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PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

S. Bryant
M. Chen
G. Swallow
S. Sivabalan
G. Mirsky

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mpls (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8957

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Abstract

RFC 8372 ("MPLS Flow Identification Considerations") describes therequirement for introducing flow identities within the MPLSarchitecture. This document describes a method of accomplishing thisby using a technique called "Synonymous Flow Labels" in which labelsthat mimic the behavior of other labels provide the identificationservice. These identifiers can be used to trigger per-flow operationson the packet at the receiving label switching router.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.