{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-mna-usecases-15","doc_id":"RFC9791","title":"Use Cases for MPLS Network Action Indicators and Ancillary Data","authors":["T. Saad","K. Makhijani","H. Song","G. Mirsky"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"This document presents use cases that have a common feature that may\r\nbe addressed by encoding network action indicators and associated\r\nancillary data within MPLS packets. There is community interest in\r\nextending the MPLS data plane to carry such indicators and ancillary\r\ndata to address these use cases. \r\n\r\nThe use cases described in this document are not an exhaustive set\r\nbut rather the ones that have been actively discussed by members of\r\nthe IETF MPLS, PALS, and DetNet Working Groups from the beginning of\r\nwork on  MPLS Network Action (MNA) until the publication of this\r\ndocument.","pub_date":"July 2025","keywords":["Special Purpose Label","MPLS data plane"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9791","errata_url":null}