{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework-11","doc_id":"RFC6371","title":"Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks","authors":["I. Busi, Ed.","D. Allan, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"62","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"The Transport Profile of Multiprotocol Label Switching\r\n(MPLS-TP) is a packet-based transport technology based on the\r\nMPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) and pseudowire (PW) data-plane\r\narchitectures.\r\n\r\nThis document describes a framework to support a comprehensive\r\nset of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)\r\nprocedures that fulfill the MPLS-TP OAM requirements for fault,\r\nperformance, and protection-switching management and that do not\r\nrely on the presence of a control plane.\r\n\r\nThis document is a product of a joint Internet Engineering Task\r\nForce (IETF) \/ International Telecommunications Union\r\nTelecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) effort to\r\ninclude an MPLS Transport Profile within the IETF MPLS and\r\nPseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)\r\narchitectures to support the capabilities and functionalities of\r\na packet transport network as defined by the ITU-T.  \r\n\r\nThis document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is\r\npublished for informational purposes.","pub_date":"September 2011","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC6435"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6371","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc6371"}