{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-p2mp-lsp-ping-18","doc_id":"RFC6425","title":"Detecting Data-Plane Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP Ping","authors":["S. Saxena, Ed.","G. Swallow","Z. Ali","A. Farrel","S. Yasukawa","T. Nadeau"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"28","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"Recent proposals have extended the scope of Multiprotocol Label\r\nSwitching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) to encompass\r\npoint-to-multipoint (P2MP) LSPs.\r\n\r\nThe requirement for a simple and efficient mechanism that can be used\r\nto detect data-plane failures in point-to-point (P2P) MPLS LSPs has\r\nbeen recognized and has led to the development of techniques for\r\nfault detection and isolation commonly referred to as \"LSP ping\".\r\n\r\nThe scope of this document is fault detection and isolation for P2MP\r\nMPLS LSPs.  This documents does not replace any of the mechanisms of\r\nLSP ping, but clarifies their applicability to MPLS P2MP LSPs, and\r\nextends the techniques and mechanisms of LSP ping to the MPLS P2MP\r\nenvironment.\r\n\r\nThis document updates RFC 4379.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"November 2011","keywords":["[--------]","p2mp"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC4379"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6425","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc6425"}