{"draft":"draft-ietf-pce-disco-proto-ospf-08","doc_id":"RFC5088","title":"OSPF Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery","authors":["JL. Le Roux, Ed.","JP. Vasseur, Ed.","Y. Ikejiri","R. Zhang"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"20","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Path Computation Element","abstract":"There are various circumstances where it is highly desirable for a\r\nPath Computation Client (PCC) to be able to dynamically and\r\nautomatically discover a set of Path Computation Elements (PCEs),\r\nalong with information that can be used by the PCC for PCE selection.\r\nWhen the PCE is a Label Switching Router (LSR) participating in the\r\nInterior Gateway Protocol (IGP), or even a server participating\r\npassively in the IGP, a simple and efficient way to announce PCEs\r\nconsists of using IGP flooding.  For that purpose, this document\r\ndefines extensions to the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing\r\nprotocol for the advertisement of PCE Discovery information within an\r\nOSPF area or within the entire OSPF routing domain.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"January 2008","keywords":["[--------|p]","pcc","path computation client","open shortest path first"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC9353"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5088","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5088"}