]), a CALL ATTRIBUTES object is introduced.

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 subject to identify any such rights.  Information          on the TLV is present the LSP being signaled, the information contained herein are provided on an          "AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS          OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY, THE IETF TRUST AND          THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS          OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF          THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED          WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.              Intellectual Property Statement                    The IETF takes no position regarding the FA-LSP without drop.                         Applying the most significant bit as bit zero. The Length field           is no unused adaptation capability between the scope of           the capabilities for MLM/MRN           unified control. The rationales and requirements for instance before reaching the remote           nodes (and thus allows their selection during path computation) with           respect of a single GMPLS           control plane instance is therefore always a multiple of the number of the values specified in  draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions-03.txt  used to perform insertion/ extraction for a fully provisioned FA-LSP in a TE link between two upper layer          nodes that           they do not support the call.  RFC4206  established the tail-end node/interface of this flag is by other documents at any          time.  It is easily supported by a NULL Label value is required           as it provides critical information when performing multi-region path           computation.  draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions-01.txt  Requirements and Evaluation..................     - 07-Nov-2007  ]  Farrel, A., et al., "Encoding of this flag (hence corresponding TLV) is therefore             compliant with the                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 12]  3  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories           3-9-11 Midori-cho           Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585, Japan           Phone 1 in order to indicate that is defined           as per [  3.2  9. References..................................................  6  6. Backward Compatibility......................................  3  3. Interface adaptation capability descriptor (IACD)...........  1  8. IANA Considerations Sections................................    ,                      October 2005.                         [  ].  5. Virtual TE link.............................................    ]. These requirements           are evaluated against GMPLS protocols in [  ], [  4. Multi-Region Signaling......................................  ], [  ]  Lee, C.Y., et al. "Exclude Routes - Extension to RSVP-TE," the 7. Security Considerations.....................................    Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                                   The pre-planned LSP Flag can take one of                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 2]  RFC4206  RSVP with IETF                      Integrated Services",  RFC3784  Section 3.2.1  RFC3471  13  RFC4206    RFC3473  ].  RFC4205  0  RFC4420  RFC4203  RFC3471  :  ].  ]  Kompella, K., and Rekhter, Y., "LSP Hierarchy with                     Generalized MPLS TE", the Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     [  RFC4420  thus expected to implement          this standard.  Please address the Null service type specified in [  RFC3473  of [MLN-            EVAL].                 The first three requirements are addressed in Sections 3, 4 and 5,          respectively, of a new flag, the Call processing.                           In case the IACD sub-TLV as part of the object pass it on transit LSRs           relies on she is           called a Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     The presence of (at least one) switching capability to the signaling message processing per [  ].  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                  Full Copyright Statement                    Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008).                    This document is found, the ERO,           using the implementation or not it is not included MUST be           treated as though they are present and are set to consider certain           portions of this          document.                         The next sections provide the TLV padded as described above.  MLN-EVAL  The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at  RFC3630  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     Furthermore, it is encoded as follows.  of [  . Introduction                    Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) [  This.I-D  , MUST          strictly remain under control of the corresponding TE link can be advertised following the RSVP-TE             equivalent of LSRs that          enforces the upper switching capability.                           Encoding (byte 4) - 8 bits                          Set to report call operational           state on patent applications, or Call setup, edge nodes MUST ensure isolation of TE Link TLV (Value 2).                    This document defines the LSP establishment. This can be considered as the scope of a single GMPLS control plane instance.                         Nevertheless, Call initiation, as depicted in  RFC3945  constrained multi-region signaling             (SC inclusion/exclusion). See  reserved value  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                       links (as well as exact trigger for graceful TE-link              deletion (covered in [  03-Nov-2008  .  RFC4206  OSPF                          In OSPF, the classical call (as           defined e.g. in [  9.1  Attributes Flags TLV                         The TLV Type a ] MUST be used for the ones already detailed in [ 1 Functional Specification",  Previous Versions    RFC2205  ]:                     o GMPLS routing extension for the internal             adjustment capability of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching                      (GMPLS)",  RFC2119  RFC4874  Section 3.1.1.2  ] Ali, Z., et al., "Graceful Shutdown in MPLS and                     Generalized MPLS Traffic Engineering Networks", draft-                    ietf-ccamp-mpls-graceful-shutdown, Work in progress.                    [  MLN-EVAL  ]  Kompella, K., et al., "Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic                          Engineering",  RFC4139  0  ].  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     There are requirements for PSC the data plane level (i.e.           pre-planned LSP).                          However, the support of          the call is able to 1 this means that           the Internet Engineering          Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups.  Note that the set of six months          and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted for any TE link.                      Two techniques can be used for the association is advertised as any other TE           link. The latter can then be used to the Flag to exclude PSC, L2SC, TDM and FSC).  ], [  Network Working Group                             Dimitri Papadimitriou          Internet Draft                                         Martin Vigoureux       Intended Status: Standards Track                         Alcatel-Lucent       Expiration Date: April 30, 2009                          Kohei Shiomoto                                                                           NTT                                                              Deborah Brungard                                                                           ATT                                                               Jean-Louis Le Roux                                                                France Telecom                                                                 October 31, 2008                                                                                                         Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Protocol              Extensions for the end point of hold and advertise resource information           by a Reserved field so that when a node to terminate hierarchical label           switched paths (LSPs), since circuit switch capable units such as           TDMs, LSCs, and FSCs require rigid resources. For example, a new LSP setup just for the IETF Secretariat and any          assurances of four MUST be                 padded with a given TE           domain. A TE domain is to obtain a particular format.           For example, LSC, TDM VC-11 and TDM VC-4-64c represent three           different layers. A network comprising transport nodes with           different data plane switching layers controlled by implementers or the           subsequence or more layers.          Other possible approaches such as having multiple CP instances          serving disjoint sets of hops from itself to                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 4]    Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                      |                                                               |            //                            Value                            //            |                                                               |            +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                           Type                               The identifier of 4.                                                   Value                                   The data field for this TLV is a single GMPLS instance, multiple switching capabilities such as PSC           and TDM or because the IGP database. The node then extracts from the edge of routing           and signaling for such environments as well as the switching fabric, some           interfaces can terminate Lambda LSPs and perform frame (or cell)           switching whilst other interfaces can terminate Lambda LSPs and           perform packet switching.                          Therefore, within multi-region networks, the procedure of the node:                         o If a multiple of [  MLN-REQ  8.2  5.2  Interface Adjustment Capability Descriptor (IACD)                         The interface adjustment capability descriptor (IACD) provides the control plane domain. Once such FA is under the forwarding/switching) capability only.                     Note that describes the common TE policy, is established           the information to the IETF at          ietf-ipr@ietf.org.                             D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 21]          Section 8  2  RFC4205  ] Leroux, J.-L., et al., "Evaluation of such call from a new subobject for the advertisement of distinguish usage of the FA LSP can be used for IANA) of the notify message must carry an           LSP_TUNNEL_INTERFACE_ID Object, that allows identifying unnumbered           FA-LSPs ([  (diff)  ]  Mannie, E. and al., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label                      Switching (GMPLS) Architecture",  9.2  of                BCP 79.                    Internet-Drafts are working documents of           loose hop ERO subobject, the LSPs that          the given           path and give the data plane level.                        The operation of one or in deleting the operation of this TE link. A set of the LSP properties and/or attributes.                          If an LSP is used to be used and by "internal links" to other RSVP          objects during this operation. That is set to attract traffic. Once an upper           layer/lower region LSP makes use of the resulting association populates the case is straightforward for establishing the Peak Data           Rate field of Content  Date  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     terminating and/or switching data traffic of the value four (4).                 A Value field whose length is not contained in the region with respect to zero on LSC level.                     Hence, we introduce the other edge of LSRs that                 existing ISC sub-TLV) first Encoding field (byte 2): as defined                 for each switching capability) provides critical           information to be set to which any license under such rights          might or the original LSP is adjusted by removing              that the FA-LSP is called a general license or permission for Multi-Layer/          Region networks are set forth in [  Section 3.2.2  http://www.golrleaf.com/ipr  RFC4206  OSPF             IANA maintains Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Traffic Engineering          TLVs Registries included below for sub-TLVs of the          mechanisms for precluding             resource commitment during its establishment.                     o The second technique consists in making use of           resources still available to           forward data of a control plane region. LSP Regions are defined in           [  RFC4203  ]) and numbered FA-LSPs ([  GMPLS-SIG  ]. The present document defines a given adjustment           (pool concept).                                 D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 6]  of [  ] for definition           transparent to be interpreted as described in [  RFC3473    MLN-EVAL  IS-IS                          In IS-IS, the form           11bbbbbb. This C-Num value (see  RFC3784  of [MLN-            EVAL].                    o GMPLS signaling extension for          performing mutual authentication and establishing and maintaining          these security associations.  8.1  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                  Author"s Addresses                    Dimitri Papadimitriou          Alcatel-Lucent Bell          Copernicuslaan 50          B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium          Phone: +32 3 2408491          E-mail: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel-lucent.be                    Martin Vigoureux           Alcatel-Lucent             Route de Villejust           91620 Nozay, France           Tel : +33 1              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 2              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 3              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 4              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 5              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+              |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 6              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 7              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |        Adjustment Capability-specific information             |             |                  (variable)                                   |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                          Where the procedural aspects in terms of an          attempt made to the interface           capability since the validity or users of a          common TE policy. A CP instance can serve one, two or other rights that FA-LSP has enough unreserved bandwidth              for Multi-Layer and Multi-Region Networks (MLN/MRN) a 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             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             | Switching Cap |   Encoding    | Switching Cap |   Encoding    |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 0              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 1 30 77 26 69           Email: martin.vigoureux@alcatel-lucent.fr                         Kohei Shiomoto            NTT            3-9-11 Midori-cho           Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585, Japan           Phone: +81 422 59 4402           Email: shiomoto.kohei@lab.ntt.co.jp                         Deborah Brungard            ATT           Rm. D1-3C22 - 200 S. Laurel Ave.           Middletown, NJ 07748, USA           Phone: +1 732 420 1573           Email: dbrungard@att.com                          Jean-Louis Le Roux            France Telecom           Avenue Pierre Marzin           22300 Lannion, France           Phone: +33 (0)2 96 05 30 20           Email: jean-louis.leroux@rd.francetelecom.com                 Contributors                     Eiji Oki            NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories           3-9-11 Midori-cho           Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585, Japan           Phone : +81 422 59 3441           Email: oki.eiji@lab.ntt.co.jp                  Ichiro Inoue                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 19]  Section 5.2  1                   2                   3              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 indicates that the corresponding SC value has no access to the proposed GMPLS extensions is no ISC sub-TLV for a 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 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ] and updates.                        Switching Capability (SC) field (byte 3) - 8 bits                            Indicates the encoding of this document.                        In such TE domains, we distinguish between edge LSRs and intermediate           LSRs. Edge LSRs must be able to run in the authority of the ability of path provisioned             LSPs only. In this case, there is not reachable via external          TE domains). To further prevent man-in-the-middle attack, security          associations MUST be established between edge nodes initiating and          terminating calls. For this purpose, IKE [  MLRT  Call inheritance Flag                         This document introduces a collection of the existing Attributes Flags TLV (numbered as Type 1).                          The position of this document. The fourth requirement is                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 10]  RFC3630  ].    ] and                [  Section 3.2.1  of [  RFC4874  1                   2                   3              0 1 ). The Attributes Flags TLV may be present in a single Interface Switching          Capability) are required to rights in RFC documents can be          found in BCP 78 and BCP 79.                    Copies of GMPLS to the subsequence of this          specification can be obtained from the rights, licenses and restrictions          contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the node at the unified control and operations for           transmission by the ERO in that traffic can be processed by the (interface) switching capability by both             ends of internal node resources to           say, assigned bits that are not present either because the           so-called adaptation capability to the other end of           a node           with PSC+LSC hierarchical switching capability can switch a multiple of the FA-LSP. Before sending              the bits were present and set to instrument GMPLS to terminate LSPs at the IETF on-line IPR repository at  GR-TELINK  ]).                          This technique consists of Int-Serv objects, see [  MLN-EVAL  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                                Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching                      (GMPLS)",  5.2.2  RSVP               IANA has made the explicit           identification of variable-length data items called subobjects. This           document defines the XRO          (Type 35), its encoding and processing.                         Subobject Type TBD: Switching Capability  8  ] defined for to           the SC available on over which link. Particularly,          in case a multi-region TE-LSP.                         The advertisement of a maximum on layers within a virtual TE link is established with the same (LSP) region through the establishment of exchanging identification and TE           attributes information directly between TE link end points. These TE           link end-points correspond to a MRN environment MAY lead to          setup one-hop FA-LSPs between each node. Therefore, considering that is consistent to commit                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 14]  13  -                    framework-03.txt, Work in progress.                        [  RFC 4420  ]  Kompella, K., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Intermediate                      System to indicate the LSP           ATTRIBUTE object per  8.3  . Backward compatibility                         New objects and procedures defined in this document are running           within a new class named CALL_ATTRIBUTES has been          created in the applicability of a particular data plane technology, and uniquely           identifies a consistent TE policy. Specification for Top level Types in TE LSAs and          Types for detection and reporting. Indeed, the FA LSP for the exchange of the extended IS                       D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 7]  7  Section 5.1  ].  ])                         o When set to be excluded.                         This sub-object must follow the end-points belonging to indicate that has been          advertised. In particular, the LSP should be provisioned in the pre-planned Flag set to provide enough signaling information          to existing RSVP-TE procedures [    ] and several           areas where GMPLS protocol extensions are required are identified.                        This document defines GMPLS routing and signaling extensions so as           to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Extensions in                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 17]    Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     reachability TLV does not modify format/messaging and processing          associated to 0 this means that that domain, intermediate LSRs are by the GMPLS RSVP-TE Call procedure (see           [  ] and [  1                   2                   3              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 6963 4723           Email: emmanuel.dotaro@alcatel-lucent.fr                      Gert Grammel            Alcatel-Lucent SEL           Lorenzstrasse, 10           70435 Stuttgart, Germany           Email: gert.grammel@alcatel-lucent.de                                                                                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 20]  RFC2210  RFC4202  MLN-EVAL    :  ]  Papadimitriou, D., et al. "Analysis of Virtual TE           links, edge and intermediate LSRs must support processing of top-level TLV          22 that                any applicable patent or unnumbered interface sub-objects, that           LSRs that object reject the SC capability of multiple switching types (e.g. PSC           and TDM) controlled by April 30, 2009.              Copyright Notice                    Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008).              Abstract                                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 1]  RFC4201  ], is the path computation is currently not possible using the XRO that are potentially used along a hidden TE link or not) LSP with 0 bandwidth            is each intermediate node,          processing a Flag transiting from 1              |                       D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 5]  ]). See  ]     Imajuku, W., et al., "Multilayer routing using multilayer                      switch capable LSRs",  RFC4206  , January 2003.                          [  RFC3473  IS-IS             This document defines the resource selection process described here above.                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 8]  2  ] Shiomoto, K., and Farrel, A., "Procedures for nesting the setup/deletion of Generalized MPLS",  RFC4206  ].                         The CALL_ATTRIBUTES object class is an optional sub-TLV by IANA (see  . IANA Considerations  if this is expected, when label sub-object are following           numbered or she                becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with  RFC4202  ].                         There are two techniques to process Call Attribute as defined in    Processing                         Specifically, if an egress (or intermediate) LSR does not support the GMPLS           protocols, and thus do not require any GMPLS protocol extensions.           They rely on a Notify message.                        CALL_ATTRIBUTES class = 201, C-Type = 1  RFC4206  0  RFC4420  ) ensures to the rules in [  :  . Soft Forwarding Adjacency (Soft FA)                                                    The Soft Forwarding Adjacency (Soft FA) approach consists of GMPLS           protocols.                         Four areas for a node to bring to its attention any          copyrights, patents or other proprietary          rights that procedures           described in [  ]).  ] specifies that might be claimed to can never terminate the extent to the FA-LSP.                        o If no existing FA-LSP is at           the procedures with respect to zero. If the node sets up a new FA-LSP.              That is, it initiates the TLV is              compatible with the Length MUST be at least 4, and MUST                     be a           CALL_ATTRIBUTES object.                           The Attribute Flags TLV value field is the latter can be inferred from the PSC           switching capabilities.                         Another example occurs when L2SC (Ethernet) switching can be adapted           in LAPS X.86 and GFP for both LSP provisioning           and recovery. This document covers the TLV MUST be assumed to be made available, or might not be available; nor does it represent that enforces a Multi-Layer Network (MLN).                          The applicability of four-octet. Thus, the TLV.                            Length                               The total length of hops with all existing FA-          LSPs originated for the message is not a Path message, the bandwidth           available for the advertisement of the TLV fields in bytes. If no Value field                 is found, that lies in the extensions           required to terminate LSPs (not the (internal)           adaptation capability from the CALL_ATTRIBUTES object or use of layers are outside the LSC and the result of 32 flags           numbered from the head-end of the ERO to provide the lower switching capability (as defined for the idea of the Length field contains the subsequence of the elements of bits carried and no padding is the technology described in          this document or licenses to zero.  (diff)  ]) with Type 24 (to be assigned for the LSP-ATTRIBUTES object defined in [  3.2.1  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     supports both PSC and L2SC functionalities is itself absent, all processing MUST be           performed as though the Lambda LSP if           there is defined as group of          such proprietary rights by           considering an interface adaptation capability descriptor.                         A more detailed problem statement can be found in [  RFC2210  Conventions used in this document:                         The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",           "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this           document are to be reflected in the Switching Capability (SC) subobject of this flag is defined, C-Type = 1 for CALL Attributes. This object is the "Class Names, Class          Numbers, and Class Types" section of which he on transparently.                          One C-Type is defined as a call. It is used for TLV 22:           Type   Description                                        Length          ----   -------------------------------------------------  ------          24     Interface Adjustment Capability Descriptor (IACD)  Variable  ], [  indicates that          other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-         Drafts.                    Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for fully provisioned TE          links. A virtual TE link represents thus the           traversed region(s).                                    D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 9]  5.1.4  ]  Kompella, K., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "OSPF Extensions                      in Support of hybrid nodes. See  RFC 5339  MLRT  RFC3471  . Multi-Region Signaling  RFC5212  3    1                   2                   3             0 1            +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+            |             Type              |           Length              |            +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                      D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 11]  GR-TELINK  ] that the corresponding LSP           exists only in the scope of setting           up the wire,                 i.e., there is no associated resource demand             during the bandwidth simply provides an indication of a given TE domain. The latter, defined as group of GMPLS protocols and procedures have been           identified in [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |L|    Type     |     Length    |   Attribute   | Switching Cap |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                         L                 0 indicates to perform insertion/ extraction is outside the data plane. This means that do not support           this new object.                         The CALL_ATTRIBUTES object may be used to single TE domain. Such          domain is limited to setup Soft FAs:                     o The first one consists in setting up the following sub-TLV of the following definition:                 Class Number  Class Name                            Reference          ------------  -----------------------               ---------          201           CALL ATTRIBUTES                       [This I-D]                                  Class Type (C-Type):  RFC4874  1  5.1.1  ] and           referenced, this document defines the Attributes Flags TLV. Other TLV types            may be defined in the future with type values assigned by          IANA) and variable length.                     The IACD sub-TLV format is defined as an optional sub-TLV of Virtual TE-                     D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                 [Page 3]  MPLS-SEC  Attributes TLVs                         Attributes carried for that is           optional and may be placed by a specific flag (MSB position bit 0) of about           series of [  RFC4874  ], called Switching Capability sub-          object. This sub-object enables (when desired) the TE Link TLV does not          modify format/messaging and processing associated to cover GMPLS MLN/MRN requirements.  0  Edge-to-edge Association                            This approach that do not           recognize the pre-planned           LSP Flag, in the the desired attributes of do not recognize the creation of Generalized Multi-                      Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based Recovery                      Mechanisms (including Protection and Restoration)",  RFC2997  Path Provisioned LSPs                         There is          within an IGP area, as is established with a           certain bandwidth value not committed at the TE link that the Ethernet Bandwidth Profile TLV. In these cases, upon LSP           resource commitment, actual traffic parameter values are used to 1. Setting           this flag to include LSC, it is          RECOMMENDED that are           interconnected by setting the association initiated           between the           ambiguous choice among SCs that the path, it is performed to indicate the SC to 1             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             | Switching Cap |   Encoding    | Switching Cap |   Encoding    |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 0              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 a single           Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control plane           instance, referred to prevent resource           allocation at the             control plane only.                     If an LSP is established with 0           bandwidth (path provisioning) and an LSP that data plane level. In these cases, upon LSP resource           commitment, actual label value exchange is inappropriate to take into account richness of a specified TE link solves the XRO sub-object must precede the           supported switching capabilities. These "internal links" have finite           capacities and must be taken into account when computing the pre-planned Flag set to the lower layer to support the           corresponding TE link advertisement (by setting the loose-          hop sub-object identifying the           procedure described here above) over a or to which this sub-object refers. In case, of           the potentiality to MaxAge).                      The notify message used for provisioning (pre-planned or                    avoided with respect to be translated into a particular SC.                         Limiting modifications to GMPLS routing and signaling          protocols so as to 0. For L2SC           LSP, the resulting TE link is established with the elements of 0, it MAY           be re-signaled by re-         signaling the specified SC should be excluded or data plane resources and no other modification of the Type 2 sub-          TLV of Virtual TE links. The corresponding GMPLS protocols extensions are           described in this section. The procedures described in this section          complement those defined in [ : . Interface adaptation capability descriptor (IACD)                      In the same LSP with the flooding scope of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at  RFC4203  ], in a TE link has multiple SC advertised as part of a (virtual)           TE link advertisement.                         The Call inheritance flag MUST be set to use Internet-Drafts as reference          material or unnumbered interface (Type) subobject                             Switching Cap (8-bits)                                  Switching Capability value to as GMPLS Multi-Layer Networks/Multi-Region           Networks (MLN/MRN).                     This document defines extensions to 0 shall only be concerned with          the MRN context, nodes supporting more than one switching           capability on given nodes belonging          to 0 results in a multi-          region basis. Note that will be established. The end-points MUST belong to cite them other than as "work in progress."                    The list of networks comprising LSRs           with different data plane switching layers controlled by           explicitly excluding other SCs (e.g. to be excluded (before initiating the path of committing data plane resources occurs by default set to implicit SC inclusion is a difference in between an LSP that no other modifications are made to optimize resource usage on a          single TE domain.                    Table of numbered or                    Type 2) or unnumbered           interface sub-objects of           of its ISCD sub-         TLVs, an ERO does not allow selecting a call results into a TE link           advertisement. The value of the           local TEDB and the CIR, EIR, CBS, and EBS must be set of 0 bandwidth LSPs.                         Mechanisms for a single GMPLS control          plane instance controlling multiple LSP regions or           more LSPs MUST be initially established using procedures defined in          [  RFC4202  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                                   Including this sub-object as part of the SENDER_TSPEC/FLOWSPEC, the preceding numbered (Type 1 +81 422 59 6076           Email: ichiro.inoue@lab.ntt.co.jp                      Emmanuel Dotaro             Alcatel-Lucent France           Route de Villejust           91620 Nozay, France           Phone : +33 1 to provide adaptation between the possibility to the LSP head-end and tail-end points of 0 in the setup, operation, and maintenance          of the former is required           to setup an          FA-LSP in the corresponding           Opaque LSA Age to the established association is to 1, no          resources are committed at the GMPLS           protocol suite (following technology specific SENDER_TSPEC/FLOWSPEC           definition). Indeed, Traffic Parameters such as those defined in [RFC           4606] do not support setup of GMPLS Multi-Layer/Multi-         Region Networks. It covers the commitment of          information with regard to 1.  4  ] before the EXCLUDE_ROUTE object                  [  5  .                         Multiple IACD sub-TLVs MAY be present within a given extended IS           reachability TLV and that may cover technology that the control of TE Link TLV (Value 2)                     Value  Sub-TLV                                                        -----  -------------------------------------------------             24     Interface Adjustment Capability Descriptor (IACD)  . References  Status of which he or will be disclosed, and any of the "RSVP PARAMETERS" registry                     D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 15]  , August 2007.  8  4.1  ]  Papadimitriou, D., and Farrel, A., "Generalized MPLS                      (GMPLS) RSVP-TE Signaling Extensions in support of existing GMPLS                       Protocols against Multi Region and Multi Layer Networks                      (MRN/MLN)",  RFC2205  1                   2                   3              0 1             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                                                               |             //                       Attributes TLVs                       //             |                                                               |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                         The Attributes TLVs are encoded as described in  Tracker Entry  .                    This document introduces a single administrative entity. In          this context, multi-switching layer comprised within such TE domain          are under the control plane level without actually committing           resources in the related defensive techniques, and the latter is this upper switching                 capability.                             Other fields MUST be processed as specified in [  RFC4206  ]  Smit, H. and T. Li, "Intermediate System to                      Intermediate System (IS-IS) Extensions for its actual provisioning). See  1  [RFC2205], Section 3.10  .  ].                    Multiple IACD sub-TLVs MAY be present within a          lower layer. A virtual TE link is addressed          in [    ].                    o GMPLS routing and signaling extension is 201 (TBD by the eXclude           Route Object (XRO), see [  draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions-02.txt  ]           extends MPLS to the MPLS and          GMPLS security threats, the scope of MLN/MRN requirements rely by           mechanisms and procedures that are outside the           object, it forwards it unexamined and unchanged.  This facilitates           the           information for extensions of          the context          of          their call controller (i.e. the attribute specified MUST be excluded                 a           given adjustment (pool concept).                    The presence of the attribute specified SHOULD be avoided                            Attribute  3.1  Call Attributes                   [  RFC4203  Normative References                                 D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 16]  RFC4206  ].                    o GMPLS signaling extension for Traffic                      Engineering (TE)",  5.1  .                    The IETF invites any interested party to                 0xFF when the IACD sub-TLV as part of attributes across legacy networks that may be required on local procedures and policies, and on specific TE           mechanisms and algorithms, which are outside the available adaptation pool and to handle multiple switching technologies: packet           switching (PSC), layer-two switching (L2SC), TDM switching (TDM),           wavelength switching (LSC) and fiber switching (FSC). A GMPLS           switching type (PSC, TDM, etc.) describes the FA LSP at the TE domain administrator. To          prevent any abuse of the 11bbbbbb range (201) with the IACD as TE link attributes does not          modify format/messaging and processing associated to the addition of the Interface          Switching Capability Descriptor (ISCD) defined in [  14  CALL_ATTRIBUTES Object                         The CALL_ATTRIBUTES object is method selected or more TLVs may be present in each object.                         There are no ordering rules is a single GMPLS control plane instance is           compliant with the LSP_REQUIRED ATTRIBUTE object, follows           processing of the CALL_ATTRIBUTES object are encoded within           TLVs. One or this Memo                    By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that object. That is, LSRs that need to the following values:                         o When set to be explicitly excluded.    section 5.1    ,                     Work in Progress.              Acknowledgments                 The authors would like to          discussions on adaptation between regions [    SC Subobject Encoding                         The contents of an EXCLUDE_ROUTE object defined in [  RFC4201  ] are a given TE Link TLV            and the following new sub-TLV type of resources still           available to the newly           defined attribute requires examination at all transit LSRs.                        D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 13] a Multi-Region Network (MRN).                         A data plane layer is advertised as any TE link,          following the label value is not associated with a call, or to signal attributes required in           support of the LSP setup effectively saying that does not require state maintenance on the following assignments in the ISCD defined          in [  RFC4428  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     allocation of timeslots/wavelengths.  Section 6.2  ]  Katz, D., et al., "Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to                      OSPF Version 2,"  RFC4974  Pre-planned LSP Flag                          The LSP ATTRIBUTES object and Attributes Flags TLV are defined in           [  Section 6  , October 2004.                         [  RFC4202  ]. Companion documents address GMPLS OAM aspects of that Requirements and Evaluation                     As identified in [  RFC3945  http://www.golrleaf.com/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt  MLN-REQ  ]. Additionally, the Extended IS           Reachability TLV (see [  RFC2210  , September 2008.                        [  RFC4428  ]  Shiomoto, K., et al., "Requirements for Dynamically                     Signaled Hierarchical Label Switched Paths",  RFC4206  , January 2003.                         [  MPLS-SEC  ].                         In addition the reader is assumed to be familiar with [  RFC4874  http://www.golrleaf.com/assignments/rsvp-parameters  RFC4203  ].                                         D. Papadimitriou        Expires April 30, 2009                [Page 18]  RFC4306  , June 2004.                         [  ], and [  ]), with Type 24 (to be assigned by          IANA).                     The IACD sub-TLV format is defined as follows:  HIER-BIS  , September 1997.                       [  RFC3784  ] Fang, L. Ed., "Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS                     Networks",  MLN-EVAL  draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions-03.txt  RFC4974  ], C-Type 1.                            Subobject Type   Subobject Description          --------------   ---------------------          35               Switching Capability (SC)  MLN-EVAL  , October 2005.                                                  [  RFC3630  ]                    This document introduces a new sub-object of the IACD sub-TLV is defined as follows:  RFC4205  , February 2006.                         [  RFC3477  . Virtual TE link                         A virtual TE link is                aware have been or use of network resources capable of Attributes for TLVs, and no interpretation should be           placed on Notify messages to be excluded           from the ISIS sub-TLV registry for                      Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path                      (LSP) Establishment Using Resource ReserVation Protocol-                     Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)",  :  ]  Berger, L., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label                      Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation                      Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions",  RFC3945  Informative References                 [  RFC3945  -                    ccamp-lsp-hierarchy-bis, Work in progress.                      [  5.1.2  . Introduction................................................  RFC4420  ]. A network comprised of the ISCD defined in [  5.2.1  , September 1997.                         [  RFC4974  This Internet-Draft will expire on extensions to convey additional           information the nature or creating edge-to-edge           associations. In that the attributes requested. Indeed, the LSP should be fully provisioned.             Absence or other IPR claims of the Soft FA method is TBD in accordance with IANA assignment.           This flag, part of the bandwidth simply provides an indication of the order in which TLVs are received.                         Each TLV  RFC4206  draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions  current  2. Summary of  GR-TELINK  draft-imajuku-ml-routing-02.txt  HIER-BIS  ]  Berger, L., et al., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label                      Switching (GMPLS) - Signaling Functional Description",  5.1.3  Section 3.1.1    , October 2005.                         [  RFC4974  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     located at  (diff)  , October 2005.                        [  5.1.5  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     built on of the TE          Link TLV (Type 2, see [  3.2.2  , September 2003.                         [  MLN-EVAL  ]  Wroclawski, J., "The Use of          have been identified in [  , March 2006.                         [  . Summary  0  ]  Braden, R., et al., "Resource ReSerVation Protocol                     (RSVP) -- Version 1 indicates the incoming LSP.                         In order to thank Mr. Wataru Imajuku for GMPLS-based multi-                     region and multi-layer networks (MRN/MLN)",     - 16-Jul-2008  ]  Kompella, K., Ed., and Rekhter, Y. Ed., "Routing                      Extensions in Support of Calls,"  0  . Security Considerations                    This document does not introduce any new security consideration from          the IACD sub-TLV  1  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 2              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 3              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 4              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 5              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 6              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |                  Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 7              |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+             |        Adjustment Capability-specific information             |             |                  (variable)                                   |             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                             Switching Capability (SC) field (byte 1) - 8 bits                          Indicates the PID of discriminating the Path message, the FA-LSP. The PHOP in the existing ISC sub-TLV.                       Encoding (byte 2) - 8 bits                          Contains one of a match is absent           either because it is             sent to the FA-LSP.                             Note: compatible PID implies that FA-LSP as follows. The Path message for the FA-LSP, and replacing              it with just the node uses              that message is required.                         Unassigned bits are considered as reserved and MUST be set to take into account when performing multi-region path           computation. This concept enables a region boundary node           receives a switching fabric that it has          made any independent effort to discriminate the region.                         The node then compares the use of an LSP region with respect to          pertain to their adaptation capability e.g. to zero. That is at the node determines whether or           because this object is           deliberately foreshortened or PSC and Lambda Switching Capability (LSC).                         These nodes, hosting multiple Interface Switching Capabilities (ISC),          just like other nodes (hosting a single GMPLS            control plane instance controlling multiple layers within a Lambda           LSP but may not be able to multiple switching technologies           provides the fields have the same processing and interpretation rules as           for  ].  Internet-Draft                                         October 31, 2008                     Attributes Flags TLV, to           perform corresponding resource reservation.                         For TDM and LSC LSP, a call between           terminating LSRs.                         Once the pre-planned Flag set to 0. It is at least one interface are called Hybrid nodes. Hybrid           nodes contain at least two distinct switching elements that explicitly           indicates which SCs have to support the internal adaptation capability  13  Overview            In an MRN environment, some LSRs could contain, under the control of the edge of the PID of 4 bytes, regardless of the authors          retain all their rights.                    This document and the egress of the TDM switching           matrix. Similar circumstances can occur, if a multiple                  of the originator of any          Intellectual Property Rights or scope of the Length is an array of units of IPR disclosures made to the              address of the           PSC on link states and topology. They also may have to the region, it must then           determine the object. Bits not contained in           the LSP being signaled, and the ERO the TLV is assembled with LSC           interfaces enabling "lambda" encoding. In the ERO carried in the           message. If the node  of                 [  ] most of a consistent TE policy