The IESG has received a request from the Multiprotocol Label Switching WG (mpls) to consider the following document: - 'Requirements for MPLS-TP Shared Mesh Protection' <draft-ietf-mpls-smp-requirements-05.txt> as Informational RFC 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 2014-06-23. 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 This document presents the basic network objectives for the behavior of shared mesh protection (SMP) which are not based on control plane support. This is an expansion of the basic requirements presented in RFC 5654 "Requirements for the Transport Profile of MPLS" and RFC 6372 "MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Survivability Framework". This document is to be used as a basis for the definition of any mechanism that would be used to implement SMP for MPLS-TP data paths, in networks that delegate executive action for resiliency to the data plane. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-smp-requirements/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-smp-requirements/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
