{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-interarea-04","doc_id":"RFC5283","title":"LDP Extension for Inter-Area Label Switched Paths (LSPs)","authors":["B. Decraene","JL. Le Roux","I. Minei"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"To facilitate the establishment of Label Switched Paths (LSPs) that\r\nwould span multiple IGP areas in a given Autonomous System (AS), this\r\ndocument describes a new optional Longest-Match Label Mapping\r\nProcedure for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).\r\n\r\nThis procedure allows the use of a label if the Forwarding Equivalence\r\nClass (FEC) Element matches an entry in the Routing Information Base\r\n(RIB).  Matching is defined by an IP longest-match search and does not\r\nmandate an exact match.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"July 2008","keywords":["[--------]","LDP label mapping procedures","longest-match","prefix aggregation"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5283","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5283"}