Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label-05.txt> (The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding) to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Mon, 20 August 2012 15:50 UTC

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Subject: Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label-05.txt> (The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding) to Proposed Standard
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:50:36 -0700
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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
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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/

Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-entropy-label-05.txt>… The IESG