{"draft":"draft-ietf-pce-p2mp-app-02","doc_id":"RFC5671","title":"Applicability of the Path Computation Element (PCE) to Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)","authors":["S. Yasukawa","A. Farrel, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"15","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Path Computation Element","abstract":"The Path Computation Element (PCE) provides path computation\r\nfunctions in support of traffic engineering in Multiprotocol Label\r\nSwitching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) networks.\r\n\r\nExtensions to the MPLS and GMPLS signaling and routing protocols have\r\nbeen made in support of point-to-multipoint (P2MP) Traffic Engineered\r\n(TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs).\r\n\r\nThis document examines the applicability of PCE to path computation\r\nfor P2MP TE LSPs in MPLS and GMPLS networks.  It describes the\r\nmotivation for using a PCE to compute these paths and examines which\r\nof the PCE architectural models are appropriate.  This memo provides \r\ninformation for the Internet community.","pub_date":"October 2009","keywords":["multiprotocol label switching","generalized mpls"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5671","errata_url":null}