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MPLS draft-kompella-mpls-bundle-05.txt
NAME OF I-D:
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kompella-mpls-bundle-05.txt
SUMMARY
This ID describes how parallel links between a pair of routers can
be treated as a single "bundle" as far as their TE information is
concerned, for reasons of better scalability. Additionally, the
mechanisms for RSVP-TE and CR-LDP to do traffic admission and
bandwidth accounting on bundles is described.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
none
WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK
Belongs in MPLS. The ID explains how to control and measure
TE info for a "bundle".
WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG
This ID extends the mechanisms and procedures of RSVP-TE and CR-LDP
and hence belongs in MPLS.
JUSTIFICATION
The primary motivation for this work is scalability of TE info.
This is useful for packet-switched networks, as well as for
optical networks, where the number of parallel links (fibers,
lambdas in a fiber, ...) are very large.
There was a lot of discussion in the MPLS over this draft; the
consensus was that this ID addressed a real requirement, and there
was wide support to make it a MPLS WG document.
Kireeti.