RFC 3474 (rfc3474) - Page 2 of 25

Documentation of IANA assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)

RFC 3474      GMPLS RSVP-TE Usage and Extensions for ASON     March 2003


Table of Contents

   1. Conventions used in this document...............................3
   2. Introduction....................................................3
   3. Support for Soft Permanent Connection...........................3
   4. Support for Call................................................4
       4.1 Call Identifier and Call Capability........................4
            4.1.1 Call Identifier.....................................4
            4.1.2 Call Capability.....................................7
       4.2 What Does Current GMPLS Provide............................7
       4.3 Support for Call and Connection............................7
            4.3.1 Processing Rules....................................8
            4.3.2 Modification to Path Message........................8
            4.3.3 Modification to Resv Message........................9
            4.3.4 Modification to PathTear Message....................9
            4.3.5 Modification to PathErr Message....................10
            4.3.6 Modification to Notify Message.....................10
   5.  Support For Behaviors during Control Plane Failures...........11
   6.  Support For Label Usage.......................................12
   7.  Support for UNI and E-NNI Signaling Session...................13
   8.  Additional Error Cases........................................14
   9.  Optional Extensions for Supporting
       Complete Separation of Call and Connection....................15
       9.1 Call Capability.........;.................................15
       9.2 Complete Separation of Call and
           Connection (RSVP-TE Extensions)...........................16
            9.2.1 Modification to Path...............................16
            9.2.2 Modification to Resv...............................17
            9.2.3 Modification to PathTear...........................18
            9.2.4 Modification to PathErr............................18
            9.2.5 Modification to Notify.............................18
   10. Security Considerations.......................................19
   11. IANA Considerations...........................................19
       11.1 Assignment of New Messages...............................19
       11.2 Assignment of New Objects and Sub-Objects................19
       11.3 Assignment of New C-Types................................20
       11.4 Assignment of New Error Code/Values......................20
   12. Acknowledgements..............................................20
   13. References....................................................21
       13.1 Normative References.....................................21
       13.2 Informative References...................................22
   14. Intellectual Property.........................................23
   15. Contributors Contact Information..............................24
   16. Authors' Addresses............................................24
   17. Full Copyright Statement......................................25






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