{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-p2mp-sig-requirement-04","doc_id":"RFC4461","title":"Signaling Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic-Engineered MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)","authors":["S. Yasukawa, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"30","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"This document presents a set of requirements for the establishment\r\nand maintenance of Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Traffic-Engineered (TE)\r\nMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs).\r\n\r\nThere is no intent to specify solution-specific details or\r\napplication-specific requirements in this document.\r\n\r\nThe requirements presented in this document not only apply to packet-switched networks under the control of MPLS protocols, but also\r\nencompass the requirements of Layer Two Switching (L2SC), Time\r\nDivision Multiplexing (TDM), lambda, and port switching networks\r\nmanaged by Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) protocols.  Protocol solutions\r\ndeveloped to meet the requirements set out in this document must\r\nattempt to be equally applicable to MPLS and GMPLS.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.","pub_date":"April 2006","keywords":["p2mp","multiprotocol label switching"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4461","errata_url":null}