The IESG has received a request from the Multiprotocol Label Switching WG (mpls) to consider the following document: - 'The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding' <draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label-05.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2012-09-03. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract Load balancing is a powerful tool for engineering traffic across a network. This memo suggests ways of improving load balancing across MPLS networks using the concept of "entropy labels". It defines the concept, describes why entropy labels are useful, enumerates properties of entropy labels that allow maximal benefit, and shows how they can be signaled and used for various applications. This document updates RFCs 3031, 3107, 3209 and 5036. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1797/ http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1605/ http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1789/
