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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Q. Zhao Request for Comments: 8306 D. Dhody, Ed. Obsoletes: 6006 R. Palleti Category: Standards Track Huawei Technologies ISSN: 2070-1721 D. King

                                                    Old Dog Consulting
                                                         November 2017
                           Extensions to
     the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
  for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths

Abstract

 Point-to-point Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized
 MPLS (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths (TE LSPs) may
 be established using signaling techniques, but their paths may first
 need to be determined.  The Path Computation Element (PCE) has been
 identified as an appropriate technology for the determination of the
 paths of point-to-multipoint (P2MP) TE LSPs.
 This document describes extensions to the PCE Communication Protocol
 (PCEP) to handle requests and responses for the computation of paths
 for P2MP TE LSPs.
 This document obsoletes RFC 6006.

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/rfc8306.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................4
    1.1. Terminology ................................................5
    1.2. Requirements Language ......................................5
 2. PCC-PCE Communication Requirements ..............................5
 3. Protocol Procedures and Extensions ..............................6
    3.1. P2MP Capability Advertisement ..............................7
         3.1.1. IGP Extensions for P2MP Capability Advertisement ....7
         3.1.2. Open Message Extension ..............................7
    3.2. Efficient Presentation of P2MP LSPs ........................8
    3.3. P2MP Path Computation Request/Reply Message Extensions .....9
         3.3.1. The Extension of the RP Object ......................9
         3.3.2. The P2MP END-POINTS Object .........................11
    3.4. Request Message Format ....................................13
    3.5. Reply Message Format ......................................15

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    3.6. P2MP Objective Functions and Metric Types .................16
         3.6.1. Objective Functions ................................16
         3.6.2. METRIC Object-Type Values ..........................17
    3.7. Non-Support of P2MP Path Computation ......................17
    3.8. Non-Support by Back-Level PCE Implementations .............17
    3.9. P2MP TE Path Reoptimization Request .......................17
    3.10. Adding and Pruning Leaves to/from the P2MP Tree ..........18
    3.11. Discovering Branch Nodes .................................22
         3.11.1. Branch Node Object ................................22
    3.12. Synchronization of P2MP TE Path Computation Requests .....22
    3.13. Request and Response Fragmentation .......................23
         3.13.1. Request Fragmentation Procedure ...................24
         3.13.2. Response Fragmentation Procedure ..................24
         3.13.3. Fragmentation Example .............................24
    3.14. UNREACH-DESTINATION Object ...............................25
    3.15. P2MP PCEP-ERROR Objects and Types ........................27
    3.16. PCEP NO-PATH Indicator ...................................28
 4. Manageability Considerations ...................................28
    4.1. Control of Function and Policy ............................28
    4.2. Information and Data Models ...............................28
    4.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring .........................29
    4.4. Verifying Correct Operation ...............................29
    4.5. Requirements for Other Protocols and Functional
         Components ................................................29
    4.6. Impact on Network Operation ...............................29
 5. Security Considerations ........................................30
 6. IANA Considerations ............................................31
    6.1. PCEP TLV Type Indicators ..................................31
    6.2. Request Parameter Bit Flags ...............................31
    6.3. Objective Functions .......................................31
    6.4. METRIC Object-Type Values .................................32
    6.5. PCEP Objects ..............................................32
    6.6. PCEP-ERROR Objects and Types ..............................34
    6.7. PCEP NO-PATH Indicator ....................................35
    6.8. SVEC Object Flag ..........................................35
    6.9. OSPF PCE Capability Flag ..................................35
 7. References .....................................................36
    7.1. Normative References ......................................36
    7.2. Informative References ....................................37
 Appendix A. Summary of Changes from RFC 6006 ......................39
 Appendix A.1. RBNF Changes from RFC 6006 ..........................39
 Acknowledgements ..................................................41
 Contributors ......................................................42
 Authors' Addresses ................................................43

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1. Introduction

 The Path Computation Element (PCE) as defined in [RFC4655] is an
 entity that is capable of computing a network path or route based on
 a network graph and applying computational constraints.  A Path
 Computation Client (PCC) may make requests to a PCE for paths to be
 computed.
 [RFC4875] describes how to set up point-to-multipoint (P2MP) Traffic
 Engineering Label Switched Paths (TE LSPs) for use in Multiprotocol
 Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) networks.
 The PCE has been identified as a suitable application for the
 computation of paths for P2MP TE LSPs [RFC5671].
 The PCE Communication Protocol (PCEP) is designed as a communication
 protocol between PCCs and PCEs for point-to-point (P2P) path
 computations and is defined in [RFC5440].  However, that
 specification does not provide a mechanism to request path
 computation of P2MP TE LSPs.
 A P2MP LSP is comprised of multiple source-to-leaf (S2L) sub-LSPs.
 These S2L sub-LSPs are set up between ingress and egress Label
 Switching Routers (LSRs) and are appropriately overlaid to construct
 a P2MP TE LSP.  During path computation, the P2MP TE LSP may be
 determined as a set of S2L sub-LSPs that are computed separately and
 combined to give the path of the P2MP LSP, or the entire P2MP TE LSP
 may be determined as a P2MP tree in a single computation.
 This document relies on the mechanisms of PCEP to request path
 computation for P2MP TE LSPs.  One Path Computation Request message
 from a PCC may request the computation of the whole P2MP TE LSP, or
 the request may be limited to a subset of the S2L sub-LSPs.  In the
 extreme case, the PCC may request the S2L sub-LSPs to be computed
 individually; the PCC is responsible for deciding whether to signal
 individual S2L sub-LSPs or combine the computation results to signal
 the entire P2MP TE LSP.  Hence, the PCC may use one Path Computation
 Request message or may split the request across multiple path
 computation messages.
 This document obsoletes [RFC6006] and incorporates the following
 errata:
 o  Erratum IDs 3819, 3830, 3836, 4867, and 4868 for [RFC6006]
 o  Erratum ID 4956 for [RFC5440]
 All changes from [RFC6006] are listed in Appendix A.

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1.1. Terminology

 Terminology used in this document:
 TE LSP: Traffic Engineering Label Switched Path.
 LSR: Label Switching Router.
 OF: Objective Function.  A set of one or more optimization criteria
    used for the computation of a single path (e.g., path cost
    minimization) or for the synchronized computation of a set of
    paths (e.g., aggregate bandwidth consumption minimization).
 P2MP: Point-to-Multipoint.
 P2P: Point-to-Point.
 This document also uses the terminology defined in [RFC4655],
 [RFC4875], and [RFC5440].

1.2. 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. PCC-PCE Communication Requirements

 This section summarizes the PCC-PCE communication requirements as met
 by the protocol extension specified in this document for P2MP MPLS-TE
 LSPs.  The numbering system in the list below corresponds to the
 requirement numbers (e.g., R1, R2) used in [RFC5862].
 1.  The PCC MUST be able to specify that the request is a P2MP path
     computation request.
 2.  The PCC MUST be able to specify that objective functions are to
     be applied to the P2MP path computation request.
 3.  The PCE MUST have the capability to reject a P2MP path
     computation request and indicate non-support of P2MP path
     computation.
 4.  The PCE MUST provide an indication of non-support of P2MP path
     computation by back-level PCE implementations.

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 5.  A P2MP path computation request MUST be able to list multiple
     destinations.
 6.  A P2MP path computation response MUST be able to carry the path
     of a P2MP LSP.
 7.  By default, the path returned by the PCE SHOULD use the
     compressed format.
 8.  It MUST be possible for a single P2MP path computation request or
     response to be conveyed by a sequence of messages.
 9.  It MUST NOT be possible for a single P2MP path computation
     request to specify a set of different constraints, traffic
     parameters, or quality-of-service requirements for different
     destinations of a P2MP LSP.
 10. P2MP path modification and P2MP path diversity MUST be supported.
 11. It MUST be possible to reoptimize existing P2MP TE LSPs.
 12. It MUST be possible to add and remove P2MP destinations from
     existing paths.
 13. It MUST be possible to specify a list of applicable branch nodes
     to use when computing the P2MP path.
 14. It MUST be possible for a PCC to discover P2MP path computation
     capability.
 15. The PCC MUST be able to request diverse paths when requesting a
     P2MP path.

3. Protocol Procedures and Extensions

 The following section describes the protocol extensions required to
 satisfy the requirements specified in Section 2 ("PCC-PCE
 Communication Requirements") of this document.

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3.1. P2MP Capability Advertisement

3.1.1. IGP Extensions for P2MP Capability Advertisement

 [RFC5088] defines a PCE Discovery (PCED) TLV carried in an OSPF
 Router Information Link State Advertisement (LSA) as defined in
 [RFC7770] to facilitate PCE discovery using OSPF.  [RFC5088]
 specifies that no new sub-TLVs may be added to the PCED TLV.  This
 document defines a flag in the OSPF PCE Capability Flags to indicate
 the capability of P2MP computation.
 Similarly, [RFC5089] defines the PCED sub-TLV for use in PCE
 discovery using IS-IS.  This document will use the same flag for the
 OSPF PCE Capability Flags sub-TLV to allow IS-IS to indicate the
 capability of P2MP computation.
 The IANA assignment for a shared OSPF and IS-IS P2MP Capability Flag
 is documented in Section 6.9 ("OSPF PCE Capability Flag") of this
 document.
 PCEs wishing to advertise that they support P2MP path computation
 would set the bit (10) accordingly.  PCCs that do not understand this
 bit will ignore it (per [RFC5088] and [RFC5089]).  PCEs that do not
 support P2MP will leave the bit clear (per the default behavior
 defined in [RFC5088] and [RFC5089]).
 PCEs that set the bit to indicate support of P2MP path computation
 MUST follow the procedures in Section 3.3.2 ("The P2MP END-POINTS
 Object") to further qualify the level of support.

3.1.2. Open Message Extension

 Based on the Capabilities Exchange requirement described in
 [RFC5862], if a PCE does not advertise its P2MP capability during
 discovery, PCEP should be used to allow a PCC to discover, during the
 Open Message Exchange, which PCEs are capable of supporting P2MP path
 computation.
 To satisfy this requirement, we extend the PCEP OPEN object by
 defining an optional TLV to indicate the PCE's capability to perform
 P2MP path computations.
 IANA has allocated value 6 from the "PCEP TLV Type Indicators"
 subregistry, as documented in Section 6.1 ("PCEP TLV Type
 Indicators").  The description is "P2MP capable", and the length
 value is 2 bytes.  The value field is set to default value 0.

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 The inclusion of this TLV in an OPEN object indicates that the sender
 can perform P2MP path computations.
 The capability TLV is meaningful only for a PCE, so it will typically
 appear only in one of the two Open messages during PCE session
 establishment.  However, in the case of PCE cooperation (e.g.,
 inter-domain), when a PCE behaving as a PCC initiates a PCE session
 it SHOULD also indicate its path computation capabilities.

3.2. Efficient Presentation of P2MP LSPs

 When specifying additional leaves or when optimizing existing P2MP TE
 LSPs as specified in [RFC5862], it may be necessary to pass existing
 P2MP LSP route information between the PCC and PCE in the request and
 reply messages.  In each of these scenarios, we need path objects for
 efficiently passing the existing P2MP LSP between the PCE and PCC.
 We specify the use of the Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic
 Engineering (RSVP-TE) extensions Explicit Route Object (ERO) to
 encode the explicit route of a TE LSP through the network.  PCEP ERO
 sub-object types correspond to RSVP-TE ERO sub-object types.  The
 format and content of the ERO are defined in [RFC3209] and [RFC3473].
 The Secondary Explicit Route Object (SERO) is used to specify the
 explicit route of an S2L sub-LSP.  The path of each subsequent S2L
 sub-LSP is encoded in a P2MP_SECONDARY_EXPLICIT_ROUTE object SERO.
 The format of the SERO is the same as the format of an ERO as defined
 in [RFC3209] and [RFC3473].
 The Secondary Record Route Object (SRRO) is used to record the
 explicit route of the S2L sub-LSP.  The class of the P2MP SRRO is the
 same as the class of the SRRO as defined in [RFC4873].
 The SERO and SRRO are used to report the route of an existing TE LSP
 for which a reoptimization is desired.  The format and content of the
 SERO and SRRO are defined in [RFC4875].

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 PCEP Object-Class and Object-Type values for the SERO and SRRO have
 been assigned:
    Object-Class Value    29
    Name                  SERO
    Object-Type           0: Reserved
                          1: SERO
                          2-15: Unassigned
    Reference             RFC 8306
    Object-Class Value    30
    Name                  SRRO
    Object-Type           0: Reserved
                          1: SRRO
                          2-15: Unassigned
    Reference             RFC 8306
 The IANA assignments are documented in Section 6.5 ("PCEP Objects").
 Since the explicit path is available for immediate signaling by the
 MPLS or GMPLS control plane, the meanings of all of the sub-objects
 and fields in this object are identical to those defined for the ERO.

3.3. P2MP Path Computation Request/Reply Message Extensions

 This document extends the existing P2P RP (Request Parameters) object
 so that a PCC can signal a P2MP path computation request to the PCE
 receiving the PCEP request.  The END-POINTS object is also extended
 to improve the efficiency of the message exchange between the PCC and
 PCE in the case of P2MP path computation.

3.3.1. The Extension of the RP Object

 The PCE path computation request and reply messages will need the
 following additional parameters to indicate to the receiving PCE
 (1) that the request and reply messages have been fragmented across
 multiple messages, (2) that they have been requested for a P2MP path,
 and (3) whether the route is represented in the compressed or
 uncompressed format.

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 This document adds the following flags to the RP object:
 The F-bit is added to the flag bits of the RP object to indicate to
 the receiver that the request is part of a fragmented request or
 is not a fragmented request.
 o  F (RP fragmentation bit - 1 bit):
    0: This indicates that the RP is not fragmented or it is the last
       piece of the fragmented RP.
    1: This indicates that the RP is fragmented and this is not the
       last piece of the fragmented RP.  The receiver needs to wait
       for additional fragments until it receives an RP with the same
       RP-ID and with the F-bit set to 0.
 The N-bit is added in the flag bits field of the RP object to signal
 the receiver of the message that the request/reply is for P2MP or
 is not for P2MP.
 o  N (P2MP bit - 1 bit):
    0: This indicates that this is not a Path Computation Request
       (PCReq) or Path Computation Reply (PCRep) message for P2MP.
    1: This indicates that this is a PCReq or PCRep message for P2MP.
 The E-bit is added in the flag bits field of the RP object to signal
 the receiver of the message that the route is in the compressed
 format or is not in the compressed format.  By default, the path
 returned by the PCE SHOULD use the compressed format.
 o  E (ERO-compression bit - 1 bit):
    0: This indicates that the route is not in the compressed format.
    1: This indicates that the route is in the compressed format.
 The IANA assignments are documented in Section 6.2 ("Request
 Parameter Bit Flags") of this document.

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3.3.2. The P2MP END-POINTS Object

 The END-POINTS object is used in a PCReq message to specify the
 source IP address and the destination IP address of the path for
 which a path computation is requested.  To represent the end points
 for a P2MP path efficiently, we define two types of END-POINTS
 objects for the P2MP path:
 o  Old leaves whose path can be modified/reoptimized.
 o  Old leaves whose path must be left unchanged.
 With the P2MP END-POINTS object, the PCE Path Computation Request
 message is expanded in a way that allows a single request message to
 list multiple destinations.
 In total, there are now four possible types of leaves in a
 P2MP request:
 o  New leaves to add (leaf type = 1)
 o  Old leaves to remove (leaf type = 2)
 o  Old leaves whose path can be modified/reoptimized (leaf type = 3)
 o  Old leaves whose path must be left unchanged (leaf type = 4)
 A given END-POINTS object gathers the leaves of a given type.  The
 type of leaf in a given END-POINTS object is identified by the
 END-POINTS object leaf type field.
 Using the P2MP END-POINTS object, the END-POINTS portion of a request
 message for the multiple destinations can be reduced by up to 50% for
 a P2MP path where a single source address has a very large number of
 destinations.
 Note that a P2MP path computation request can mix the different types
 of leaves by including several END-POINTS objects per RP object as
 shown in the PCReq Routing Backus-Naur Form (RBNF) [RFC5511] format
 in Section 3.4 ("Request Message Format").

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 The format of the P2MP END-POINTS object body for IPv4
 (Object-Type 3) is as follows:
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                          Leaf type                            |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Source IPv4 address                       |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                  Destination IPv4 address                     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  ~                           ...                                 ~
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                  Destination IPv4 address                     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       Figure 1: The P2MP END-POINTS Object Body Format for IPv4
 The format of the END-POINTS object body for IPv6 (Object-Type 4) is
 as follows:
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                          Leaf type                            |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                                                               |
  |                Source IPv6 address (16 bytes)                 |
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                                                               |
  |              Destination IPv6 address (16 bytes)              |
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  ~                           ...                                 ~
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                                                               |
  |              Destination IPv6 address (16 bytes)              |
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       Figure 2: The P2MP END-POINTS Object Body Format for IPv6

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 The END-POINTS object body has a variable length.  These are
 o  multiples of 4 bytes for IPv4
 o  multiples of 16 bytes, plus 4 bytes, for IPv6

3.4. Request Message Format

 As per [RFC5440], a Path Computation Request message (also referred
 to as a PCReq message) is a PCEP message sent by a PCC to a PCE to
 request a path computation.  A PCReq message may carry more than one
 path computation request.
 As per [RFC5541], the OF object MAY be carried within a PCReq
 message.  If an objective function is to be applied to a set of
 synchronized path computation requests, the OF object MUST be carried
 just after the corresponding SVEC (Synchronization Vector) object and
 MUST NOT be repeated for each elementary request.
 The PCReq message is encoded as follows using RBNF as defined in
 [RFC5511].

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 Below is the message format for the request message:
      <PCReq Message> ::= <Common Header>
                         [<svec-list>]
                         <request-list>
      where:
           <svec-list> ::= <SVEC>
                         [<OF>]
                         [<metric-list>]
                         [<svec-list>]
           <request-list> ::= <request>[<request-list>]
           <request> ::= <RP>
                        <end-point-rro-pair-list>
                        [<OF>]
                        [<LSPA>]
                        [<BANDWIDTH>]
                        [<metric-list>]
                        [<IRO>|<BNC>]
                        [<LOAD-BALANCING>]
      where:
           <end-point-rro-pair-list> ::=
                              <END-POINTS>[<RRO-List>[<BANDWIDTH>]]
                              [<end-point-rro-pair-list>]
           <RRO-List> ::= (<RRO>|<SRRO>)[<RRO-List>]
           <metric-list> ::= <METRIC>[<metric-list>]
         Figure 3: The Message Format for the Request Message
 Note that we preserve compatibility with the definition of <request>
 provided in [RFC5440].  At least one instance of <END-POINTS> MUST be
 present in this message.
 We have documented the IANA assignment of additional END-POINTS
 Object-Type values in Section 6.5 ("PCEP Objects") of this document.

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3.5. Reply Message Format

 The PCEP Path Computation Reply message (also referred to as a
 PCRep message) is a PCEP message sent by a PCE to a requesting PCC in
 response to a previously received PCReq message.  PCEP supports the
 bundling of multiple replies to a set of path computation requests
 within a single PCRep message.
 The PCRep message is encoded as follows using RBNF as defined in
 [RFC5511].
 Below is the message format for the reply message:
      <PCRep Message> ::= <Common Header>
                         <response-list>
      where:
          <response-list> ::= <response>[<response-list>]
          <response> ::= <RP>
                 [<end-point-path-pair-list>]
                 [<NO-PATH>]
                 [<UNREACH-DESTINATION>]
                 [<attribute-list>]
          <end-point-path-pair-list> ::=
                  [<END-POINTS>]<path>
                  [<end-point-path-pair-list>]
          <path> ::= (<ERO>|<SERO>) [<path>]
      where:
          <attribute-list> ::= [<OF>]
                             [<LSPA>]
                             [<BANDWIDTH>]
                             [<metric-list>]
                             [<IRO>]
          Figure 4: The Message Format for the Reply Message
 The optional END-POINTS object in the reply message is used to
 specify which paths are removed, changed, not changed, or added for
 the request.  The path is only needed for the end points that are
 added or changed.

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 If the E-bit (ERO-Compress bit) was set to 1 in the request, then the
 path will be formed by an ERO followed by a list of SEROs.
 Note that we preserve compatibility with the definition of <response>
 provided in [RFC5440] and with the optional
 <end-point-path-pair-list> and <path>.

3.6. P2MP Objective Functions and Metric Types

3.6.1. Objective Functions

 Six objective functions have been defined in [RFC5541] for P2P path
 computation.
 This document defines two additional objective functions -- namely,
 SPT (Shortest-Path Tree) and MCT (Minimum-Cost Tree) -- that apply to
 P2MP path computation.  Hence, two objective function codes are
 defined as follows:
 Objective Function Code: 7
    Name: Shortest-Path Tree (SPT)
    Description: Minimize the maximum source-to-leaf cost with respect
    to a specific metric or to the TE metric used as the default
    metric when the metric is not specified (e.g., TE or IGP metric).
 Objective Function Code: 8
    Name: Minimum-Cost Tree (MCT)
    Description: Minimize the total cost of the tree (i.e., the sum of
    the costs of tree links) with respect to a specific metric or to
    the TE metric used as the default metric when the metric is not
    specified.
 Processing these two objective functions is subject to the rules
 defined in [RFC5541].

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3.6.2. METRIC Object-Type Values

 There are three types defined for the METRIC object in [RFC5440] --
 namely, the IGP metric, the TE metric, and Hop Counts.  This document
 defines three additional types for the METRIC object: the P2MP IGP
 metric, the P2MP TE metric, and the P2MP hop count metric.  They
 encode the sum of the metrics of all links of the tree.  The
 following values for these metric types have been assigned; see
 Section 6.4.
 o  P2MP IGP metric: T=8
 o  P2MP TE metric: T=9
 o  P2MP hop count metric: T=10

3.7. Non-Support of P2MP Path Computation

 o  If a PCE receives a P2MP path computation request and it
    understands the P2MP flag in the RP object, but the PCE is not
    capable of P2MP computation, the PCE MUST send a PCErr message
    with a PCEP-ERROR object and corresponding Error-value.  The
    request MUST then be cancelled at the PCC.  The Error-Types and
    Error-values have been assigned; see Section 6 ("IANA
    Considerations") of this document.
 o  If the PCE does not understand the P2MP flag in the RP object,
    then the PCE would send a PCErr message with Error-Type=2
    (Capability not supported) as per [RFC5440].

3.8. Non-Support by Back-Level PCE Implementations

 If a PCE receives a P2MP request and the PCE does not understand the
 P2MP flag in the RP object, and therefore the PCEP P2MP extensions,
 then the PCE SHOULD reject the request.

3.9. P2MP TE Path Reoptimization Request

 A reoptimization request for a P2MP TE path is specified by the use
 of the R-bit within the RP object as defined in [RFC5440] and is
 similar to the reoptimization request for a P2P TE path.  The only
 difference is that the PCC MUST insert the list of Record Route
 Objects (RROs) and SRROs after each instance of the END-POINTS object
 in the PCReq message, as described in Section 3.4 ("Request Message
 Format") of this document.

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 An example of a reoptimization request and subsequent PCReq message
 is described below:
                      Common Header
                      RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
                      END-POINTS for leaf type 3
                        RRO list
                      OF (optional)
          Figure 5: PCReq Message Example 1 for Optimization
 In this example, we request reoptimization of the path to all leaves
 without adding or pruning leaves.  The reoptimization request would
 use an END-POINTS object with leaf type 3.  The RRO list would
 represent the P2MP LSP before the optimization, and the modifiable
 path leaves would be indicated in the END-POINTS object.
 It is also possible to specify distinct leaves whose path cannot be
 modified.  An example of the PCReq message in this scenario would be:
                    Common Header
                    RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
                    END-POINTS for leaf type 3
                      RRO list
                    END-POINTS for leaf type 4
                      RRO list
                    OF (optional)
          Figure 6: PCReq Message Example 2 for Optimization

3.10. Adding and Pruning Leaves to/from the P2MP Tree

 When adding new leaves to or removing old leaves from the existing
 P2MP tree, by supplying a list of existing leaves, it is possible to
 optimize the existing P2MP tree.  This section explains the methods
 for adding new leaves to or removing old leaves from the existing
 P2MP tree.
 To add new leaves, the PCC MUST build a P2MP request using END-POINTS
 with leaf type 1.
 To remove old leaves, the PCC MUST build a P2MP request using
 END-POINTS with leaf type 2.  If no type-2 END-POINTS exist, then the
 PCE MUST send Error-Type 17, Error-value 1: the PCE cannot satisfy
 the request due to no END-POINTS with leaf type 2.

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 When adding new leaves to or removing old leaves from the existing
 P2MP tree, the PCC MUST also provide the list of old leaves, if any,
 including END-POINTS with leaf type 3, leaf type 4, or both.
 Specific PCEP-ERROR objects and types are used when certain
 conditions are not satisfied (i.e., when there are no END-POINTS with
 leaf type 3 or 4, or in the presence of END-POINTS with leaf type 1
 or 2).  A generic "Inconsistent END-POINTS" error will be used if a
 PCC receives a request that has an inconsistent END-POINTS setting
 (i.e., if a leaf specified as type 1 already exists).  These IANA
 assignments are documented in Section 6.6 ("PCEP-ERROR Objects and
 Types") of this document.
 For old leaves, the PCC MUST provide the old path as a list of RROs
 that immediately follows each END-POINTS object.  This document
 specifies Error-values when specific conditions are not satisfied.
 The following examples demonstrate full and partial reoptimization of
 existing P2MP LSPs:
 Case 1: Adding leaves with full reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 2: Adding leaves with partial reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)

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 Case 3: Adding leaves without reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 4: Pruning leaves with full reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 5: Pruning leaves with partial reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 6: Pruning leaves without reoptimization of existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)

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 Case 7: Adding and pruning leaves with full reoptimization of
         existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 8: Adding and pruning leaves with partial reoptimization of
         existing paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 3
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)
 Case 9: Adding and pruning leaves without reoptimization of existing
         paths
            Common Header
            RP with P2MP flag/R-bit set
            END-POINTS for leaf type 1
            END-POINTS for leaf type 2
              RRO list
            END-POINTS for leaf type 4
              RRO list
            OF (optional)

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3.11. Discovering Branch Nodes

 Before computing the P2MP path, a PCE may need to be provided means
 to know which nodes in the network are capable of acting as branch
 LSRs.  A PCE can discover such capabilities by using the mechanisms
 defined in [RFC5073].

3.11.1. Branch Node Object

 The PCC can specify a list of nodes that can be used as branch nodes
 or a list of nodes that cannot be used as branch nodes by using the
 Branch Node Capability (BNC) object.  The BNC object has the same
 format as the Include Route Object (IRO) as defined in [RFC5440],
 except that it only supports IPv4 and IPv6 prefix sub-objects.  Two
 Object-Type parameters are also defined:
 o  Branch node list: List of nodes that can be used as branch nodes.
 o  Non-branch node list: List of nodes that cannot be used as branch
    nodes.
 The object can only be carried in a PCReq message.  A path
 computation request may carry at most one Branch Node object.
 The Object-Class and Object-Type values have been allocated by IANA.
 The IANA assignments are documented in Section 6.5 ("PCEP Objects").

3.12. Synchronization of P2MP TE Path Computation Requests

 There are cases when multiple P2MP LSPs' computations need to be
 synchronized.  For example, one P2MP LSP is the designated backup of
 another P2MP LSP.  In this case, path diversity for these dependent
 LSPs may need to be considered during the path computation.
 The synchronization can be done by using the existing SVEC
 functionality as defined in [RFC5440].

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 An example of synchronizing two P2MP LSPs, each having two leaves for
 Path Computation Request messages, is illustrated below:
                    Common Header
                    SVEC for sync of LSP1 and LSP2
                    OF (optional)
                    RP for LSP1
                      END-POINTS1 for LSP1
                      RRO1 list
                    RP for LSP2
                      END-POINTS2 for LSP2
                      RRO2 list
          Figure 7: PCReq Message Example for Synchronization
 This specification also defines two flags for the SVEC Object Flag
 Field for P2MP path-dependent computation requests.  The first flag
 allows the PCC to request that the PCE should compute a secondary
 P2MP path tree with partial path diversity for specific leaves or a
 specific S2L sub-path to the primary P2MP path tree.  The second flag
 allows the PCC to request that partial paths should be
 link direction diverse.
 The following flags are added to the SVEC object body in this
 document:
 o  P (Partial Path Diverse bit - 1 bit):
    When set, this would indicate a request for path diversity for a
    specific leaf, a set of leaves, or all leaves.
 o  D (Link Direction Diverse bit - 1 bit):
    When set, this would indicate a request that a partial path or
    paths should be link direction diverse.
 The IANA assignments are referenced in Section 6.8 of this document.

3.13. Request and Response Fragmentation

 The total PCEP message length, including the common header, is
 16 bytes.  In certain scenarios, the P2MP computation request may not
 fit into a single request or response message.  For example, if a
 tree has many hundreds or thousands of leaves, then the request or
 response may need to be fragmented into multiple messages.

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 The F-bit is outlined in Section 3.3.1 ("The Extension of the RP
 Object") of this document.  The F-bit is used in the RP object to
 signal that the initial request or response was too large to fit into
 a single message and will be fragmented into multiple messages.  In
 order to identify the single request or response, each message will
 use the same request ID.

3.13.1. Request Fragmentation Procedure

 If the initial request is too large to fit into a single request
 message, the PCC will split the request over multiple messages.  Each
 message sent to the PCE, except the last one, will have the F-bit set
 in the RP object to signify that the request has been fragmented into
 multiple messages.  In order to identify that a series of request
 messages represents a single request, each message will use the same
 request ID.
 The assumption is that request messages are reliably delivered and in
 sequence, since PCEP relies on TCP.

3.13.2. Response Fragmentation Procedure

 Once the PCE computes a path based on the initial request, a response
 is sent back to the PCC.  If the response is too large to fit into a
 single response message, the PCE will split the response over
 multiple messages.  Each message sent by the PCE, except the last
 one, will have the F-bit set in the RP object to signify that the
 response has been fragmented into multiple messages.  In order to
 identify that a series of response messages represents a single
 response, each message will use the same response ID.
 Again, the assumption is that response messages are reliably
 delivered and in sequence, since PCEP relies on TCP.

3.13.3. Fragmentation Example

 The following example illustrates the PCC sending a request message
 with Req-ID1 to the PCE, in order to add one leaf to an existing tree
 with 1200 leaves.  The assumption used for this example is that one
 request message can hold up to 800 leaves.  In this scenario, the
 original single message needs to be fragmented and sent using two
 smaller messages, which have Req-ID1 specified in the RP object, and
 with the F-bit set on the first message and the F-bit cleared on the
 second message.

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               Common Header
               RP1 with Req-ID1 and P2MP=1 and F-bit=1
               OF (optional)
               END-POINTS1 for P2MP
                 RRO1 list
               Common Header
               RP2 with Req-ID1 and P2MP=1 and F-bit=0
               OF (optional)
               END-POINTS1 for P2MP
                 RRO1 list
             Figure 8: PCReq Message Fragmentation Example
 To handle a scenario where the last fragmented message piece is lost,
 the receiver side of the fragmented message may start a timer once it
 receives the first piece of the fragmented message.  If the timer
 expires and it still has not received the last piece of the
 fragmented message, it should send an error message to the sender to
 signal that it has received an incomplete message.  The relevant
 error message is documented in Section 3.15 ("P2MP PCEP-ERROR Objects
 and Types").

3.14. UNREACH-DESTINATION Object

 The PCE path computation request may fail because all or a subset of
 the destinations are unreachable.
 In such a case, the UNREACH-DESTINATION object allows the PCE to
 optionally specify the list of unreachable destinations.
 This object can be present in PCRep messages.  There can be up to one
 such object per RP.

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 The following UNREACH-DESTINATION objects (for IPv4 and IPv6) are
 defined:
    UNREACH-DESTINATION Object-Class is 28.
    UNREACH-DESTINATION Object-Type for IPv4 is 1.
    UNREACH-DESTINATION Object-Type for IPv6 is 2.
 The format of the UNREACH-DESTINATION object body for IPv4
 (Object-Type=1) is as follows:
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                  Destination IPv4 address                     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  ~                           ...                                 ~
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                  Destination IPv4 address                     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
          Figure 9: UNREACH-DESTINATION Object Body for IPv4
 The format of the UNREACH-DESTINATION object body for IPv6
 (Object-Type=2) is as follows:
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                                                               |
  |            Destination IPv6 address (16 bytes)                |
  |                                                               |
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  ~                          ...                                  ~
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                                                               |
  |              Destination IPv6 address (16 bytes)              |
  |                                                               |
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
          Figure 10: UNREACH-DESTINATION Object Body for IPv6

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3.15. P2MP PCEP-ERROR Objects and Types

 To indicate an error associated with a policy violation, the
 Error-value "P2MP Path computation is not allowed" has been added to
 the existing error code for Error-Type 5 ("Policy violation") as
 defined in [RFC5440] (see also Section 6.6 of this document):
    Error-Type=5; Error-value=7: if a PCE receives a P2MP path
    computation request that is not compliant with administrative
    privileges (i.e., "The PCE policy does not support P2MP path
    computation"), the PCE MUST send a PCErr message with a PCEP-ERROR
    object (Error-Type=5) and an Error-value of 7.  The corresponding
    P2MP path computation request MUST also be cancelled.
 To indicate capability errors associated with the P2MP path
 computation request, Error-Type (16) and subsequent Error-values are
 defined as follows for inclusion in the PCEP-ERROR object:
    Error-Type=16; Error-value=1: if a PCE receives a P2MP path
    computation request and the PCE is not capable of satisfying the
    request due to insufficient memory, the PCE MUST send a PCErr
    message with a PCEP-ERROR object (Error-Type=16) and an
    Error-value of 1.  The corresponding P2MP path computation request
    MUST also be cancelled.
    Error-Type=16; Error-value=2: if a PCE receives a P2MP path
    computation request and the PCE is not capable of P2MP
    computation, the PCE MUST send a PCErr message with a PCEP-ERROR
    object (Error-Type=16) and an Error-value of 2.  The corresponding
    P2MP path computation request MUST also be cancelled.
 To indicate P2MP message fragmentation errors associated with a P2MP
 path computation request, Error-Type (18) and subsequent Error-values
 are defined as follows for inclusion in the PCEP-ERROR object:
    Error-Type=18; Error-value=1: if a PCE has not received the last
    piece of the fragmented message, it should send an error message
    to the sender to signal that it has received an incomplete message
    (i.e., "Fragmented request failure").  The PCE MUST send a PCErr
    message with a PCEP-ERROR object (Error-Type=18) and an
    Error-value of 1.

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3.16. PCEP NO-PATH Indicator

 To communicate the reasons for not being able to find a P2MP path
 computation, the NO-PATH object can be used in the PCRep message.
 One bit is defined in the NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV carried in the NO-PATH
 object:
    bit 24: when set, the PCE indicates that there is a reachability
    problem with all or a subset of the P2MP destinations.
    Optionally, the PCE can specify the destination or list of
    destinations that are not reachable using the UNREACH-DESTINATION
    object defined in Section 3.14.

4. Manageability Considerations

 [RFC5862] describes various manageability requirements in support of
 P2MP path computation when applying PCEP.  This section describes how
 manageability requirements mentioned in [RFC5862] are supported in
 the context of PCEP extensions specified in this document.
 Note that [RFC5440] describes various manageability considerations
 for PCEP, and most of the manageability requirements mentioned in
 [RFC5862] are already covered there.

4.1. Control of Function and Policy

 In addition to PCE configuration parameters listed in [RFC5440], the
 following additional parameters might be required:
 o  The PCE may be configured to enable or disable P2MP path
    computations.
 o  The PCE may be configured to enable or disable the advertisement
    of its P2MP path computation capability.  A PCE can advertise its
    P2MP capability via the IGP discovery mechanism discussed in
    Section 3.1.1 ("IGP Extensions for P2MP Capability Advertisement")
    or during the Open Message Exchange discussed in Section 3.1.2
    ("Open Message Extension").

4.2. Information and Data Models

 A number of MIB objects have been defined in [RFC7420] for general
 PCEP control and monitoring of P2P computations.  [RFC5862] specifies
 that MIB objects will be required to support the control and
 monitoring of the protocol extensions defined in this document.  A
 new document will be required to define MIB objects for PCEP control
 and monitoring of P2MP computations.

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 The "ietf-pcep" PCEP YANG module is specified in [PCEP-YANG].  The
 P2MP capability of a PCEP entity or a configured peer can be set
 using this YANG module.  Also, support for P2MP path computation can
 be learned using this module.  The statistics are maintained in the
 "ietf-pcep-stats" YANG module as specified in [PCEP-YANG].  This YANG
 module will be required to be augmented to also include the
 P2MP-related statistics.

4.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring

 There are no additional considerations beyond those expressed in
 [RFC5440], since [RFC5862] does not address any additional
 requirements.

4.4. Verifying Correct Operation

 There are no additional requirements beyond those expressed in
 [RFC4657] for verifying the correct operation of the PCEP sessions.
 It is expected that future MIB objects will facilitate verification
 of correct operation and reporting of P2MP PCEP requests, responses,
 and errors.

4.5. Requirements for Other Protocols and Functional Components

 The method for the PCE to obtain information about a PCE capable of
 P2MP path computations via OSPF and IS-IS is discussed in
 Section 3.1.1 ("IGP Extensions for P2MP Capability Advertisement") of
 this document.
 The relevant IANA assignment is documented in Section 6.9 ("OSPF PCE
 Capability Flag") of this document.

4.6. Impact on Network Operation

 It is expected that the use of PCEP extensions specified in this
 document will not significantly increase the level of operational
 traffic.  However, computing a P2MP tree may require more PCE state
 compared to a P2P computation.  In the event of a major network
 failure and multiple recovery P2MP tree computation requests being
 sent to the PCE, the load on the PCE may also be significantly
 increased.

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5. Security Considerations

 As described in [RFC5862], P2MP path computation requests are more
 CPU-intensive and also utilize more link bandwidth.  In the event of
 an unauthorized P2MP path computation request or a denial-of-service
 attack, the subsequent PCEP requests and processing may be disruptive
 to the network.  Consequently, it is important that implementations
 conform to the relevant security requirements that specifically help
 to minimize or negate unauthorized P2MP path computation requests and
 denial-of-service attacks.  These mechanisms include the following:
 o  Securing the PCEP session requests and responses is RECOMMENDED
    using TCP security techniques such as the TCP Authentication
    Option (TCP-AO) [RFC5925] or using Transport Layer Security (TLS)
    [RFC8253], as per the recommendations and best current practices
    in [RFC7525].
 o  Authenticating the PCEP requests and responses to ensure that the
    message is intact and sent from an authorized node using the
    TCP-AO or TLS is RECOMMENDED.
 o  Policy control could be provided by explicitly defining which PCCs
    are allowed to send P2MP path computation requests to the PCE via
    IP access lists.
 PCEP operates over TCP, so it is also important to secure the PCE and
 PCC against TCP denial-of-service attacks.
 As stated in [RFC6952], PCEP implementations SHOULD support the
 TCP-AO [RFC5925] and not use TCP MD5 because of TCP MD5's known
 vulnerabilities and weakness.

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6. IANA Considerations

 IANA maintains a registry of PCEP parameters.  A number of IANA
 considerations have been highlighted in previous sections of this
 document.  IANA made the allocations as per [RFC6006].

6.1. PCEP TLV Type Indicators

 As described in Section 3.1.2, the P2MP capability TLV allows the PCE
 to advertise its P2MP path computation capability.
 IANA had previously made an allocation from the "PCEP TLV Type
 Indicators" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Value       Description          Reference
       6           P2MP capable         RFC 8306

6.2. Request Parameter Bit Flags

 As described in Section 3.3.1, three RP Object Flags have been
 defined.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the PCEP "RP Object Flag
 Field" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Bit      Description                         Reference
       18       Fragmentation (F-bit)               RFC 8306
       19       P2MP (N-bit)                        RFC 8306
       20       ERO-compression (E-bit)             RFC 8306

6.3. Objective Functions

 As described in Section 3.6.1, this document defines two objective
 functions.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the PCEP "Objective
 Function" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Code Point        Name        Reference
       7                 SPT         RFC 8306
       8                 MCT         RFC 8306

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6.4. METRIC Object-Type Values

 As described in Section 3.6.2, three METRIC object T fields have been
 defined.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the PCEP "METRIC Object
 T Field" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Value           Description               Reference
       8               P2MP IGP metric           RFC 8306
       9               P2MP TE metric            RFC 8306
       10              P2MP hop count metric     RFC 8306

6.5. PCEP Objects

 As discussed in Section 3.3.2, two END-POINTS Object-Type values are
 defined.
 IANA had previously made the Object-Type allocations from the "PCEP
 Objects" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Object-Class Value    4
       Name                  END-POINTS
       Object-Type           3: IPv4
                             4: IPv6
                             5-15: Unassigned
       Reference             RFC 8306
 As described in Sections 3.2, 3.11.1, and 3.14, four PCEP
 Object-Class values and six PCEP Object-Type values have been
 defined.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the "PCEP Objects"
 subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has updated the
 reference to point to this document.

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 Also, for the following four PCEP objects, codepoint 0 for the
 Object-Type field is marked "Reserved", as per Erratum ID 4956 for
 RFC 5440.  IANA has updated the reference to point to this document.
       Object-Class Value    28
       Name                  UNREACH-DESTINATION
       Object-Type           0: Reserved
                             1: IPv4
                             2: IPv6
                             3-15: Unassigned
       Reference             RFC 8306
       Object-Class Value    29
       Name                  SERO
       Object-Type           0: Reserved
                             1: SERO
                             2-15: Unassigned
       Reference             RFC 8306
       Object-Class Value    30
       Name                  SRRO
       Object-Type           0: Reserved
                             1: SRRO
                             2-15: Unassigned
       Reference             RFC 8306
       Object-Class Value    31
       Name                  BNC
       Object-Type           0: Reserved
                             1: Branch node list
                             2: Non-branch node list
                             3-15: Unassigned
       Reference             RFC 8306

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6.6. PCEP-ERROR Objects and Types

 As described in Section 3.15, a number of PCEP-ERROR Object
 Error-Types and Error-values have been defined.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the PCEP "PCEP-ERROR Object
 Error Types and Values" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the
 reference.  IANA has updated the reference as follows to point to
 this document.
 Error
 Type  Meaning                                            Reference
 5     Policy violation
         Error-value=7:                                  RFC 8306
           P2MP Path computation is not allowed
 16    P2MP Capability Error
         Error-value=0: Unassigned                       RFC 8306
         Error-value=1:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE cannot satisfy the request
           due to insufficient memory
         Error-value=2:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE is not capable of P2MP computation
 17    P2MP END-POINTS Error
         Error-value=0: Unassigned                       RFC 8306
         Error-value=1:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE cannot satisfy the request
           due to no END-POINTS with leaf type 2
         Error-value=2:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE cannot satisfy the request
           due to no END-POINTS with leaf type 3
         Error-value=3:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE cannot satisfy the request
           due to no END-POINTS with leaf type 4
         Error-value=4:                                  RFC 8306
           The PCE cannot satisfy the request
           due to inconsistent END-POINTS
 18    P2MP Fragmentation Error
         Error-value=0: Unassigned                       RFC 8306
         Error-value=1:                                  RFC 8306
           Fragmented request failure

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6.7. PCEP NO-PATH Indicator

 As discussed in Section 3.16, the NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV Flag Field has
 been defined.
 IANA had previously made an allocation from the PCEP "NO-PATH-VECTOR
 TLV Flag Field" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA
 has updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Bit    Description                               Reference
       24     P2MP Reachability Problem                 RFC 8306

6.8. SVEC Object Flag

 As discussed in Section 3.12, two SVEC Object Flags are defined.
 IANA had previously made allocations from the PCEP "SVEC Object Flag
 Field" subregistry, where RFC 6006 was the reference.  IANA has
 updated the reference as follows to point to this document.
       Bit      Description                              Reference
       19       Partial Path Diverse                     RFC 8306
       20       Link Direction Diverse                   RFC 8306

6.9. OSPF PCE Capability Flag

 As discussed in Section 3.1.1, the OSPF Capability Flag is defined to
 indicate P2MP path computation capability.
 IANA had previously made an assignment from the OSPF Parameters "Path
 Computation Element (PCE) Capability Flags" registry, where RFC 6006
 was the reference.  IANA has updated the reference as follows to
 point to this document.
       Bit      Description                              Reference
       10       P2MP path computation                    RFC 8306

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7. References

7.1. 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>.
 [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>.
 [RFC3473]  Berger, L., Ed., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
            Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation
            Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions",
            RFC 3473, DOI 10.17487/RFC3473, January 2003,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3473>.
 [RFC4873]  Berger, L., Bryskin, I., Papadimitriou, D., and A. Farrel,
            "GMPLS Segment Recovery", RFC 4873, DOI 10.17487/RFC4873,
            May 2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4873>.
 [RFC4875]  Aggarwal, R., Ed., Papadimitriou, D., Ed., and S.
            Yasukawa, Ed., "Extensions to Resource Reservation
            Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for
            Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)",
            RFC 4875, DOI 10.17487/RFC4875, May 2007,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4875>.
 [RFC5073]  Vasseur, J., Ed., and J. Le Roux, Ed., "IGP Routing
            Protocol Extensions for Discovery of Traffic Engineering
            Node Capabilities", RFC 5073, DOI 10.17487/RFC5073,
            December 2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5073>.
 [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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 [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>.
 [RFC5541]  Le Roux, JL., Vasseur, JP., and Y. Lee, "Encoding of
            Objective Functions in the Path Computation Element
            Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5541,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5541, June 2009,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5541>.
 [RFC7770]  Lindem, A., Ed., Shen, N., Vasseur, JP., Aggarwal, R., and
            S. Shaffer, "Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Optional
            Router Capabilities", RFC 7770, DOI 10.17487/RFC7770,
            February 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7770>.
 [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>.

7.2. Informative References

 [PCEP-YANG]
            Dhody, D., Ed., Hardwick, J., Beeram, V., and J. Tantsura,
            "A YANG Data Model for Path Computation Element
            Communications Protocol (PCEP)", Work in Progress,
            draft-ietf-pce-pcep-yang-05, July 2017.
 [RFC4655]  Farrel, A., Vasseur, J.-P., 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>.

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 [RFC5671]  Yasukawa, S. and A. Farrel, Ed., "Applicability of the
            Path Computation Element (PCE) to Point-to-Multipoint
            (P2MP) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)", RFC 5671,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5671, October 2009,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5671>.
 [RFC5862]  Yasukawa, S. and A. Farrel, "Path Computation Clients
            (PCC) - Path Computation Element (PCE) Requirements for
            Point-to-Multipoint MPLS-TE", RFC 5862,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5862, June 2010,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5862>.
 [RFC5925]  Touch, J., Mankin, A., and R. Bonica, "The TCP
            Authentication Option", RFC 5925, DOI 10.17487/RFC5925,
            June 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5925>.
 [RFC6006]  Zhao, Q., Ed., King, D., Ed., Verhaeghe, F., Takeda, T.,
            Ali, Z., and J. Meuric, "Extensions to the Path
            Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) for
            Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering Label Switched
            Paths", RFC 6006, DOI 10.17487/RFC6006, September 2010,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6006>.
 [RFC6952]  Jethanandani, M., Patel, K., and L. Zheng, "Analysis of
            BGP, LDP, PCEP, and MSDP Issues According to the Keying
            and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design
            Guide", RFC 6952, DOI 10.17487/RFC6952, May 2013,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6952>.
 [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>.
 [RFC8253]  Lopez, D., Gonzalez de Dios, O., Wu, Q., and D. Dhody,
            "PCEPS: Usage of TLS to Provide a Secure Transport for the
            Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)",
            RFC 8253, DOI 10.17487/RFC8253, October 2017,
            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8253>.

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Appendix A. Summary of Changes from RFC 6006

 o  Updated the text to use the term "PCC" instead of "user" while
    describing the encoding rules in Section 3.10.
 o  Updated the example in Figure 7 to explicitly include the
    RP object.
 o  Corrected the description of the F-bit in the RP object in
    Section 3.13, as per Erratum ID 3836.
 o  Corrected the description of the fragmentation procedure for the
    response in Section 3.13.2, as per Erratum ID 3819.
 o  Corrected the Error-Type for fragmentation in Section 3.15, as per
    Erratum ID 3830.
 o  Updated the references for the OSPF Router Information Link State
    Advertisement (LSA) [RFC7770] and the PCEP MIB [RFC7420].
 o  Added current information and references for PCEP YANG [PCEP-YANG]
    and PCEPS [RFC8253].
 o  Updated the Security Considerations section to include the TCP-AO
    and TLS.
 o  Updated the IANA Considerations section (Section 6.5) to mark
    codepoint 0 as "Reserved" for the Object-Type defined in this
    document, as per Erratum ID 4956 for [RFC5440].  IANA references
    have also been updated to point to this document.

Appendix A.1. RBNF Changes from RFC 6006

 o  Updates to the RBNF for the request message format, per
    Erratum ID 4867:
  • Updated the request message to allow for the bundling of

multiple path computation requests within a single PCReq

       message.
  • Added <svec-list> in PCReq messages. This object was missed in

[RFC6006].

  • Added the BNC object in PCReq messages. This object is

required to support P2MP. The BNC object shares the same

       format as the IRO, but it only supports IPv4 and IPv6 prefix
       sub-objects.

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  • Updated the <RRO-List> format to also allow the SRRO. This

object was missed in [RFC6006].

  • Removed the BANDWIDTH object followed by the RRO from

<RRO-List>. The BANDWIDTH object was included twice in

       RFC 6006 -- once as part of <end-point-path-pair-list> and also
       as part of <RRO-List>.  The latter has been removed, and the
       RBNF is backward compatible with [RFC5440].
  • Updated the <end-point-rro-pair-list> to allow an optional

BANDWIDTH object only if <RRO-List> is included.

 o  Updates to the RBNF for the reply message format, per
    Erratum ID 4868:
  • Updated the reply message to allow for bundling of multiple

path computation replies within a single PCRep message.

  • Added the UNREACH-DESTINATION object in PCRep messages. This

object was missed in [RFC6006].

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Acknowledgements

 The authors would like to thank Adrian Farrel, Young Lee, Dan Tappan,
 Autumn Liu, Huaimo Chen, Eiji Oki, Nic Neate, Suresh Babu K, Gaurav
 Agrawal, Vishwas Manral, Dan Romascanu, Tim Polk, Stewart Bryant,
 David Harrington, and Sean Turner for their valuable comments and
 input on this document.
 Thanks to Deborah Brungard for handling related errata for RFC 6006.
 The authors would like to thank Jonathan Hardwick and Adrian Farrel
 for providing review comments with suggested text for this document.
 Thanks to Jonathan Hardwick for being the document shepherd and for
 providing comments and guidance.
 Thanks to Ben Niven-Jenkins for RTGDIR reviews.
 Thanks to Roni Even for GENART reviews.
 Thanks to Fred Baker for the OPSDIR review.
 Thanks to Deborah Brungard for being the responsible AD and guiding
 the authors.
 Thanks to Mirja Kuehlewind, Alvaro Retana, Ben Campbell, Adam Roach,
 Benoit Claise, Suresh Krishnan, and Eric Rescorla for their IESG
 review and comments.

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Contributors

 Fabien Verhaeghe
 Thales Communication France
 160 boulevard Valmy
 92700 Colombes
 France
 Email: fabien.verhaeghe@gmail.com
 Tomonori Takeda
 NTT Corporation
 3-9-11, Midori-Cho
 Musashino-Shi, Tokyo  180-8585
 Japan
 Email: tomonori.takeda@ntt.com
 Zafar Ali
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
 2000 Innovation Drive
 Kanata, Ontario  K2K 3E8
 Canada
 Email: zali@cisco.com
 Julien Meuric
 Orange
 2, Avenue Pierre Marzin
 22307 Lannion Cedex
 France
 Email: julien.meuric@orange.com
 Jean-Louis Le Roux
 Orange
 2, Avenue Pierre Marzin
 22307 Lannion Cedex
 France
 Email: jeanlouis.leroux@orange.com
 Mohamad Chaitou
 France
 Email: mohamad.chaitou@gmail.com
 Udayasree Palle
 Huawei Technologies
 Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield
 Bangalore, Karnataka  560066
 India
 Email: udayasreereddy@gmail.com

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Authors' Addresses

 Quintin Zhao
 Huawei Technologies
 125 Nagog Technology Park
 Acton, MA  01719
 United States of America
 Email: quintin.zhao@huawei.com
 Dhruv Dhody (editor)
 Huawei Technologies
 Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield
 Bangalore, Karnataka  560066
 India
 Email: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com
 Ramanjaneya Reddy Palleti
 Huawei Technologies
 Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield
 Bangalore, Karnataka  560066
 India
 Email: ramanjaneya.palleti@huawei.com
 Daniel King
 Old Dog Consulting
 United Kingdom
 Email: daniel@olddog.co.uk

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