The IESG has approved the following document: - 'MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space ' <draft-ietf-mpls-upstream-label-07.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Multiprotocol Label Switching Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ross Callon and David Ward. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mpls-upstream-label-07.txt Technical Summary RFC 3031 limits the MPLS architecture to downstream-assigned MPLS labels. This document introduces the notion of upstream-assigned MPLS labels. It describes the procedures for upstream MPLS label assignment and introduces the concept of a "Context-Specific Label Space". Note that upstream label assignment is specifically useful for supporting multicast MPLS across multicast LANs. Working Group Summary This document, along with one other (draft-ietf-mpls-multicast- encaps) are the forerunners on a set of multicast documents that are being worked on and have been widely discussed in the working group and will be submitted to the IESG once these two documents are approved. Document Quality Upstream label assignment is not something that you implement on its own, but rather something that is used by other documents (specifically other documents related to MPLS multicast). This is the basis for other documents that will be submitted in the near (?) future. Personnel Loa Andersson is the document shepherd, however both WG chairs (Loa and George) have reviewed the document. Ross Callon is the responsible AD. There are no IANA actions required for this document (as specified in the Null IANA section). _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
