The IESG has approved LDP Specification <draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-11.txt> as
a Proposed Standards
In the same action, the IESG approved publication of LDP Applicability
<draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-applic-02.txt> as an Informational RFC.
These documents are the product of the Multiprotocol Label Switching
Working Group. The IESG contact persons are David Oran and Rob
Coltun.
Technical Summary
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a method for forwarding packets
using short, fixed-length values carried by packets, called labels, to
determine packet nexthops. A fundamental concept in MPLS is that two
Label Switching Routers (LSRs) use the same packet encapsulations and
agree on the meaning of the labels which are used to forward traffic
between and through them. The common understanding is achieved by using
a set of procedures, called a label distribution protocol, by which one
LSR informs another of label bindings it has made.
MPLS is currently being deployed in the Internet primarily as a
technique for traffic engineering.
Working Group Summary
The working group just completed an editing phase removing normative
references to a document that is not ready for publication as an
INFORMATIONAL RFC. The WG believes these two documents are ready for
publication.
Protocol Quality
Rob Coltun has reviewed these specs for the IESG. There are multiple
implementations of LDP.
Note to RFC Editor:
In section 3.4.3 after the line
IPv4 4 octet full IPv4 address
please add the line
IPv6 16 octet full IPv6 address
