RFC 9791

Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and Ancillary Data, July 2025

File formats:

icon for HTML icon for text file icon for v3pdf icon for XML
Also available: XML file for editing
 
Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Authors:
T. Saad
K. Makhijani
H. Song
G. Mirsky
Stream:
IETF
Source:
mpls (rtg)

Cite this RFC: TXT  |  XML  |   BibTeX

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9791

Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to the mailing list mpls@ietf.org

Other actions: Submit Errata  |  Find IPR Disclosures from the IETF  |  View History of RFC 9791


Abstract

This document presents use cases that have a common feature that may be addressed by encoding network action indicators and associated ancillary data within MPLS packets. There is community interest in extending the MPLS data plane to carry such indicators and ancillary data to address these use cases.

The use cases described in this document are not an exhaustive set but rather the ones that have been actively discussed by members of the IETF MPLS, PALS, and DetNet Working Groups from the beginning of work on MPLS Network Action (MNA) until the publication of this document.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




Advanced Search