WG Action: RECHARTER: Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)

[IESG Secretary <[e-mail]>]

The charter of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) working group in 
the Routing Area of the IETF has been updated. For additional information,
please contact the Area Directors or the working group Chairs.

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Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)
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Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
George Swallow <[e-mail]>
Loa Andersson <[e-mail]>

Routing Area Director(s):
Bill Fenner <[e-mail]>
Alex Zinin <[e-mail]>

Routing Area Advisor:
Alex Zinin <[e-mail]>

Mailing Lists:
General Discussion: [e-mail]
To Subscribe: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls
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:

- Define requirements, mechanisms and protocol extensions for
point-to-multipoint (P2MP) MPLS

- Define requirements, mechanisms and protocol extensions for
traffic engineered point-to-multipoint (P2MP) MPLS, 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

- Document current implementation practices for MPLS load sharing

The Working Group chairs tracking of the working group documents can be
viewed at http://www.tla-group.com/~mpls/mpls-wg-docs.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    Submit Definitions of Managed Objects for MultoiProtocol Label Switching, Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards  
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 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  
Done    Submit the Traffic Engineering Link MIB to the IESG for as a Proposed Standard  
Done    Submit a specification on Encapsulations to carry MPLS over IP and GRE to the IESG for as a Proposed Standard  
Done    Submit specification on LSP Ping to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard  
Done    Submit a document defining the scope, requirements, and issues to resolve for setup of P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS)  
Done    Submit an OAM Framework Document to the IESG for publication as an Informational RFC  
Done    Submit a BCP on MPLS load sharing to the IESG  
Done    Submit specification on LSR Self Test to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard  
Dec 2005    Submit a specification on Soft Pre-emption of LSP Tunnels to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard  
Dec 2005    Submit document(s) specifying protocol extensions, enhancements and mechanisms for setup of P2MP TE LSPs  
Feb 2006    Submit requirements for point-to-multipoint extensions to LDP  
Apr 2006    Advance 'Extension to RSVP for LSP Tunnels' to Draft Standard  
Apr 2006    Advance MPLS Architecture and MPLS encapsulation to Draft Standard  
Aug 2006    Submit document(s) specifying LDP extensions for setup of P2MP LSPs

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