[mpls] MPLS wg charter update

[Loa Andersson <[e-mail]>]

Working Group,

The working group chairs have discussed an MPLS wg charter update
for sometime.

We have converged on the text below and while we understand that
it still not "perfect" (for some value of perfect) we believe that
it is good enough to serve as a basis for a working group discussion
of our charter.

Please note that this is not a "re-charter", but a normal charter update
(maintenance) that should take place when adopting new work items or
finalizing others. The only "issue" is that we have not maintained the
charter to the degree we should have during the last years when the
work load has been quite heavy.

Please view the text below as a starting point for an update of our
charter and send your comments to [e-mail]. We would like to see
your comments before June 7th, 2013.

-------------------- Proposed new charter text -------------------------


Description of Working Group

The MPLS working group is responsible for standardizing technology
for label switching and for the implementation of label-switched
paths over packet based link-level technologies.

The responsibility includes procedures and protocols for the
distribution of labels between Label Switching Routers (LSRs),
MPLS packet encapsulation, and for Operation, Administration, and
Maintenance (OAM) (including the necessary management objects
expressed as MIB modules or using other techniques).

The current WG work items are:

•	Maintain existing MPLS requirements, mechanisms, and protocols,
         in coordination with other working groups, e.g. CCAMP, PWE3
         and OPSAWG working groups.
•	Evolve key MPLS protocols, including LDP, tLDP, mLDP, RSVP-TE
         and LSP Ping to meet new requirements.
•	Define an overall OAM framework for topology-driven, traffic
         engineered, and transport profile MPLS applications.
•	Determine MPLS-specific aspects of traffic engineering for
         multi-areas/multi-AS in cooperation with the CCAMP WG
•	Define necessary extensions for MPLS key protocols for
         dual-stack and IPv6 only networks
•	Coordinate with the CCAMP working group on the extensions of
         MPLS and GMPLS protocols
•	Document current implementation practices for MPLS load sharing.
•	Document mechanisms for securing MPLS networks in coordination
         with the KARP working group.
•	Document mechanisms for adding multi-topology support to
         existing MPLS protocols.
•	Document use cases for MPLS protocols.

-------------------------- end proposed text ------------------------

Loa
(for the wg chairs)

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Loa Andersson                        email: [e-mail]
Senior MPLS Expert                          [e-mail]
Huawei Technologies (consultant)     phone: [phone]