{"draft":"draft-ietf-pals-status-reduction-05","doc_id":"RFC8237","title":"MPLS Label Switched Path (LSP) Pseudowire (PW) Status Refresh Reduction for Static PWs","authors":["L. Martini","G. Swallow","E. Bellagamba"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"20","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Pseudowire And LDP-enabled Services","abstract":"This document describes a method for generating an aggregated\r\npseudowire (PW) status message transmitted for a statically\r\nconfigured PW on a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label\r\nSwitched Path (LSP) to indicate the status of one or more PWs carried\r\non the LSP.\r\n\r\nThe method for transmitting the PW status information is not new;\r\nhowever, this protocol extension allows a Service Provider (SP) to\r\nreliably monitor the individual PW status while not overwhelming the\r\nnetwork with multiple periodic status messages.  This is achieved by\r\nsending a single cumulative summary status verification message for\r\nall the PWs grouped in the same LSP.","pub_date":"October 2017","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8237","errata_url":null}