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RFC 7855
Title: Source Packet Routing in Networking
(SPRING) Problem Statement and Requirements
Author: S. Previdi, Ed.,
C. Filsfils, Ed.,
B. Decraene, S. Litkowski,
M. Horneffer, R. Shakir
Status: Informational
Stream: IETF
Date: May 2016
Mailbox: sprevidi@cisco.com,
cfilsfil@cisco.com,
bruno.decraene@orange.com,
stephane.litkowski@orange.com,
Martin.Horneffer@telekom.de,
rjs@rob.sh
Pages: 19
Characters: 38006
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-spring-problem-statement-08.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7855
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7855
The ability for a node to specify a forwarding path, other than the
normal shortest path, that a particular packet will traverse,
benefits a number of network functions. Source-based routing
mechanisms have previously been specified for network protocols but
have not seen widespread adoption. In this context, the term
"source" means "the point at which the explicit route is imposed";
therefore, it is not limited to the originator of the packet (i.e.,
the node imposing the explicit route may be the ingress node of an
operator's network).
This document outlines various use cases, with their requirements,
that need to be taken into account by the Source Packet Routing in
Networking (SPRING) architecture for unicast traffic. Multicast use
cases and requirements are out of scope for this document.
This document is a product of the Source Packet Routing in Networking Working Group of the IETF.
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