{"draft":"draft-ietf-tsvwg-ecn-mpls-02","doc_id":"RFC5129","title":"Explicit Congestion Marking in MPLS","authors":["B. Davie","B. Briscoe","J. Tay"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"21","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Transport and Services Working Group","abstract":"RFC 3270 defines how to support the Diffserv architecture in MPLS\r\nnetworks, including how to encode Diffserv Code Points (DSCPs) in an\r\nMPLS header.  DSCPs may be encoded in the EXP field, while other uses\r\nof that field are not precluded.  RFC 3270 makes no statement about\r\nhow Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) marking might be encoded\r\nin the MPLS header.  This document defines how an operator might\r\ndefine some of the EXP codepoints for explicit congestion\r\nnotification, without precluding other uses.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"January 2008","keywords":["[--------|p]","Diffserv","Differentiated Services","QOS","ECN tunnel"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC3032"],"updated_by":["RFC5462"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5129","errata_url":null}