The Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) working group in the Routing Area of the IETF has been rechartered. For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the working group Chairs. With this announcement, the Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) WG is moved to the Routing Area with Alex Zinin as the responsible area director. Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) ------------------------------------ Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): George Swallow <swallow@cisco.com> Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se> Routing Area Director(s): Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com> Routing Area Advisor: Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com> Mailing Lists: General Discussion: mpls@uu.net To Subscribe: mpls-request@uu.net In Body: subscribe (unsubscribe) Archive: http://cell.onecall.net/cell-relay/archives/mpls/mpls.index.html Description of Working Group: The MPLS working group is responsible for standardizing a base technology for using label switching and for the implementation of label-switched paths over various packet based link-level technologies, such as Packet-over-Sonet, Frame Relay, ATM, and LAN technologies (e.g. all forms of Ethernet, Token Ring, etc.). This includes procedures and protocols for the distribution of labels between routers and encapsulation. The working group is also responsible for specifying the necessary MIBs for the functionality specified in the base MPLS technology. The first generation of the MPLS standards are largely complete, and the current WG work items are: - procedures and protocols for multicast protocol extensions for point-to-multipoint TE, including soft-preemption - Define requirements and mechanisms for MPLS OAM - Define an overall OAM framework for MPLS applications - MPLS-specific aspects of traffic engineering for multi-areas/multi-AS in cooperation with the CCAMP WG - Determine (with CCAMP) what procedures are appropriate for evaluating proposals to extend the MPLS and GMPLS protocols, and document these The Working Group chairs tracking of the working group documents can be viewed at http://urax.utfors.net/~loa/MPLS_WG_Drafts.htm Goals and Milestones: Done Submit documents from original MPLS effort to IESG Done Framework for IP multicast over label-switched paths ready for advancement. Done LDP fault tolerance specification ready for advancement to Proposed Standard. Done Specification for MPLS-specific recovery ready for advancement. Done Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forward Equivalency Class-To-Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry Management Information Base to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Done Submit Definitions of Managed Objects for MultoiProtocol Label Switching, Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Done Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR), Management Information Base to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Done Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Done Submit Definitions of Textual Conventions for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Done Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering Management Information Base to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards Oct 03 Advance the Label Distribution Protocol to Draft Standard. Oct 03 Submit the Traffic Engineering Link MIB to the IESG for as a Proposed Standard Oct 03 Submit a specification on Encapsulations to carry MPLS over IP and GRE to the IESG for as a Proposed Standard Nov 03 Together with CCAMP complete and establish the (G)MPLS change process Apr 04 Advance MPLS Architecture and MPLS encapsulation to Draft Standard Apr 04 Submit a specification on Soft Pre-emption of LSP Tunnels to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Nov 03 Submit specification on LSP Ping to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Apr 04 Submit specification on LSR Self Test to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Aug 04 Submit an OAM Framework Document to the IESG for publication as an Informational RFC Oct 04 Advance "Extension to RSVP for LSP Tunnels" to Draft Standard Nov 04 Submit a document defining the scope, requirements, and issues to resolve for setup of P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS) Mar 04 Submit document(s) specifying protocol extensions, enhancements and mechanisms for setup of P2MP TE LSPs
