (C-E):  a PCC sends an LSP State Report to a PCE
    whenever the state of an LSP changes.
 LSP control delegation (C-E,E-C):  a PCC grants to a PCE the right to
    update LSP attributes on one or more LSPs; the PCE becomes the
    authoritative source of the LSP's attributes as long as the
    delegation is in effect (see Section 5.7); the PCC may withdraw
    the delegation or the PCE may give up the delegation at any time.
 Similarly to [RFC5440], no assumption is made about the discovery
 method used by a PCC to discover a set of PCEs (e.g., via static
 configuration or dynamic discovery) and on the algorithm used to
 select a PCE.

5. Overview of Protocol Extensions

5.1. LSP State Ownership

 In PCEP (defined in [RFC5440]), LSP state and operation are under the
 control of a PCC (a PCC may be a Label Switching Router (LSR) or a
 management station).  Attributes received from a PCE are subject to
 PCC's local policy.  The PCEP extensions described in this document
 do not change this behavior.
 An active stateful PCE may have control of a PCC's LSPs that were
 delegated to it, but the LSP state ownership is retained by the PCC.
 In particular, in addition to specifying values for LSP's attributes,
 an active stateful PCE also decides when to make LSP modifications.
 Retaining LSP state ownership on the PCC allows for:
 o  a PCC to interact with both stateless and stateful PCEs at the
    same time
 o  a stateful PCE to only modify a small subset of LSP parameters,
    i.e., to set only a small subset of the overall LSP state; other
    parameters may be set by the operator, for example, through CLI
    commands
 o  a PCC to revert delegated LSP to an operator-defined default or to
    delegate the LSPs to a different PCE, if the PCC gets disconnected
    from a PCE with currently delegated LSPs

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5.2. New Messages

 In this document, we define the following new PCEP messages:
 Path Computation State Report (PCRpt):  a PCEP message sent by a PCC
    to a PCE to report the status of one or more LSPs.  Each LSP State
    Report in a PCRpt message MAY contain the actual LSP's path,
    bandwidth, operational and administrative status, etc.  An LSP
    Status Report carried on a PCRpt message is also used in
    delegation or revocation of control of an LSP to/from a PCE.  The
    PCRpt message is described in Section 6.1.
 Path Computation Update Request (PCUpd):  a PCEP message sent by a
    PCE to a PCC to update LSP parameters, on one or more LSPs.  Each
    LSP Update Request on a PCUpd message MUST contain all LSP
    parameters that a PCE wishes to be set for a given LSP.  An LSP
    Update Request carried on a PCUpd message is also used to return
    LSP delegations if at any point PCE no longer desires control of
    an LSP.  The PCUpd message is described in Section 6.2.
 The new functions defined in Section 4 are mapped onto the new
 messages as shown in the following table.
       +----------------------------------------+--------------+
       | Function                               | Message      |
       +----------------------------------------+--------------+
       | Capability Advertisement (E-C,C-E)     | Open         |
       | State Synchronization (C-E)            | PCRpt        |
       | LSP State Report (C-E)                 | PCRpt        |
       | LSP Control Delegation (C-E,E-C)       | PCRpt, PCUpd |
       | LSP Update Request (E-C)               | PCUpd        |
       +----------------------------------------+--------------+
               Table 1: New Function to Message Mapping

5.3. Error Reporting

 Error reporting is done using the procedures defined in [RFC5440] and
 reusing the applicable error types and error values of [RFC5440]
 wherever appropriate.  The current document defines new error values
 for several error types to cover failures specific to stateful PCE.

5.4. Capability Advertisement

 During the PCEP initialization phase, PCEP speakers (PCE or PCC)
 advertise their support of PCEP Stateful PCE extensions.  A PCEP
 speaker includes the "STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV", described in
 Section 7.1.1, in the OPEN object to advertise its support for PCEP

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 Stateful PCE extensions.  The STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV includes
 the 'LSP Update' flag that indicates whether the PCEP speaker
 supports LSP parameter updates.
 The presence of the STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV in PCC's OPEN object
 indicates that the PCC is willing to send LSP State Reports whenever
 LSP parameters or operational status changes.
 The presence of the STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV in PCE's OPEN message
 indicates that the PCE is interested in receiving LSP State Reports
 whenever LSP parameters or operational status changes.
 The PCEP extensions for stateful PCEs MUST NOT be used if one or both
 PCEP speakers have not included the STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV in
 their respective OPEN message.  If the PCEP speaker on the PCC
 supports the extensions of this specification but did not advertise
 this capability, then upon receipt of a PCUpd message from the PCE,
 it MUST generate a PCEP Error (PCErr) with Error-type=19 (Invalid
 Operation) and error-value 2 (Attempted LSP Update Request if the
 stateful PCE capability was not advertised)(see Section 8.5), and it
 SHOULD terminate the PCEP session.  If the PCEP Speaker on the PCE
 supports the extensions of this specification but did not advertise
 this capability, then upon receipt of a PCRpt message from the PCC,
 it MUST generate a PCErr with Error-type=19 (Invalid Operation) and
 error-value 5 (Attempted LSP State Report if stateful PCE capability
 was not advertised) (see Section 8.5), and it SHOULD terminate the
 PCEP session.
 LSP delegation and LSP Update operations defined in this document may
 only be used if both PCEP speakers set the LSP-UPDATE-CAPABILITY flag
 in the STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV to 'Updates Allowed (U flag = 1)'.
 If this is not the case and LSP delegation or LSP Update operations
 are attempted, then a PCErr with Error-type=19 (Invalid Operation)
 and error-value 1 (Attempted LSP Update Request for a non-delegated
 LSP) (see Section 8.5) MUST be generated.  Note that, even if one of
 the PCEP speakers does not set the LSP-UPDATE-CAPABILITY flag in its
 STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV, a PCE can still operate as a passive
 stateful PCE by accepting LSP State Reports from the PCC in order to
 build and maintain an up-to-date view of the state of the PCC's LSPs.

5.5. IGP Extensions for Stateful PCE Capabilities Advertisement

 When PCCs are LSRs participating in the IGP (OSPF or IS-IS), and PCEs
 are either LSRs or servers also participating in the IGP, an
 effective mechanism for PCE discovery within an IGP routing domain
 consists of utilizing IGP advertisements.  Extensions for the
 advertisement of PCE Discovery Information are defined for OSPF and
 for IS-IS in [RFC5088] and [RFC5089], respectively.

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 The PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV, defined in [RFC5089], is an optional
 sub-TLV used to advertise PCE capabilities.  It MAY be present within
 the PCE Discovery (PCED) sub-TLV carried by OSPF or IS-IS.  [RFC5088]
 and [RFC5089] provide the description and processing rules for this
 sub-TLV when carried within OSPF and IS-IS, respectively.
 The format of the PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV is included below for easy
 reference:
 Type:  5
 Length:  Multiple of 4.
 Value:  This contains an array of units of 32-bit flags with the most
    significant bit as 0.  Each bit represents one PCE capability.
 PCE capability bits are defined in [RFC5088].  This document defines
 new capability bits for the stateful PCE as follows:
                Bit    Capability
                ---    -------------------------------
                11     Active stateful PCE capability
                12     Passive stateful PCE capability
 Note that while active and passive stateful PCE capabilities may be
 advertised during discovery, PCEP speakers that wish to use stateful
 PCEP MUST negotiate stateful PCEP capabilities during PCEP session
 setup, as specified in the current document.  A PCC MAY initiate
 stateful PCEP capability negotiation at PCEP session setup even if it
 did not receive any IGP PCE capability advertisements.

5.6. State Synchronization

 The purpose of State Synchronization is to provide a
 checkpoint-in-time state replica of a PCC's LSP state in a PCE.
 State Synchronization is performed immediately after the
 initialization phase [RFC5440].
 During State Synchronization, a PCC first takes a snapshot of the
 state of its LSPs, then it sends the snapshot to a PCE in a sequence
 of LSP State Reports.  Each LSP State Report sent during State
 Synchronization has the SYNC flag in the LSP object set to 1.  The
 set of LSPs for which state is synchronized with a PCE is determined
 by the PCC's local configuration (see more details in Section 9.1)
 and MAY also be determined by stateful PCEP capabilities defined in
 other documents, such as [RFC8232].

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 The end of the synchronization marker is a PCRpt message with the
 SYNC flag set to 0 for an LSP object with PLSP-ID equal to the
 reserved value 0 (see Section 7.3).  In this case, the LSP object
 SHOULD NOT include the SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME TLV and SHOULD include the
 LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV with the special value of all zeroes.  The PCRpt
 message MUST include an empty Explicit Route Object (ERO) as its
 intended path and SHOULD NOT include the optional Record Route Object
 (RRO) for its actual path.  If the PCC has no state to synchronize,
 it SHOULD only send the end of the synchronization marker.
 A PCE SHOULD NOT send PCUpd messages to a PCC before State
 Synchronization is complete.  A PCC SHOULD NOT send PCReq messages to
 a PCE before State Synchronization is complete.  This is to allow the
 PCE to get the best possible view of the network before it starts
 computing new paths.
 Either the PCE or the PCC MAY terminate the session using the PCEP
 session termination procedures during the synchronization phase.  If
 the session is terminated, the PCE MUST clean up the state it
 received from this PCC.  The session re-establishment MUST be
 re-attempted per the procedures defined in [RFC5440], including use
 of a backoff timer.
 If the PCC encounters a problem that prevents it from completing the
 LSP State Synchronization, it MUST send a PCErr message with
 error-type 20 (LSP State Synchronization Error) and error-value 5
 (indicating an internal PCC error) to the PCE and terminate the
 session.
 The PCE does not send positive acknowledgments for properly received
 synchronization messages.  It MUST respond with a PCErr message with
 Error-type=20 (LSP State Synchronization Error) and error-value 1
 (indicating an error in processing the PCRpt) (see Section 8.5) if it
 encounters a problem with the LSP State Report it received from the
 PCC, and it MUST terminate the session.
 A PCE implementing a limit on the resources a single PCC can occupy
 MUST send a PCEP Notify (PCNtf) message with Notification Type 4
 (Stateful PCE resource limit exceeded) and Notification Value 1
 (Entering resource limit exceeded state) in response to the PCRpt
 message triggering this condition in the synchronization phase and
 MUST terminate the session.
 The successful State Synchronization sequence is shown in Figure 1.

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                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->| (Sync start)
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=0----->| (End of sync marker
                     |                        |  LSP State Report
                     |                        |  for PLSP-ID=0)
                     |                        | (Sync done)
              Figure 1: Successful State Synchronization
 The sequence where the PCE fails during the State Synchronization
 phase is shown in Figure 2.
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |                        |
                     |-PCRpt, SYNC=1          |
                     |         \    ,-PCErr   |
                     |          \  /          |
                     |           \/           |
                     |           /\           |
                     |          /   `-------->| (Ignored)
                     |<--------`              |
         Figure 2: Failed State Synchronization (PCE Failure)

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 The sequence where the PCC fails during the State Synchronization
 phase is shown in Figure 3.
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |                        |
                     |-----PCRpt, SYNC=1----->|
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |-------- PCErr=? ------>|
                     |                        |
         Figure 3: Failed State Synchronization (PCC Failure)
 Optimizations to the synchronization procedures and alternate
 mechanisms of providing the synchronization function are outside the
 scope of this document and are discussed elsewhere (see [RFC8232]).

5.7. LSP Delegation

 If during capability advertisement both the PCE and the PCC have
 indicated that they support LSP Update, then the PCC may choose to
 grant the PCE a temporary right to update (a subset of) LSP
 attributes on one or more LSPs.  This is called "LSP delegation", and
 it MAY be performed at any time after the initialization phase,
 including during the State Synchronization phase.
 A PCE MAY return an LSP delegation at any time if it no longer wishes
 to update the LSP's state.  A PCC MAY revoke an LSP delegation at any
 time.  Delegation, Revocation, and Return are done individually for
 each LSP.
 In the event of a delegation being rejected or returned by a PCE, the
 PCC SHOULD react based on local policy.  It can, for example, either
 retry delegating to the same PCE using an exponentially increasing
 timer or delegate to an alternate PCE.

5.7.1. Delegating an LSP

 A PCC delegates an LSP to a PCE by setting the Delegate flag in the
 LSP State Report to 1.  If the PCE does not accept the LSP
 delegation, it MUST immediately respond with an empty LSP Update
 Request that has the Delegate flag set to 0.  If the PCE accepts the
 LSP delegation, it MUST set the Delegate flag to 1 when it sends an

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 LSP Update Request for the delegated LSP (note that this may occur at
 a later time).  The PCE MAY also immediately acknowledge a delegation
 by sending an empty LSP Update Request that has the Delegate flag set
 to 1.
 The delegation sequence is shown in Figure 4.
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=1--->| LSP delegated
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=1--->|
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |<--(PCUpd,Delegate=1)---| Delegation confirmed
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=1--->|
                     |                        |
                      Figure 4: Delegating an LSP
 Note that for an LSP to remain delegated to a PCE, the PCC MUST set
 the Delegate flag to 1 on each LSP State Report sent to the PCE.

5.7.2. Revoking a Delegation

5.7.2.1. Explicit Revocation

 When a PCC decides that a PCE is no longer permitted to modify an
 LSP, it revokes that LSP's delegation to the PCE.  A PCC may revoke
 an LSP delegation at any time during the LSP's lifetime.  A PCC
 revoking an LSP delegation MAY immediately remove the updated
 parameters provided by the PCE and revert to the operator-defined
 parameters, but to avoid traffic loss, it SHOULD do so in a
 make-before-break fashion.  If the PCC has received but not yet acted
 on PCUpd messages from the PCE for the LSP whose delegation is being
 revoked, then it SHOULD ignore these PCUpd messages when processing
 the message queue.  All effects of all messages for which processing
 started before the revocation took place MUST be allowed to complete,
 and the result MUST be given the same treatment as any LSP that had
 been previously delegated to the PCE (e.g., the state MAY immediately
 revert to the operator-defined parameters).

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 If a PCEP session with the PCE to which the LSP is delegated exists
 in the UP state during the revocation, the PCC MUST notify that PCE
 by sending an LSP State Report with the Delegate flag set to 0, as
 shown in Figure 5.
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=1--->|
                     |                        |
                     |<--(PCUpd,Delegate=1)---| Delegation confirmed
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=0--->| PCC revokes delegation
                     |                        |
                    Figure 5: Revoking a Delegation
 After an LSP delegation has been revoked, a PCE can no longer update
 an LSP's parameters; an attempt to update parameters of a
 non-delegated LSP will result in the PCC sending a PCErr message with
 Error-type=19 (Invalid Operation) and error-value 1 (Attempted LSP
 Update Request for a non-delegated LSP) (see Section 8.5).

5.7.2.2. Revocation on Redelegation Timeout

 When a PCC's PCEP session with a PCE terminates unexpectedly, the PCC
 MUST wait the time interval specified in the Redelegation Timeout
 Interval before revoking LSP delegations to that PCE and attempting
 to redelegate LSPs to an alternate PCE.  If a PCEP session with the
 original PCE can be re-established before the Redelegation Timeout
 Interval timer expires, LSP delegations to the PCE remain intact.
 Likewise, when a PCC's PCEP session with a PCE terminates
 unexpectedly, and the PCC does not succeed in redelegating its LSPs,
 the PCC MUST wait for the State Timeout Interval before flushing any
 LSP state associated with that PCE.  Note that the State Timeout
 Interval timer may expire before the PCC has redelegated the LSPs to
 another PCE, for example, if a PCC is not connected to any active
 stateful PCE or if no connected active stateful PCE accepts the
 delegation.  In this case, the PCC MUST flush any LSP state set by
 the PCE upon expiration of the State Timeout Interval and revert to
 operator-defined default parameters or behaviors.  This operation
 SHOULD be done in a make-before-break fashion.

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 The State Timeout Interval MUST be greater than or equal to the
 Redelegation Timeout Interval and MAY be set to infinity (meaning
 that until the PCC specifically takes action to change the parameters
 set by the PCE, they will remain intact).

5.7.3. Returning a Delegation

 In order to keep a delegation, a PCE MUST set the Delegate flag to 1
 on each LSP Update Request sent to the PCC.  A PCE that no longer
 wishes to update an LSP's parameters SHOULD return the LSP delegation
 back to the PCC by sending an empty LSP Update Request that has the
 Delegate flag set to 0.  If a PCC receives an LSP Update Request with
 the Delegate flag set to 0 (whether the LSP Update Request is empty
 or not), it MUST treat this as a delegation return.
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=1--->| LSP delegated
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |<--PCUpd, Delegate=0----| Delegation returned
                     |                        |
                     |---PCRpt, Delegate=0--->| No delegation for LSP
                     |                        |
                   Figure 6: Returning a Delegation
 If a PCC cannot delegate an LSP to a PCE (for example, if a PCC is
 not connected to any active stateful PCE or if no connected active
 stateful PCE accepts the delegation), the LSP delegation on the PCC
 will timeout within a configurable Redelegation Timeout Interval, and
 the PCC MUST flush any LSP state set by a PCE at the expiration of
 the State Timeout Interval and revert to operator-defined default
 parameters or behaviors.

5.7.4. Redundant Stateful PCEs

 In a redundant configuration where one PCE is backing up another PCE,
 the backup PCE may have only a subset of the LSPs in the network
 delegated to it.  The backup PCE does not update any LSPs that are
 not delegated to it.  In order to allow the backup to operate in a
 hot-standby mode and avoid the need for State Synchronization in case
 the primary fails, the backup receives all LSP State Reports from a
 PCC.  When the primary PCE for a given LSP set fails, after expiry of
 the Redelegation Timeout Interval, the PCC SHOULD delegate to the

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 redundant PCE all LSPs that had been previously delegated to the
 failed PCE.  Assuming that the State Timeout Interval had been
 configured to be greater than the Redelegation Timeout Interval (as
 MANDATORY), and assuming that the primary and redundant PCEs take
 similar decisions, this delegation change will not cause any changes
 to the LSP parameters.

5.7.5. Redelegation on PCE Failure

 On failure, the goal is to: 1) avoid any traffic loss on the LSPs
 that were updated by the PCE that crashed, 2) minimize the churn in
 the network in terms of ownership of the LSPs, 3) not leave any
 "orphan" (undelegated) LSPs, and 4) be able to control when the state
 that was set by the PCE can be changed or purged.  The values chosen
 for the Redelegation Timeout and State Timeout values affect the
 ability to accomplish these goals.
 This section summarizes the behavior with regards to LSP delegation
 and LSP state on a PCE failure.
 If the PCE crashes but recovers within the Redelegation Timeout, both
 the delegation state and the LSP state are kept intact.
 If the PCE crashes but does not recover within the Redelegation
 Timeout, the delegation state is returned to the PCC.  If the PCC can
 redelegate the LSPs to another PCE, and that PCE accepts the
 delegations, there will be no change in LSP state.  If the PCC cannot
 redelegate the LSPs to another PCE, then upon expiration of the State
 Timeout Interval, the state set by the PCE is removed and the LSP
 reverts to operator-defined parameters, which may cause a change in
 the LSP state.  Note that an operator may choose to use an infinite
 State Timeout Interval if he wishes to maintain the PCE state
 indefinitely.  Note also that flushing the state should be
 implemented using make-before-break to avoid traffic loss.
 If there is a standby PCE, the Redelegation Timeout may be set to 0
 through policy on the PCC, causing the LSPs to be redelegated
 immediately to the PCC, which can delegate them immediately to the
 standby PCE.  Assuming that the PCC can redelegate the LSP to the
 standby PCE within the State Timeout Interval, and assuming the
 standby PCE takes similar decisions as the failed PCE, the LSP state
 will be kept intact.

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5.8. LSP Operations

5.8.1. Passive Stateful PCE Path Computation Request/Response

                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
 1) Path computation |----- PCReq message --->|
    request sent to  |                        |2) Path computation
    PCE              |                        |   request received,
                     |                        |   path computed
                     |                        |
                     |<---- PCRep message ----|3) Computed paths
                     |     (Positive reply)   |   sent to the PCC
                     |     (Negative reply)   |
 4) LSP state change |                        |
    event            |                        |
                     |                        |
 5) LSP State Report |----- PCRpt message --->|
    sent to all      |            .           |
    stateful PCEs    |            .           |
                     |            .           |
 6) Repeat for each  |----- PCRpt message --->|
    LSP state change |                        |
                     |                        |
   Figure 7: Passive Stateful PCE Path Computation Request/Response
 Once a PCC has successfully established a PCEP session with a passive
 stateful PCE and the PCC's LSP state is synchronized with the PCE
 (i.e., the PCE knows about all of the PCC's existing LSPs), if an
 event is triggered that requires the computation of a set of paths,
 the PCC sends a path computation request to the PCE ([RFC5440],
 Section 4.2.3).  The PCReq message MAY contain the LSP object to
 identify the LSP for which the path computation is requested.
 Upon receiving a path computation request from a PCC, the PCE
 triggers a path computation and returns either a positive or a
 negative reply to the PCC ([RFC5440], Section 4.2.4).
 Upon receiving a positive path computation reply, the PCC receives a
 set of computed paths and starts to set up the LSPs.  For each LSP,
 it MAY send an LSP State Report carried on a PCRpt message to the
 PCE, indicating that the LSP's status is "Going-up".

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 Once an LSP is up or active, the PCC MUST send an LSP State Report
 carried on a PCRpt message to the PCE, indicating that the LSP's
 status is 'Up' or 'Active', respectively.  If the LSP could not be
 set up, the PCC MUST send an LSP State Report indicating that the LSP
 is 'Down' and stating the cause of the failure.  Note that due to
 timing constraints, the LSP status may change from 'Going-up' to 'Up'
 (or 'Down') before the PCC has had a chance to send an LSP State
 Report indicating that the status is 'Going-up'.  In such cases, the
 PCC MAY choose to only send the PCRpt indicating the latest status
 ('Active', 'Up', or 'Down').
 Upon receiving a negative reply from a PCE, a PCC MAY resend a
 modified request or take any other appropriate action.  For each
 requested LSP, it SHOULD also send an LSP State Report carried on a
 PCRpt message to the PCE, indicating that the LSP's status is 'Down'.
 There is no direct correlation between PCRep and PCRpt messages.  For
 a given LSP, multiple LSP State Reports will follow a single PCRep
 message, as a PCC notifies a PCE of the LSP's state changes.
 A PCC MUST send each LSP State Report to each stateful PCE that is
 connected to the PCC.
 Note that a single PCRpt message MAY contain multiple LSP State
 Reports.
 The passive stateful model for stateful PCEs is described in
 [RFC4655], Section 6.8.

5.8.2. Switching from Passive Stateful to Active Stateful

 This section deals with the scenario of an LSP transitioning from a
 passive stateful to an active stateful mode of operation.  When the
 LSP has no working path, prior to delegating the LSP, the PCC MUST
 first use the procedure defined in Section 5.8.1 to request the
 initial path from the PCE.  This is required because the action of
 delegating the LSP to a PCE using a PCRpt message is not an explicit
 request to the PCE to compute a path for the LSP.  The only explicit
 way for a PCC to request a path from the PCE is to send a PCReq
 message.  The PCRpt message MUST NOT be used by the PCC to attempt to
 request a path from the PCE.
 When the LSP is delegated after its setup, it may be useful for the
 PCC to communicate to the PCE the locally configured intended
 configuration parameters, so that the PCE may reuse them in its
 computations.  Such parameters MAY be acquired through an out-of-band
 channel, or MAY be communicated in the PCRpt message delegating the
 LSPs, by including them as part of the intended-attribute-list as

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 explained in Section 6.1.  An implementation MAY allow policies on
 the PCC to determine the configuration parameters to be sent to the
 PCE.

5.8.3. Active Stateful PCE LSP Update

                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                   |PCC|                    |PCE|
                   +-+-+                    +-+-+
                     |                        |
 1) LSP State        |-- PCRpt, Delegate=1 -->|
    Synchronization  |            .           |
                     |            .           |2) PCE decides to
                     |            .           |   update the LSP
                     |                        |
                     |<---- PCUpd message ----|3) PCUpd message sent
                     |                        |   to the PCC
                     |                        |
                     |                        |
 4) LSP State Report |---- PCRpt message ---->|
    sent(->Going-up) |            .           |
                     |            .           |
                     |            .           |
 5) LSP State Report |---- PCRpt message ---->|
    sent (->Up|Down) |                        |
                     |                        |
                     Figure 8: Active Stateful PCE
 Once a PCC has successfully established a PCEP session with an active
 stateful PCE, the PCC's LSP state is synchronized with the PCE (i.e.,
 the PCE knows about all of the PCC's existing LSPs).  After LSPs have
 been delegated to the PCE, the PCE can modify LSP parameters of
 delegated LSPs.
 To update an LSP, a PCE MUST send the PCC an LSP Update Request using
 a PCUpd message.  The LSP Update Request contains a variety of
 objects that specify the set of constraints and attributes for the
 LSP's path.  Each LSP Update Request MUST have a unique identifier,
 the SRP-ID-number, carried in the SRP object described in
 Section 7.2.  The SRP-ID-number is used to correlate errors and state
 reports to LSP Update Requests.  A single PCUpd message MAY contain
 multiple LSP Update Requests.
 Upon receiving a PCUpd message, the PCC starts to set up LSPs
 specified in LSP Update Requests carried in the message.  For each
 LSP, it MAY send an LSP State Report carried on a PCRpt message to
 the PCE, indicating that the LSP's status is 'Going-up'.  If the PCC

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 decides that the LSP parameters proposed in the PCUpd message are
 unacceptable, it MUST report this error by including the
 LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV (Section 7.3.3) with LSP error-value="Unacceptable
 parameters" in the LSP object in the PCRpt message to the PCE.  Based
 on local policy, it MAY react further to this error by revoking the
 delegation.  If the PCC receives a PCUpd message for an LSP object
 identified with a PLSP-ID that does not exist on the PCC, it MUST
 generate a PCErr with Error-type=19 (Invalid Operation), error-value
 3, (Attempted LSP Update Request for an LSP identified by an unknown
 PSP-ID) (see Section 8.5).
 Once an LSP is up, the PCC MUST send an LSP State Report (PCRpt
 message) to the PCE, indicating that the LSP's status is 'Up'.  If
 the LSP could not be set up, the PCC MUST send an LSP State Report
 indicating that the LSP is 'Down' and stating the cause of the
 failure.  A PCC MAY compress LSP State Reports to only reflect the
 most up to date state, as discussed in the previous section.
 A PCC MUST send each LSP State Report to each stateful PCE that is
 connected to the PCC.
 PCErr and PCRpt messages triggered as a result of a PCUpd message
 MUST include the SRP-ID-number from the PCUpd.  This provides
 correlation of requests and errors and acknowledgement of state
 processing.  The PCC MAY compress the state when processing PCUpd.
 In this case, receipt of a higher SRP-ID-number implicitly
 acknowledges processing all the updates with a lower SRP-ID-number
 for the specific LSP (as per Section 7.2).
 A PCC MUST NOT send to any PCE a path computation request for a
 delegated LSP.  Should the PCC decide it wants to issue a Path
 Computation Request on a delegated LSP, it MUST perform the
 Delegation Revocation procedure first.

5.9. LSP Protection

 LSP protection and interaction with stateful PCE, as well as the
 extensions necessary to implement this functionality, will be
 discussed in a separate document.

5.10. PCEP Sessions

 A permanent PCEP session MUST be established between a stateful PCE
 and the PCC.  In the case of session failure, session
 re-establishment MUST be re-attempted per the procedures defined in
 [RFC5440].

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6. PCEP Messages

 As defined in [RFC5440], a PCEP message consists of a common header
 followed by a variable-length body made of a set of objects.  For
 each PCEP message type, a set of rules is defined that specifies the
 set of objects that the message can carry.

6.1. The PCRpt Message

 A Path Computation LSP State Report message (also referred to as a
 PCRpt message) is a PCEP message sent by a PCC to a PCE to report the
 current state of an LSP.  A PCRpt message can carry more than one LSP
 State Reports.  A PCC can send an LSP State Report either in response
 to an LSP Update Request from a PCE or asynchronously when the state
 of an LSP changes.  The Message-Type field of the PCEP common header
 for the PCRpt message is 10.
 The format of the PCRpt message is as follows:
    <PCRpt Message> ::= <Common Header>
                        <state-report-list>
 Where:
    <state-report-list> ::= <state-report>[<state-report-list>]
    <state-report> ::= [<SRP>]
                       <LSP>
                       <path>
  Where:
    <path>::= <intended-path>
              [<actual-attribute-list><actual-path>]
              <intended-attribute-list>
    <actual-attribute-list>::=[<BANDWIDTH>]
                              [<metric-list>]
 Where:
    <intended-path> is represented by the ERO object defined in
    Section 7.9 of [RFC5440].
    <actual-attribute-list> consists of the actual computed and
    signaled values of the <BANDWIDTH> and <metric-lists> objects
    defined in [RFC5440].
    <actual-path> is represented by the RRO object defined in
    Section 7.10 of [RFC5440].

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    <intended-attribute-list> is the attribute-list defined in
    Section 6.5 of [RFC5440] and extended by PCEP extensions.
 The SRP object (see Section 7.2) is OPTIONAL.  If the PCRpt message
 is not in response to a PCupd message, the SRP object MAY be omitted.
 When the PCC does not include the SRP object, the PCE MUST treat this
 as an SRP object with an SRP-ID-number equal to the reserved value
 0x00000000.  The reserved value 0x00000000 indicates that the state
 reported is not a result of processing a PCUpd message.
 If the PCRpt message is in response to a PCUpd message, the SRP
 object MUST be included and the value of the SRP-ID-number in the SRP
 object MUST be the same as that sent in the PCUpd message that
 triggered the state that is reported.  If the PCC compressed several
 PCUpd messages for the same LSP by only processing the one with the
 highest number, then it should use the SRP-ID-number of that request.
 No state compression is allowed for state reporting, e.g., PCRpt
 messages MUST NOT be pruned from the PCC's egress queue even if
 subsequent operations on the same LSP have been completed before the
 PCRpt message has been sent to the TCP stack.  The PCC MUST
 explicitly report state changes (including removal) for paths it
 manages.
 The LSP object (see Section 7.3) is REQUIRED, and it MUST be included
 in each LSP State Report on the PCRpt message.  If the LSP object is
 missing, the receiving PCE MUST send a PCErr message with
 Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value 8 (LSP object
 missing).
 If the LSP transitioned to non-operational state, the PCC SHOULD
 include the LSP-ERROR-TLV (Section 7.3.3) with the relevant LSP Error
 Code to report the error to the PCE.
 The intended path, represented by the ERO object, is REQUIRED.  If
 the ERO object is missing, the receiving PCE MUST send a PCErr
 message with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value
 9 (ERO object missing).  The ERO may be empty if the PCE does not
 have a path for a delegated LSP.
 The actual path, represented by the RRO object, SHOULD be included in
 a PCRpt by the PCC when the path is up or active, but it MAY be
 omitted if the path is down due to a signaling error or another
 failure.
 The intended-attribute-list maps to the attribute-list in Section 6.5
 of [RFC5440] and is used to convey the requested parameters of the
 LSP path.  This is needed in order to support the switch from passive

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 to active stateful PCE as described in Section 5.8.2.  When included
 as part of the intended-attribute-list, the meaning of the BANDWIDTH
 object is the requested bandwidth as intended by the operator.  In
 this case, the BANDWIDTH Object-Type of 1 SHOULD be used.  Similarly,
 to indicate a limiting constraint, the METRIC object SHOULD be
 included as part of the intended-attribute-list with the B flag set
 and with a specific metric value.  To indicate the optimization
 metric, the METRIC object SHOULD be included as part of the
 intended-attribute-list with the B flag unset and the metric value
 set to zero.  Note that the intended-attribute-list is optional and
 thus may be omitted.  In this case, the PCE MAY use the values in the
 actual-attribute-list as the requested parameters for the path.
 The actual-attribute-list consists of the actual computed and
 signaled values of the BANDWIDTH and METRIC objects defined in
 [RFC5440].  When included as part of the actual-attribute-list,
 Object-Type 2 [RFC5440] SHOULD be used for the BANDWIDTH object, and
 the C flag SHOULD be set in the METRIC object [RFC5440].
 Note that the ordering of intended-path, actual-attribute-list,
 actual-path, and intended-attribute-list is chosen to retain
 compatibility with implementations of an earlier version of this
 standard.
 A PCE may choose to implement a limit on the resources a single PCC
 can occupy.  If a PCRpt is received that causes the PCE to exceed
 this limit, the PCE MUST notify the PCC using a PCNtf message with
 Notification Type 4 (Stateful PCE resource limit exceeded) and
 Notification Value 1 (Entering resource limit exceeded state), and it
 MUST terminate the session.

6.2. The PCUpd Message

 A Path Computation LSP Update Request message (also referred to as
 PCUpd message) is a PCEP message sent by a PCE to a PCC to update
 attributes of an LSP.  A PCUpd message can carry more than one LSP
 Update Request.  The Message-Type field of the PCEP common header for
 the PCUpd message is 11.

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 The format of a PCUpd message is as follows:
    <PCUpd Message> ::= <Common Header>
                        <update-request-list>
 Where:
    <update-request-list> ::= <update-request>[<update-request-list>]
    <update-request> ::= <SRP>
                         <LSP>
                         <path>
 Where:
    <path>::= <intended-path><intended-attribute-list>
 Where:
    <intended-path> is represented by the ERO object defined in
    Section 7.9 of [RFC5440].
    <intended-attribute-list> is the attribute-list defined in
    [RFC5440] and extended by PCEP extensions.
 There are three mandatory objects that MUST be included within each
 LSP Update Request in the PCUpd message: the SRP object (see
 Section 7.2), the LSP object (see Section 7.3) and the ERO object (as
 defined in [RFC5440], which represents the intended path.  If the SRP
 object is missing, the receiving PCC MUST send a PCErr message with
 Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=10 (SRP
 object missing).  If the LSP object is missing, the receiving PCC
 MUST send a PCErr message with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object
 missing) and Error-value=8 (LSP object missing).  If the ERO object
 is missing, the receiving PCC MUST send a PCErr message with
 Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=9 (ERO object
 missing).
 The ERO in the PCUpd may be empty if the PCE cannot find a valid path
 for a delegated LSP.  One typical situation resulting in this empty
 ERO carried in the PCUpd message is that a PCE can no longer find a
 strict SRLG-disjoint path for a delegated LSP after a link failure.
 The PCC SHOULD implement a local policy to decide the appropriate
 action to be taken: either tear down the LSP or revoke the delegation
 and use a locally computed path, or keep the existing LSP.
 A PCC only acts on an LSP Update Request if permitted by the local
 policy configured by the network manager.  Each LSP Update Request
 that the PCC acts on results in an LSP setup operation.  An LSP
 Update Request MUST contain all LSP parameters that a PCE wishes to

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 be set for the LSP.  A PCC MAY set missing parameters from locally
 configured defaults.  If the LSP specified in the Update Request is
 already up, it will be re-signaled.
 The PCC SHOULD minimize the traffic interruption and MAY use the
 make-before-break procedures described in [RFC3209] in order to
 achieve this goal.  If the make-before-break procedures are used, two
 paths will briefly coexist.  The PCC MUST send separate PCRpt
 messages for each, identified by the LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV.  When the
 old path is torn down after the head end switches over the traffic,
 this event MUST be reported by sending a PCRpt message with the
 LSP-IDENTIFIERS-TLV of the old path and the R bit set.  The
 SRP-ID-number that the PCC associates with this PCRpt MUST be
 0x00000000.  Thus, a make-before-break operation will typically
 result in at least two PCRpt messages, one for the new path and one
 for the removal of the old path (more messages may be possible if
 intermediate states are reported).
 If the path setup fails due to an RSVP signaling error, the error is
 reported to the PCE.  The PCC will not attempt to re-signal the path
 until it is prompted again by the PCE with a subsequent PCUpd
 message.
 A PCC MUST respond with an LSP State Report to each LSP Update
 Request it processed to indicate the resulting state of the LSP in
 the network (even if this processing did not result in changing the
 state of the LSP).  The SRP-ID-number included in the PCRpt MUST
 match that in the PCUpd.  A PCC MAY respond with multiple LSP State
 Reports to report LSP setup progress of a single LSP.  In that case,
 the SRP-ID-number MUST be included for the first message; for
 subsequent messages, the reserved value 0x00000000 SHOULD be used.
 Note that a PCC MUST process all LSP Update Requests -- for example,
 an LSP Update Request is sent when a PCE returns delegation or puts
 an LSP into non-operational state.  The protocol relies on TCP for
 message-level flow control.
 If the rate of PCUpd messages sent to a PCC for the same target LSP
 exceeds the rate at which the PCC can signal LSPs into the network,
 the PCC MAY perform state compression on its ingress queue.  The
 compression algorithm is based on the fact that each PCUpd request
 contains the complete LSP state the PCE wishes to be set and works as
 follows: when the PCC starts processing a PCUpd message at the head
 of its ingress queue, it may search the queue forward for more recent
 PCUpd messages pertaining to that particular LSP, prune all but the
 latest one from the queue, and process only the last one as that
 request contains the most up-to-date desired state for the LSP.  The
 PCC MUST NOT send PCRpt nor PCErr messages for requests that were

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 pruned from the queue in this way.  This compression step may be
 performed only while the LSP is not being signaled, e.g., if two
 PCUpd arrive for the same LSP in quick succession and the PCC started
 the signaling of the changes relevant to the first PCUpd, then it
 MUST wait until the signaling finishes (and report the new state via
 a PCRpt) before attempting to apply the changes indicated in the
 second PCUpd.
 Note also that it is up to the PCE to handle inter-LSP dependencies;
 for example, if ordering of LSP setups is required, the PCE has to
 wait for an LSP State Report for a previous LSP before starting the
 update of the next LSP.
 If the PCUpd cannot be satisfied (for example, due to an unsupported
 object or a TLV), the PCC MUST respond with a PCErr message
 indicating the failure (see Section 7.3.3).

6.3. The PCErr Message

 If the stateful PCE capability has been advertised on the PCEP
 session, the PCErr message MAY include the SRP object.  If the error
 reported is the result of an LSP Update Request, then the
 SRP-ID-number MUST be the one from the PCUpd that triggered the
 error.  If the error is unsolicited, the SRP object MAY be omitted.
 This is equivalent to including an SRP object with the SRP-ID-number
 equal to the reserved value 0x00000000.
 The format of a PCErr message from [RFC5440] is extended as follows:
    <PCErr Message> ::= <Common Header>
                      ( <error-obj-list> [<Open>] ) | <error>
                      [<error-list>]
    <error-obj-list>::=<PCEP-ERROR>[<error-obj-list>]
    <error>::=[<request-id-list> | <stateful-request-id-list>]
               <error-obj-list>
    <request-id-list>::=<RP>[<request-id-list>]
    <stateful-request-id-list>::=<SRP>[<stateful-request-id-list>]
    <error-list>::=<error>[<error-list>]

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6.4. The PCReq Message

 A PCC MAY include the LSP object in the PCReq message (see
 Section 7.3) if the stateful PCE capability has been negotiated on a
 PCEP session between the PCC and a PCE.
 The definition of the PCReq message from [RFC5440] is extended to
 optionally include the LSP object after the END-POINTS object.  The
 encoding from [RFC5440] will become:
    <PCReq Message>::= <Common Header>
                       [<svec-list>]
                       <request-list>
 Where:
       <svec-list>::=<SVEC>[<svec-list>]
       <request-list>::=<request>[<request-list>]
       <request>::= <RP>
                    <END-POINTS>
                    [<LSP>]
                    [<LSPA>]
                    [<BANDWIDTH>]
                    [<metric-list>]
                    [<RRO>[<BANDWIDTH>]]
                    [<IRO>]
                    [<LOAD-BALANCING>]

6.5. The PCRep Message

 A PCE MAY include the LSP object in the PCRep message (see
 Section 7.3) if the stateful PCE capability has been negotiated on a
 PCEP session between the PCC, and the PCE and the LSP object were
 included in the corresponding PCReq message from the PCC.
 The definition of the PCRep message from [RFC5440] is extended to
 optionally include the LSP object after the Request Parameter (RP)
 object.  The encoding from [RFC5440] will become:
    <PCRep Message> ::= <Common Header>
                        <response-list>

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 Where:
       <response-list>::=<response>[<response-list>]
       <response>::=<RP>
                   [<LSP>]
                   [<NO-PATH>]
                   [<attribute-list>]
                   [<path-list>]

7. Object Formats

 The PCEP objects defined in this document are compliant with the PCEP
 object format defined in [RFC5440].  The P and I flags of the PCEP
 objects defined in the current document MUST be set to 0 on
 transmission and SHOULD be ignored on receipt since they are
 exclusively related to path computation requests.

7.1. OPEN Object

 This document defines one new optional TLV for use in the OPEN
 object.

7.1.1. STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV

 The STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is an optional TLV for use in the
 OPEN object for stateful PCE capability advertisement.  Its format is
 shown in the following figure:
    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=16         |            Length=4           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             Flags                           |U|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             Figure 9: STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV Format
 The type (16 bits) of the TLV is 16.  The length field is 16 bits
 long and has a fixed value of 4.
 The value comprises a single field -- Flags (32 bits):
 U (LSP-UPDATE-CAPABILITY - 1 bit):  if set to 1 by a PCC, the U flag
    indicates that the PCC allows modification of LSP parameters; if
    set to 1 by a PCE, the U flag indicates that the PCE is capable of

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    updating LSP parameters.  The LSP-UPDATE-CAPABILITY flag must be
    advertised by both a PCC and a PCE for PCUpd messages to be
    allowed on a PCEP session.
 Unassigned bits are considered reserved.  They MUST be set to 0 on
 transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.
 A PCEP speaker operating in passive stateful PCE mode advertises the
 stateful PCE capability with the U flag set to 0.  A PCEP speaker
 operating in active stateful PCE mode advertises the stateful PCE
 capability with the U flag set to 1.
 Advertisement of the stateful PCE capability implies support of LSPs
 that are signaled via RSVP, as well as the objects, TLVs, and
 procedures defined in this document.

7.2. SRP Object

 The SRP (Stateful PCE Request Parameters) object MUST be carried
 within PCUpd messages and MAY be carried within PCRpt and PCErr
 messages.  The SRP object is used to correlate between update
 requests sent by the PCE and the error reports and state reports sent
 by the PCC.
 SRP Object-Class is 33.
 SRP Object-Type is 1.
 The format of the SRP object body is shown in Figure 10:
     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
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                          Flags                                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                        SRP-ID-number                          |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                                                               |
    //                      Optional TLVs                          //
    |                                                               |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                   Figure 10: The SRP Object Format
 The SRP object body has a variable length and may contain additional
 TLVs.

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 Flags (32 bits): None defined yet.
 SRP-ID-number (32 bits): The SRP-ID-number value in the scope of the
 current PCEP session uniquely identifies the operation that the PCE
 has requested the PCC to perform on a given LSP.  The SRP-ID-number
 is incremented each time a new request is sent to the PCC, and it may
 wrap around.
 The values 0x00000000 and 0xFFFFFFFF are reserved.
 Optional TLVs MAY be included within the SRP object body.  The
 specification of such TLVs is outside the scope of this document.
 Every request to update an LSP receives a new SRP-ID-number.  This
 number is unique per PCEP session and is incremented each time an
 operation is requested from the PCE.  Thus, for a given LSP, there
 may be more than one SRP-ID-number unacknowledged at a given time.
 The value of the SRP-ID-number is echoed back by the PCC in PCErr and
 PCRpt messages to allow for correlation between requests made by the
 PCE and errors or state reports generated by the PCC.  If the error
 or report was not a result of a PCE operation (for example, in the
 case of a link down event), the reserved value of 0x00000000 is used
 for the SRP-ID-number.  The absence of the SRP object is equivalent
 to an SRP object with the reserved value of 0x00000000.  An
 SRP-ID-number is considered unacknowledged and cannot be reused until
 a PCErr or PCRpt arrives with an SRP-ID-number equal or higher for
 the same LSP.  In case of SRP-ID-number wrapping, the last
 SRP-ID-number before the wrapping MUST be explicitly acknowledged, to
 avoid a situation where SRP-ID-numbers remain unacknowledged after
 the wrap.  This means that the PCC may need to issue two PCUpd
 messages on detecting a wrap.

7.3. LSP Object

 The LSP object MUST be present within PCRpt and PCUpd messages.  The
 LSP object MAY be carried within PCReq and PCRep messages if the
 stateful PCE capability has been negotiated on the session.  The LSP
 object contains a set of fields used to specify the target LSP, the
 operation to be performed on the LSP, and LSP delegation.  It also
 contains a flag indicating to a PCE that the LSP State
 Synchronization is in progress.  This document focuses on LSPs that
 are signaled with RSVP; many of the TLVs used with the LSP object
 mirror RSVP state.
 LSP Object-Class is 32.
 LSP Object-Type is 1.

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 The format of the LSP object body is shown in Figure 11:
    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                PLSP-ID                |    Flag |  O  |A|R|S|D|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   //                        TLVs                                 //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                   Figure 11: The LSP Object Format
 PLSP-ID (20 bits): A PCEP-specific identifier for the LSP.  A PCC
 creates a unique PLSP-ID for each LSP that is constant for the
 lifetime of a PCEP session.  The PCC will advertise the same PLSP-ID
 on all PCEP sessions it maintains at a given time.  The mapping of
 the symbolic path name to PLSP-ID is communicated to the PCE by
 sending a PCRpt message containing the SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME TLV.  All
 subsequent PCEP messages then address the LSP by the PLSP-ID.  The
 values of 0 and 0xFFFFF are reserved.  Note that the PLSP-ID is a
 value that is constant for the lifetime of the PCEP session, during
 which time for an RSVP-signaled LSP there might be different RSVP
 identifiers (LSP-id, tunnel-id) allocated to it.
 Flags (12 bits), starting from the least significant bit:
 D (Delegate - 1 bit):  On a PCRpt message, the D flag set to 1
    indicates that the PCC is delegating the LSP to the PCE.  On a
    PCUpd message, the D flag set to 1 indicates that the PCE is
    confirming the LSP delegation.  To keep an LSP delegated to the
    PCE, the PCC must set the D flag to 1 on each PCRpt message for
    the duration of the delegation -- the first PCRpt with the D flag
    set to 0 revokes the delegation.  To keep the delegation, the PCE
    must set the D flag to 1 on each PCUpd message for the duration of
    the delegation -- the first PCUpd with the D flag set to 0 returns
    the delegation.
 S (SYNC - 1 bit):  The S flag MUST be set to 1 on each PCRpt sent
    from a PCC during State Synchronization.  The S flag MUST be set
    to 0 in other messages sent from the PCC.  When sending a PCUpd
    message, the PCE MUST set the S flag to 0.
 R (Remove - 1 bit):  On PCRpt messages, the R flag indicates that the
    LSP has been removed from the PCC and the PCE SHOULD remove all
    state from its database.  Upon receiving an LSP State Report with
    the R flag set to 1 for an RSVP-signaled LSP, the PCE SHOULD
    remove all state for the path identified by the LSP-IDENTIFIERS

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    TLV from its database.  When the all-zeros LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV is
    used, the PCE SHOULD remove all state for the PLSP-ID from its
    database.  When sending a PCUpd message, the PCE MUST set the R
    flag to 0.
 A (Administrative - 1 bit):  On PCRpt messages, the A flag indicates
    the PCC's target operational status for this LSP.  On PCUpd
    messages, the A flag indicates the LSP status that the PCE desires
    for this LSP.  In both cases, a value of '1' means that the
    desired operational state is active, and a value of '0' means that
    the desired operational state is inactive.  A PCC ignores the A
    flag on a PCUpd message unless the operator's policy allows the
    PCE to control the corresponding LSP's administrative state.
 O (Operational - 3 bits):  On PCRpt messages, the O field represents
    the operational status of the LSP.
    The following values are defined:
    0 - DOWN:         not active.
    1 - UP:           signaled.
    2 - ACTIVE:       up and carrying traffic.
    3 - GOING-DOWN:   LSP is being torn down, and resources are being
                      released.
    4 - GOING-UP:     LSP is being signaled.
    5-7 - Reserved:   these values are reserved for future use.
 Unassigned bits are reserved for future uses.  They MUST be set to 0
 on transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.  When sending a PCUpd
 message, the PCE MUST set the O field to 0.
 TLVs that may be included in the LSP object are described in the
 following sections.  Other optional TLVs, that are not defined in
 this document, MAY also be included within the LSP object body.

7.3.1. LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLVs

 The LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV MUST be included in the LSP object in PCRpt
 messages for RSVP-signaled LSPs.  If the TLV is missing, the PCE will
 generate an error with Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and
 error-value 11 (LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV missing) and close the session.
 The LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV MAY be included in the LSP object in PCUpd
 messages for RSVP-signaled LSPs.  The special value of all zeros for

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 this TLV is used to refer to all paths pertaining to a particular
 PLSP-ID.  There are two LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLVs, one for IPv4 and one
 for IPv6.
 It is the responsibility of the PCC to send to the PCE the
 identifiers for each RSVP incarnation of the tunnel.  For example, in
 a make-before-break scenario, the PCC MUST send a separate PCRpt for
 the old and reoptimized paths and explicitly report removal of any of
 these paths using the R bit in the LSP object.
 The format of the IPV4-LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV is shown in the following
 figure:
    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=18             |           Length=16           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   IPv4 Tunnel Sender Address                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             LSP ID            |           Tunnel ID           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        Extended Tunnel ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   IPv4 Tunnel Endpoint Address                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
              Figure 12: IPV4-LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV Format
 The type (16 bits) of the TLV is 18.  The length field is 16 bits
 long and has a fixed value of 16.  The value contains the following
 fields:
 IPv4 Tunnel Sender Address:  contains the sender node's IPv4 address,
    as defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.2.1, for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4
    Sender Template Object.
 LSP ID:  contains the 16-bit 'LSP ID' identifier defined in
    [RFC3209], Section 4.6.2.1 for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4 Sender Template
    Object.  A value of 0 MUST be used if the LSP is not yet signaled.
 Tunnel ID:  contains the 16-bit 'Tunnel ID' identifier defined in
    [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.1 for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4 Session Object.
 Extended Tunnel ID:  contains the 32-bit 'Extended Tunnel ID'
    identifier defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.1 for the
    LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4 Session Object.

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 IPv4 Tunnel Endpoint Address:  contains the egress node's IPv4
    address, as defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.1, for the
    LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4 Sender Template Object.
 The format of the IPV6-LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV is shown in the following
 figure:
    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=19             |           Length=52           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                  IPv6 Tunnel Sender Address                   |
   +                          (16 octets)                          +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             LSP ID            |           Tunnel ID           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                       Extended Tunnel ID                      |
   +                          (16 octets)                          +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                  IPv6 Tunnel Endpoint Address                 |
   +                          (16 octets)                          +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
              Figure 13: IPV6-LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV Format
 The type (16 bits) of the TLV is 19.  The length field is 16 bits
 long and has a fixed value of 52.  The value contains the following
 fields:
 IPv6 Tunnel Sender Address:  contains the sender node's IPv6 address,
    as defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.2.2, for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv6
    Sender Template Object.

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 LSP ID:  contains the 16-bit 'LSP ID' identifier defined in
    [RFC3209], Section 4.6.2.2 for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv6 Sender Template
    Object.  A value of 0 MUST be used if the LSP is not yet signaled.
 Tunnel ID:  contains the 16-bit 'Tunnel ID' identifier defined in
    [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.2 for the LSP_TUNNEL_IPv6 Session Object.
 Extended Tunnel ID:  contains the 128-bit 'Extended Tunnel ID'
    identifier defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.2 for the
    LSP_TUNNEL_IPv6 Session Object.
 IPv6 Tunnel Endpoint Address:  contains the egress node's IPv6
    address, as defined in [RFC3209], Section 4.6.1.2, for the
    LSP_TUNNEL_IPv6 Session Object.
 The Tunnel ID remains constant over the lifetime of a tunnel.

7.3.2. Symbolic Path Name TLV

 Each LSP MUST have a symbolic path name that is unique in the PCC.
 The symbolic path name is a human-readable string that identifies an
 LSP in the network.  The symbolic path name MUST remain constant
 throughout an LSP's lifetime, which may span across multiple
 consecutive PCEP sessions and/or PCC restarts.  The symbolic path
 name MAY be specified by an operator in a PCC's configuration.  If
 the operator does not specify a unique symbolic name for an LSP, then
 the PCC MUST auto-generate one.
 The PCE uses the symbolic path name as a stable identifier for the
 LSP.  If the PCEP session restarts, or the PCC restarts, or the PCC
 re-delegates the LSP to a different PCE, the symbolic path name for
 the LSP remains constant and can be used to correlate across the PCEP
 session instances.
 The other protocol identifiers for the LSP cannot reliably be used to
 identify the LSP across multiple PCEP sessions, for the following
 reasons.
 o  The PLSP-ID is unique only within the scope of a single PCEP
    session.
 o  The LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV is only guaranteed to be present for LSPs
    that are signaled with RSVP-TE, and it may change during the
    lifetime of the LSP.
 The SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME TLV MUST be included in the LSP object in the
 LSP State Report (PCRpt) message when during a given PCEP session an
 LSP is first reported to a PCE.  A PCC sends to a PCE the first LSP

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 State Report either during State Synchronization or when a new LSP is
 configured at the PCC.
 The initial PCRpt creates a binding between the symbolic path name
 and the PLSP-ID for the LSP that lasts for the duration of the PCEP
 session.  The PCC MAY omit the symbolic path name from subsequent LSP
 State Reports for that LSP on that PCEP session, and just use the
 PLSP-ID.
 The format of the SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME TLV is shown in the following
 figure:
    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=17             |       Length (variable)       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   //                      Symbolic Path Name                     //
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Figure 14: SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME TLV Format
 Type (16 bits): the type is 17.
 Length (16 bits): indicates the total length of the TLV in octets and
 MUST be greater than 0.  The TLV MUST be zero-padded so that the TLV
 is 4-octet aligned.
 Symbolic Path Name (variable): symbolic name for the LSP, unique in
 the PCC.  It SHOULD be a string of printable ASCII characters,
 without a NULL terminator.

7.3.3. LSP Error Code TLV

 The LSP Error Code TLV is an optional TLV for use in the LSP object
 to convey error information.  When an LSP Update Request fails, an
 LSP State Report MUST be sent to report the current state of the LSP,
 and it SHOULD contain the LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV indicating the reason
 for the failure.  Similarly, when a PCRpt is sent as a result of an
 LSP transitioning to non-operational state, the LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV
 SHOULD be included to indicate the reason for the transition.

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 The format of the LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV is shown in the following
 figure:
    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=20             |            Length=4           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          LSP Error Code                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                 Figure 15: LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV Format
 The type (16 bits) of the TLV is 20.  The length field is 16 bits
 long and has a fixed value of 4.  The value contains an error code
 that indicates the cause of the failure.
 The following LSP Error Codes are currently defined:
             Value      Description
             -----      -------------------------------------
               1        Unknown reason
               2        Limit reached for PCE-controlled LSPs
               3        Too many pending LSP Update Requests
               4        Unacceptable parameters
               5        Internal error
               6        LSP administratively brought down
               7        LSP preempted
               8        RSVP signaling error

7.3.4. RSVP Error Spec TLV

 The RSVP-ERROR-SPEC TLV is an optional TLV for use in the LSP object
 to carry RSVP error information.  It includes the RSVP ERROR_SPEC or
 USER_ERROR_SPEC object ([RFC2205] and [RFC5284]), which were returned
 to the PCC from a downstream node.  If the setup of an LSP fails at a
 downstream node that returned an ERROR_SPEC to the PCC, the PCC
 SHOULD include in the PCRpt for this LSP the LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV with
 LSP Error Code = "RSVP signaling error" and the RSVP-ERROR-SPEC TLV
 with the relevant RSVP ERROR-SPEC or USER_ERROR_SPEC object.

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 The format of the RSVP-ERROR-SPEC TLV is shown in the following
 figure:
    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=21             |            Length (variable)  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                RSVP ERROR_SPEC or USER_ERROR_SPEC Object      +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                 Figure 16: RSVP-ERROR-SPEC TLV Format
 Type (16 bits): the type is 21.
 Length (16 bits): indicates the total length of the TLV in octets.
 The TLV MUST be zero-padded so that the TLV is 4-octet aligned.
 Value (variable): contains the RSVP ERROR_SPEC or USER_ERROR_SPEC
 object, as specified in [RFC2205] and [RFC5284], including the object
 header.

8. IANA Considerations

 The code points described below have been allocated for the protocol
 elements defined in this document.

8.1. PCE Capabilities in IGP Advertisements

 The following bits have been registered in the "Path Computation
 Element (PCE) Capability Flags" subregistry of the "Open Shortest
 Path First (OSPF) Parameters" registry:
         Bit   Description                        Reference
         ---   -------------------------------    -------------
          11   Active stateful PCE capability     This document
          12   Passive stateful PCE capability    This document

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8.2. PCEP Messages

 The following message types have been allocated within the "PCEP
 Messages" subregistry of the "Path Computation Element Protocol
 (PCEP) Numbers" registry:
                  Value  Description    Reference
                  -----  ------------   -------------
                    10   Report         This document
                    11   Update         This document

8.3. PCEP Objects

 The following object-class values and object types have been
 allocated within the "PCEP Objects" subregistry of the "Path
 Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry:
        Object-Class Value  Name                  Reference
        ------------------  ----------------      -------------
                32          LSP                   This document
                            Object-Type
                            0: Reserved
                            1: LSP
                33          SRP                   This document
                            Object-Type
                            0: Reserved
                            1: SRP

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8.4. LSP Object

 A new subregistry, named "LSP Object Flag Field", has been created
 within the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers"
 registry to manage the Flag field of the LSP object.  New values are
 assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126].  Each bit should be tracked
 with the following qualities:
 o  Bit number (counting from bit 0 as the most significant bit)
 o  Capability description
 o  Defining RFC
 The following values are defined in this document:
               Bit     Description           Reference
               ---     --------------------  -------------
               0-4     Unassigned            This document
               5-7     Operational (3 bits)  This document
                8      Administrative        This document
                9      Remove                This document
                10     SYNC                  This document
                11     Delegate              This document

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8.5. PCEP-Error Object

 The following error types and error values have been registered
 within the "PCEP-ERROR Object Error Types and Values" subregistry of
 the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry:
 Error-Type  Meaning
 ----------  -------------------------------------------------------
    6        Mandatory Object missing
              Error-value
              8:   LSP object missing
              9:   ERO object missing
              10:  SRP object missing
              11:  LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV missing
    19       Invalid Operation
              Error-value
              1:   Attempted LSP Update Request for a non-delegated
                   LSP.  The PCEP-ERROR object is followed by the LSP
                   object that identifies the LSP.
              2:   Attempted LSP Update Request if the stateful PCE
                   capability was not advertised.
              3:   Attempted LSP Update Request for an LSP identified
                   by an unknown PLSP-ID.
              5:   Attempted LSP State Report if stateful PCE
                   capability was not advertised.
    20       LSP State Synchronization Error
              Error-value
              1:   A PCE indicates to a PCC that it cannot process (an
                   otherwise valid) LSP State Report.  The PCEP-ERROR
                   object is followed by the LSP object that
                   identifies the LSP.
              5:   A PCC indicates to a PCE that it cannot complete
                   the State Synchronization.

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8.6. Notification Object

 The following Notification Types and Notification Values have been
 allocated within the "Notification Object" subregistry of the "Path
 Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry:
 Notification-Type  Name
 4     Stateful PCE resource limit exceeded
           Notification-value
           1:   Entering resource limit exceeded state
           2:   Deprecated
 Note that the early allocation included an additional Notification
 Value 2 for "Exiting resource limit exceeded state".  This
 Notification Value is no longer required and has been marked as
 "Deprecated".

8.7. PCEP TLV Type Indicators

 The following TLV Type Indicator values have been registered within
 the "PCEP TLV Type Indicators" subregistry of the "Path Computation
 Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry:
            Value     Description                 Reference
            -----     -----------------------     -------------
              16      STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY     This document
              17      SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME          This document
              18      IPV4-LSP-IDENTIFIERS        This document
              19      IPV6-LSP-IDENTIFIERS        This document
              20      LSP-ERROR-CODE              This document
              21      RSVP-ERROR-SPEC             This document

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8.8. STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV

 A new subregistry, named "STATEFUL-PCE-CAPABILITY TLV Flag Field",
 has been created within the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP)
 Numbers" registry to manage the Flag field in the STATEFUL-PCE-
 CAPABILITY TLV of the PCEP OPEN object (class = 1).  New values are
 assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126].  Each bit should be tracked
 with the following qualities:
 o  Bit number (counting from bit 0 as the most significant bit)
 o  Capability description
 o  Defining RFC
 The following values are defined in this document:
             Value  Description              Reference
             -----  ---------------------    -------------
               31   LSP-UPDATE-CAPABILITY    This document

8.9. LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV

 A new subregistry, named "LSP-ERROR-CODE TLV Error Code Field", has
 been created within the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP)
 Numbers" registry to manage the LSP Error Code field of the LSP-
 ERROR-CODE TLV.  This field specifies the reason for failure to
 update the LSP.
 New values are assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126].  Each value
 should be tracked with the following qualities: value, meaning, and
 defining RFC.  The following values are defined in this document:
             Value      Meaning
              ---       -------------------------------------
               0        Reserved
               1        Unknown reason
               2        Limit reached for PCE-controlled LSPs
               3        Too many pending LSP Update Requests
               4        Unacceptable parameters
               5        Internal error
               6        LSP administratively brought down
               7        LSP preempted
               8        RSVP signaling error

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9. Manageability Considerations

 All manageability requirements and considerations listed in [RFC5440]
 apply to the PCEP extensions defined in this document.  In addition,
 requirements and considerations listed in this section apply.

9.1. Control Function and Policy

 In addition to configuring specific PCEP session parameters, as
 specified in [RFC5440], Section 8.1, a PCE or PCC implementation MUST
 allow configuring the stateful PCEP capability and the LSP Update
 capability.  A PCC implementation SHOULD allow the operator to
 specify multiple candidate PCEs for and a delegation preference for
 each candidate PCE.  A PCC SHOULD allow the operator to specify an
 LSP delegation policy where LSPs are delegated to the most-preferred
 online PCE.  A PCC MAY allow the operator to specify different LSP
 delegation policies.
 A PCC implementation that allows concurrent connections to multiple
 PCEs SHOULD allow the operator to group the PCEs by administrative
 domains, and it MUST NOT advertise LSP existence and state to a PCE
 if the LSP is delegated to a PCE in a different group.
 A PCC implementation SHOULD allow the operator to specify whether the
 PCC will advertise LSP existence and state for LSPs that are not
 controlled by any PCE (for example, LSPs that are statically
 configured at the PCC).
 A PCC implementation SHOULD allow the operator to specify both the
 Redelegation Timeout Interval and the State Timeout Interval.  The
 default value of the Redelegation Timeout Interval SHOULD be set to
 30 seconds.  An operator MAY also configure a policy that will
 dynamically adjust the Redelegation Timeout Interval, for example
 setting it to zero when the PCC has an established session to a
 backup PCE.  The default value for the State Timeout Interval SHOULD
 be set to 60 seconds.
 After the expiration of the State Timeout Interval, the LSP reverts
 to operator-defined default parameters.  A PCC implementation MUST
 allow the operator to specify the default LSP parameters.  To achieve
 a behavior where the LSP retains the parameters set by the PCE until
 such time that the PCC makes a change to them, a State Timeout
 Interval of infinity SHOULD be used.  Any changes to LSP parameters
 SHOULD be done in a make-before-break fashion.
 LSP delegation is controlled by operator-defined policies on a PCC.
 LSPs are delegated individually -- different LSPs may be delegated to
 different PCEs.  An LSP is delegated to at most one PCE at any given

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 point in time.  A PCC implementation SHOULD support the delegation
 policy, when all PCC's LSPs are delegated to a single PCE at any
 given time.  Conversely, the policy revoking the delegation for all
 PCC's LSPs SHOULD also be supported.
 A PCC implementation SHOULD allow the operator to specify delegation
 priority for PCEs.  This effectively defines the primary PCE and one
 or more backup PCEs to which a primary PCE's LSPs can be delegated
 when the primary PCE fails.
 Policies defined for stateful PCEs and PCCs should eventually fit in
 the policy-enabled path computation framework defined in [RFC5394],
 and the framework should be extended to support stateful PCEs.

9.2. Information and Data Models

 The PCEP YANG module [PCEP-YANG] should include:
 o  advertised stateful capabilities and synchronization status per
    PCEP session.
 o  the delegation status of each configured LSP.
 The PCEP MIB [RFC7420] could also be updated to include this
 information.

9.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring

 PCEP extensions defined in this document do not require any new
 mechanisms beyond those already defined in [RFC5440], Section 8.3.

9.4. Verifying Correct Operation

 Mechanisms defined in [RFC5440], Section 8.4 also apply to PCEP
 extensions defined in this document.  In addition to monitoring
 parameters defined in [RFC5440], a stateful PCC-side PCEP
 implementation SHOULD provide the following parameters:
 o  Total number of LSP Updates
 o  Number of successful LSP Updates
 o  Number of dropped LSP Updates
 o  Number of LSP Updates where LSP setup failed
 A PCC implementation SHOULD provide a command to show for each LSP
 whether it is delegated, and if so, to which PCE.

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 A PCC implementation SHOULD allow the operator to manually revoke LSP
 delegation.

9.5. Requirements on Other Protocols and Functional Components

 PCEP extensions defined in this document do not put new requirements
 on other protocols.

9.6. Impact on Network Operation

 Mechanisms defined in [RFC5440], Section 8.6 also apply to PCEP
 extensions defined in this document.
 Additionally, a PCEP implementation SHOULD allow a limit to be placed
 on the number of LSPs delegated to the PCE and on the rate of PCUpd
 and PCRpt messages sent by a PCEP speaker and processed from a peer.
 It SHOULD also allow sending a notification when a rate threshold is
 reached.
 A PCC implementation SHOULD allow a limit to be placed on the rate of
 LSP Updates to the same LSP to avoid signaling overload discussed in
 Section 10.3.

10. Security Considerations

10.1. Vulnerability

 This document defines extensions to PCEP to enable stateful PCEs.
 The nature of these extensions and the delegation of path control to
 PCEs results in more information being available for a hypothetical
 adversary and a number of additional attack surfaces that must be
 protected.
 The security provisions described in [RFC5440] remain applicable to
 these extensions.  However, because the protocol modifications
 outlined in this document allow the PCE to control path computation
 timing and sequence, the PCE defense mechanisms described in
 [RFC5440], Section 7.2 are also now applicable to PCC security.
 As a general precaution, it is RECOMMENDED that these PCEP extensions
 only be activated on authenticated and encrypted sessions across PCEs
 and PCCs belonging to the same administrative authority, using
 Transport Layer Security (TLS) [PCEPS], as per the recommendations
 and best current practices in [RFC7525].

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 The following sections identify specific security concerns that may
 result from the PCEP extensions outlined in this document along with
 recommended mechanisms to protect PCEP infrastructure against related
 attacks.

10.2. LSP State Snooping

 The stateful nature of this extension explicitly requires LSP status
 updates to be sent from PCC to PCE.  While this gives the PCE the
 ability to provide more optimal computations to the PCC, it also
 provides an adversary with the opportunity to eavesdrop on decisions
 made by network systems external to PCE.  This is especially true if
 the PCC delegates LSPs to multiple PCEs simultaneously.
 Adversaries may gain access to this information by eavesdropping on
 unsecured PCEP sessions and might then use this information in
 various ways to target or optimize attacks on network infrastructure,
 for example, by flexibly countering anti-DDoS measures being taken to
 protect the network or by determining choke points in the network
 where the greatest harm might be caused.
 PCC implementations that allow concurrent connections to multiple
 PCEs SHOULD allow the operator to group the PCEs by administrative
 domains, and they MUST NOT advertise LSP existence and state to a PCE
 if the LSP is delegated to a PCE in a different group.

10.3. Malicious PCE

 The LSP delegation mechanism described in this document allows a PCC
 to grant effective control of an LSP to the PCE for the duration of a
 PCEP session.  While this enables PCE control of the timing and
 sequence of path computations within and across PCEP sessions, it
 also introduces a new attack vector: an attacker may flood the PCC
 with PCUpd messages at a rate that exceeds either the PCC's ability
 to process them or the network's ability to signal the changes, by
 either spoofing messages or compromising the PCE itself.
 A PCC is free to revoke an LSP delegation at any time without needing
 any justification.  A defending PCC can do this by enqueueing the
 appropriate PCRpt message.  As soon as that message is enqueued in
 the session, the PCC is free to drop any incoming PCUpd messages
 without additional processing.

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10.4. Malicious PCC

 A stateful session also results in an increased attack surface by
 placing a requirement for the PCE to keep an LSP state replica for
 each PCC.  It is RECOMMENDED that PCE implementations provide a limit
 on resources a single PCC can occupy.  A PCE implementing such a
 limit MUST send a PCNtf message with notification-type 4 (Stateful
 PCE resource limit exceeded) and notification-value 1 (Entering
 resource limit exceeded state) upon receiving an LSP State Report
 causing it to exceed this threshold.
 Delegation of LSPs can create further strain on PCE resources and a
 PCE implementation MAY preemptively give back delegations if it finds
 itself lacking the resources needed to effectively manage the
 delegation.  Since the delegation state is ultimately controlled by
 the PCC, PCE implementations SHOULD provide throttling mechanisms to
 prevent strain created by flaps of either a PCEP session or an LSP
 delegation.

11. References

11.1. Normative References

 [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
 [RFC2205]  Braden, R., Ed., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S., and S.
            Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1
            Functional Specification", RFC 2205, DOI 10.17487/RFC2205,
            September 1997, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2205>.
 [RFC3209]  Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T., Srinivasan, V.,
            and G. Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP
            Tunnels", RFC 3209, DOI 10.17487/RFC3209, December 2001,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3209>.
 [RFC5088]  Le Roux, JL., Ed., Vasseur, JP., Ed., Ikejiri, Y., and R.
            Zhang, "OSPF Protocol Extensions for Path Computation
            Element (PCE) Discovery", RFC 5088, DOI 10.17487/RFC5088,
            January 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5088>.
 [RFC5089]  Le Roux, JL., Ed., Vasseur, JP., Ed., Ikejiri, Y., and R.
            Zhang, "IS-IS Protocol Extensions for Path Computation
            Element (PCE) Discovery", RFC 5089, DOI 10.17487/RFC5089,
            January 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5089>.

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 [RFC5284]  Swallow, G. and A. Farrel, "User-Defined Errors for RSVP",
            RFC 5284, DOI 10.17487/RFC5284, August 2008,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5284>.
 [RFC5440]  Vasseur, JP., Ed. and JL. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation
            Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5440, March 2009,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5440>.
 [RFC5511]  Farrel, A., "Routing Backus-Naur Form (RBNF): A Syntax
            Used to Form Encoding Rules in Various Routing Protocol
            Specifications", RFC 5511, DOI 10.17487/RFC5511, April
            2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5511>.
 [RFC8051]  Zhang, X., Ed. and I. Minei, Ed., "Applicability of a
            Stateful Path Computation Element (PCE)", RFC 8051,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC8051, January 2017,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8051>.
 [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
            2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
            May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

11.2. Informative References

 [MPLS-PC]  Chaieb, I., Le Roux, JL., and B. Cousin, "Improved MPLS-TE
            LSP Path Computation using Preemption", Global
            Information Infrastructure Symposium,
            DOI 10.1109/GIIS.2007.4404195, July 2007.
 [MXMN-TE]  Danna, E., Mandal, S., and A. Singh, "A practical
            algorithm for balancing the max-min fairness and
            throughput objectives in traffic engineering", INFOCOM,
            2012 Proceedings IEEE, pp. 846-854,
            DOI 10.1109/INFCOM.2012.6195833, March 2012.
 [PCE-Init-LSP]
            Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Sivabalan, S., and R. Varga, "PCEP
            Extensions for PCE-initiated LSP Setup in a Stateful PCE
            Model", Work in Progress,
            draft-ietf-pce-pce-initiated-lsp-10, June 2017.
 [PCEP-GMPLS]
            Margaria, C., de Dios, O., and F. Zhang, "PCEP extensions
            for GMPLS", Work in Progress,
            draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-pcep-extensions-11, October 2015.

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 [PCEP-YANG]
            Dhody, D., Hardwick, J., Beeram, V., and j.
            jefftant@gmail.com, "A YANG Data Model for Path
            Computation Element Communications Protocol (PCEP)", Work
            in Progress, draft-ietf-pce-pcep-yang-05, June 2017.
 [PCEPS]    Lopez, D., de Dios, O., Wu, Q., and D. Dhody, "Secure
            Transport for PCEP", Work in Progress,
            draft-ietf-pce-pceps-18, September 2017.
 [RFC2702]  Awduche, D., Malcolm, J., Agogbua, J., O'Dell, M., and J.
            McManus, "Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS",
            RFC 2702, DOI 10.17487/RFC2702, September 1999,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2702>.
 [RFC3031]  Rosen, E., Viswanathan, A., and R. Callon, "Multiprotocol
            Label Switching Architecture", RFC 3031,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC3031, January 2001,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3031>.
 [RFC3346]  Boyle, J., Gill, V., Hannan, A., Cooper, D., Awduche, D.,
            Christian, B., and W. Lai, "Applicability Statement for
            Traffic Engineering with MPLS", RFC 3346,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC3346, August 2002,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3346>.
 [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
            (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.
 [RFC4655]  Farrel, A., Vasseur, J., and J. Ash, "A Path Computation
            Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC 4655,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC4655, August 2006,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4655>.
 [RFC4657]  Ash, J., Ed. and J. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation
            Element (PCE) Communication Protocol Generic
            Requirements", RFC 4657, DOI 10.17487/RFC4657, September
            2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4657>.
 [RFC5305]  Li, T. and H. Smit, "IS-IS Extensions for Traffic
            Engineering", RFC 5305, DOI 10.17487/RFC5305, October
            2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5305>.

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 [RFC5394]  Bryskin, I., Papadimitriou, D., Berger, L., and J. Ash,
            "Policy-Enabled Path Computation Framework", RFC 5394,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5394, December 2008,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5394>.
 [RFC7420]  Koushik, A., Stephan, E., Zhao, Q., King, D., and J.
            Hardwick, "Path Computation Element Communication Protocol
            (PCEP) Management Information Base (MIB) Module",
            RFC 7420, DOI 10.17487/RFC7420, December 2014,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7420>.
 [RFC7525]  Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre,
            "Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
            Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
            (DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, DOI 10.17487/RFC7525, May
            2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7525>.
 [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
            Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
            RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
 [RFC8232]  Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Medved, J., Varga, R., Zhang, X.,
            and D. Dhody, "Optimizations of Label Switched Path State
            Synchronization Procedures for a Stateful PCE", RFC 8232,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC8232, September 2017,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8232>.

Acknowledgements

 We would like to thank Adrian Farrel, Cyril Margaria, and Ramon
 Casellas for their contributions to this document.
 We would like to thank Shane Amante, Julien Meuric, Kohei Shiomoto,
 Paul Schultz, and Raveendra Torvi for their comments and suggestions.
 Thanks also to Jon Hardwick, Oscar Gonzales de Dios, Tomas Janciga,
 Stefan Kobza, Kexin Tang, Matej Spanik, Jon Parker, Marek Zavodsky,
 Ambrose Kwong, Ashwin Sampath, Calvin Ying, Mustapha Aissaoui,
 Stephane Litkowski, and Olivier Dugeon for helpful comments and
 discussions.

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Contributors

 The following people contributed substantially to the content of this
 document and should be considered coauthors:
 Xian Zhang
 Huawei Technology
 F3-5-B R&D Center
 Huawei Industrial Base, Bantian, Longgang District
 Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129
 China
 Email: zhang.xian@huawei.com
 Dhruv Dhody
 Huawei Technology
 Leela Palace
 Bangalore, Karnataka 560008
 INDIA
 Email: dhruv.dhody@huawei.com
 Siva Sivabalan
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
 2000 Innovation Drive
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Authors' Addresses

 Edward Crabbe
 Oracle
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 Seattle, WA  98101
 United States of America
 Email: edward.crabbe@oracle.com
 Ina Minei
 Google, Inc.
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 Mountain View, CA  94043
 United States of America
 Email: inaminei@google.com
 Jan Medved
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
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 San Jose, CA  95134
 United States of America
 Email: jmedved@cisco.com
 Robert Varga
 Pantheon Technologies SRO
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 Bratislava  821 05
 Slovakia
 Email: robert.varga@pantheon.tech

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