{"draft":"draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-extensions-12","doc_id":"RFC6001","title":"Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Protocol Extensions for Multi-Layer and Multi-Region Networks (MLN\/MRN)","authors":["D. Papadimitriou","M. Vigoureux","K. Shiomoto","D. Brungard","JL. Le Roux"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Common Control and Measurement Plane","abstract":"There are specific requirements for the support of networks\r\ncomprising Label Switching Routers (LSRs) participating in\r\ndifferent data plane switching layers controlled by a single\r\nGeneralized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control\r\nplane instance, referred to as GMPLS Multi-Layer Networks \/\r\nMulti-Region Networks (MLN\/MRN).\r\n\r\nThis document defines extensions to GMPLS routing and signaling\r\nprotocols so as to support the operation of GMPLS Multi-Layer \/\r\nMulti-Region Networks.  It covers the elements of a single GMPLS\r\ncontrol plane instance controlling multiple Label Switched Path (LSP)\r\nregions or layers within a single Traffic Engineering (TE) domain.\r\n[STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"October 2010","keywords":["[--------]"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC4202","RFC4203","RFC4206","RFC4874","RFC4974","RFC5307"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6001","errata_url":null}