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   CCAMP                                                                
   Internet Draft                                 Jean-Philippe Vasseur 
                                                           Peter Psenak 
                                                          Cisco Systems 
                                                        Seisho Yasukawa 
                                                                    NTT 
   Document: draft-vasseur-ccamp-ospf-te-                               
   caps-00.txt 
   Expires: August 2004                                   February 2004 
    
    
                OSPF MPLS Traffic Engineering capabilities 
    
                  draft-vasseur-ccamp-ospf-te-caps-00.txt 
    
    
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Abstract 
    
   This document proposes OSPF traffic engineering capability TLVs and 
   is composed of several sub-TLVs related to various MPLS Traffic 
   Engineering capabilities. These OSPF TE capability TLVs are carried 
   within the OSPF router information LSA (opaque type of 4, opaque ID 
   of 0). 
    
Conventions used in this document 
    


 
 
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   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this 
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC-2119 [ii]. 
    
Table of Contents 
    
   0. Background.....................................................2 
   1. Where does this draft fit in the picture of the CCAMP and OSPF WG?
   ..................................................................2 
   2. Terminology....................................................3 
   3. Introduction...................................................3 
   4. PCED TE TLV....................................................4 
      4.1 Description................................................4 
      4.2 PCED TLV format............................................5 
   4.2.2 PCE-ADDRESS TLV.............................................5 
   4.2.3 PCE-CAPABILITY TLV..........................................6 
   4.2.4 AS-DOMAIN TLV...............................................7 
   5. TE-MESH-GROUP TLV..............................................8 
      5.1 Introduction...............................................8 
      5.2 TE-MESH-GROUP TLV format...................................8 
   6. TE-NODE-CAP TLV................................................9 
      6.1 Introduction...............................................9 
      6.2 TE-NODE-CAP TLV format.....................................9 
   7. Element of procedure..........................................10 
      7.1 PCED TLV..................................................10 
      7.2 TE-MESH-GROUP TLV.........................................12 
      7.3 TE-NODE-CAP TLV...........................................13 
   8. Interoperability with routers non supporting this capability..13 
   9. Security considerations.......................................13 
   10. Intellectual Property Considerations.........................13 
   11. Acknowledgments..............................................14 
   12. References...................................................14 
   Normative references.............................................14 
   Informative references...........................................14 
   13. Author's Addresses...........................................15 
    
    
0. Background 
 
   This draft is the next revision of the former draft draft-vasseur-
   mpls-ospf-te-cap-00.txt. 
 
1. 
  Where does this draft fit in the picture of the CCAMP and OSPF WG? 
 
   This document specifies OSPF extensions in support of MPLS Traffic 
   Engineering. It will be discussed in the CCAMP Working Group with a 
   review in the OSPF Working Group. 
 

 
 
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2. 
  Terminology 
 
   Terminology used in this document 
    
   LSR: Label Switch Router. 
    
   PCE: Path Computation Element whose function is to compute the path 
   of a TE LSP it is not the head-end for. The PCE may be an LSR (e.g 
   ABR or ASBR) in the context of some distributed PCE-based path 
   computation scenario as defined in [INTER-AREA-AS] or a centralized 
   Path Computation Element not forwarding packet. 
    
   PCC: Path Computation Client (any head-end LSR) requesting a TE LSP 
   path computation to the Path Computation Element. 
    
   TE LSP: Traffic Engineering Label Switched Path. 
    
   Head-end TE LSP: head/source of the TE LSP. 
    
   Tail-end TE LSP: tail/destination of the TE LSP. 
    
   Intra-area TE LSP: TE LSP whose head-end and tail-end reside in the 
   same area. 
    
   Inter-area MPLS TE LSP: A TE LSP where the head-end LSR and tail-end 
   LSR do not reside in the same area or both the head-end and tail end 
   LSR reside in the same area but the TE LSP transits one or more 
   different areas along the path. 
    
   Inter-AS MPLS TE LSP: A TE LSP whose head-end LSR and tail-end LSR do 
   not reside within the same Autonomous System (AS), or whose head-end 
   LSR and tail-end LSR are both in the same AS but the TE LSPÆs path 
   may be across different ASes. Note that this definition also applies 
   to TE LSP whose Head-end and Tail-end LSRs reside in different sub-
   ASes (BGP confederations). 
    
3. 
  Introduction 
    
   This document describes the usage of three OSPF TE capabilities TLVs: 
   the PCED (PCE Discovery) TLV, the TE-MESH-GROUP and the TE-NODE-CAP 
   TLVs. These OSPF TE capability TLVs are carried within the OSPF 
   router information LSA (opaque type of 4, opaque ID of 0) specified 
   in [OSPF-CAP]. 
    
   Each TE TLV defined in this document and carried in an OSFP router 
   information LSA as defined in [OSPF-CAP] has the following format:  
    
       0                   1                   2                   3 
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
 
 
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       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |              Type             |             length            | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |                                                               | 
       //                            Value                            //         
       |                                                               | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
    
   Where  
      Type: identifies the TLV type 
      Length: length of the value field in octets 
    
   The format of the TLV is the same as the TLV format used by the 
   Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF [OSPF-TE]. The TLV is padded 
   to four-octet alignment; padding is not included in the length field 
   (so a three octet value would have a length of three, but the total 
   size of the TLV would be eight octets).  Nested TLVs are also 32-bit 
   aligned.  Unrecognized types are ignored.  All types between 32768 
   and 65535 are reserved for vendor-specific extensions.  All other 
   undefined type codes are reserved for future assignment by IANA. 
    
   Note that a sub-TLV is similar to a TLV: TLV are carried within an 
   LSA as sub-TLVs are carried within TLVs. Each sub-TLV describes a 
   particular MPLS Traffic Engineering capability. In the rest of this 
   document both terms will be used interchangeably. 
    
   The PCED TLV type is 1. The PCED TLV is made of a set of non-ordered 
   TLVs each having the format as described above.  
    
   The TE-MESH-GROUP TLV type is 2. The TE-MESH-GROUP TLV does not have 
   any sub-TLV currently defined. 
    
   The TE-NODE-CAP TLV type is 3. The TE-NODE-CAP TLV does not have any 
   sub-TLV currently defined. 
    
    
4. 
  PCED TE TLV 
 
4.1 
   Description 
 
   The PCED TLV allows for the auto-discovery of one or more Path 
   Computation Element(s). In various situations (GMPLS, inter-area TE, 
   inter-AS TE, etc), an LSR maybe required to send a request to a Path 
   Computation Element (PCE) to compute one or more TE LSP paths obeying 
   a set of specified constraints ([INTER-AREA-AS]). An example of such 
   a signaling protocol used between a PCC to send a request to a PCE 
   and conversely a PCE to return a reply to a PCC is defined in [PATH-
   COMP]. 
    
 
 
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   The scope of this document is to define a new OSPF TE capability TLV 
   carried within an OSPF router information LSA such that a PCE may 
   announce its capability to be a Path Computation Element within an 
   OSPF area or an Autonomous System. This allows every LSR in the 
   network to automatically discover the Path Computation Element(s) and 
   recognize its capability(ies), which substantially simplifies head-
   end LSRs configuration. Moreover, this allows detecting dynamically 
   any new PCE(s), performs some load sharing among a set of potential 
   PCE candidates or that a PCE is no longer active. 
 
4.2 
   PCED TLV format 
 
   This section specifies the sub-TLVs carried within the PCED TLV 
   payload which define the PCE capabilities. 
    
   The PCED TLV is made of various non ordered sub-TLVs defined bellow:  
         
   TLV type  Length               Name 
      1      variable     PCE-ADDRESS TLV 
      2        8          PCE-CAPABILITY TLV 
      3        8          AS-DOMAIN TLV 
         
   Any non recognized TLV MUST be silently ignored. 
 
    
4.2.2 PCE-ADDRESS TLV 
 
   The PCE-ADDRESS TLV specifies the IP address to be used to reach the 
   PCE described by this PCED TLV. This address will typically be a 
   loop-back address that is always reachable, provided the router is 
   not isolated. The PCE-ADDRESS TLV is mandatory. 
    
   The PCE address TLV type is 1, length is 8 octets for an IPv4 address 
   and 20 octets for an IPv6 address, and the value is the PCE IPv4 or 
   IPv6 address. 
    
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |              1                |      variable (8 or 20)       | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |     address-type              |          Reserved             | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |                                                               | 
       //                       PCE IP address                        //          
       |                                                               | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
                         
                   PCE-ADDRESS TLV format 
    
 
 
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   Address-type: 
      1   IPv4 
      2   IPv6 
    
   The PCE-ADDRESS TLV MUST appear exactly once in the PCED TLV 
   originated by a router. The only exception is when the PCE has both 
   an IPv4 and IPv6 address; in this case, two PCE-ADDRESS TLVs might be 
   inserted: one for the IPv4 address, one for the IPv6 address, in this 
   order. 
    
4.2.3 PCE-CAPABILITY TLV 
 
   The PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is used by the PCE to signal its Path 
   Computation Element capabilities. This could be used by an LSR to 
   select the appropriate PCE among a list of PCE candidates. This TLV 
   is optional. 
    
   The PCE-CAPABILITY TLV type is 3 and the length is 8 octets. 
    
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |              2                |             8                 | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |                          Reserved                             | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |L|I|A|P|M|D|              Reserved                             |     
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
    
                        PCE-CAPABILITY TLV format 
    
    
   The first 3 bits L, I and A defines the PCEÆs scope for which the 
   Path Computation Element is capable of performing the TE LSP path 
   computation. 
    
   L bit 
   Local scope. When set, this flag indicates that the PCE can compute 
   paths for the area the LSA is flooded into (the PCE can compute TE 
   LSP path for intra-area TE LSPs). 
    
   I bit 
   Inter-area scope. When set, the PCE can perform TE LSP path 
   computation for inter-area TE LSPs but within the same AS.  
    
   A bit 
   Multi-domain scope. When set, the PCE can perform path computation 
   for inter-AS TE LSPs. In this case, the PCED TLV MUST contain one or 
   more AS-DOMAIN TLV(s), each describing the domain for which the PCE 

 
 
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   can compute TE LSPs paths having their destination address in the 
   respective AS. 
    
   Note that those flags are not exclusive (a PCE may set one or more 
   flags). 
    
   P bit 
   The notion of request priority allows a PCC to specify how urgent the 
   request is, by setting a flag in the REQUEST_ID object of the Path 
   computation request message. See [PATH-COMP] for more details. 
    
   P=1: the PCE takes into account the ôrequest priorityö in its 
   scheduling of the various requests. 
   P=0: the PCE does not take the request priority into account. 
    
   M bit 
   M=1: the PCE is capable of computing more than one path obeying a set 
   of specified constraints (in a single pass), provided that they 
   exist. 
   M=0: the PCE cannot compute more than one path in a single pass 
   obeying a set of specified constraints. 
    
   D bit 
   The PCC may request the PCE to compute N diversely routed paths 
   obeying a set of specified constraints. Such N paths may not exist of 
   course depending on the current state of the network. See [PATH-COMP] 
   for more details. 
   D=1: the PCE is capable of computing diversely (link, node, SRLG) 
   routed paths.  
   D=0: the PCE is not capable of computing diversely routed paths. 
   The D bit is relevant if and only if the M bit has been set to 1. It 
   MUST be set to 0 if the M bit is set to 0. 
    
   Note that for future capabilities, it may be desirable to introduce 
   new flags or may be new TLV to be carried in the PCED capability TLV 
   if the capability needs more than just a single flag to be described. 
    
4.2.4 AS-DOMAIN TLV 
 
   When the PCE can perform path computation for an inter-AS TE LSP, the 
   A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV MUST be set. Moreover, one or more 
   TLVs MUST be included within the PCED TLV, each TLV identifying an AS 
   number. Each AS-DOMAIN TLV has the following form:     
    
    
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |              3                |             4                 | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
 
 
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       |                           AS Number                           | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
    
                           AS-DOMAIN TLV format 
    
   The AS-DOMAIN TLV type is 3, length is 4 octets, and the value is the 
   AS number identifying the AS for which the PCE can compute inter-AS 
   TE LSP paths (TE LSP having their destination address in this AS). 
   When coded on two bytes (which is the current defined format as the 
   time of writing), the AS Number field MUST have its left two bytes 
   set to 0. 
    
   The set of AS-DOMAIN TLVs specifies a list of ASes (AS1, à , ASn). 
   This means that the PCE can compute TE LSP path such that the 
   destination address of the TE LSP belongs to this set of ASes. 
    
5. 
  TE-MESH-GROUP TLV 
 
5.1 
   Introduction 
    
   As of today, there are different approaches in deploying MPLS Traffic 
   Engineering: 
        (1) The ôsystematic approach consisting of setting up a full 
        mesh of TE LSPs between a set of LSRs, 
        (2) The "by exception" approach where a set of TE LSPs are set 
        up on hot spots to alleviate a congestion resulting for instance 
        in an unexpected traffic growth in some part of the network.  
    
   Setting up a full mesh of TE LSPs between a set of LSRs requires the 
   configuration of a large number of TE LSPs on every head-end LSR. A 
   full TE mesh of n LSRs requires to set up O(n^2) TE LSPs. 
   Furthermore, the addition of any new LSR in the mesh implies to 
   configure n TE LSPs on the new LSR and to add a new TE LSP on every 
   LSR ending to this new LSR, which gives a total of 2*n TE LSPs. This 
   is not only time consuming but also not a low risk operation for 
   Service Providers. Hence, a more automatic way of setting up a full 
   mesh of TE LSPs is desirable. This requires defining a new TE 
   capability TLV (called the TE-MESH-GROUP TLV) such that an LSR can 
   announce its desire to join a particular TE LSP mesh, identified by a 
   mesh-group number. 
    
5.2 
   TE-MESH-GROUP TLV format 
    
   The TE-MESH-GROUP TLV has the following format: 
    
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   |              2                |Length: Variable (N*8 octets)  | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
 
 
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   |                        mesh-group-number                      | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   |                        Tail-end address                       | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
  //                                                               // 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
 
                           TE-MESH-GROUP TLV format 
    
   N is the number of mesh-groups. 
    
   For each Mesh-group announced by the LSR, the TLV contains: 
   - A mesh-group-number: identifies the mesh-group number, 
   - A Tail-end address: user configurable IP address to be used as a 
   tail-end address by other LSRs belonging to the same mesh-group. 
         
6. 
  TE-NODE-CAP TLV 
 
6.1 
   Introduction 
    
   The aim of the TE-NODE-CAP TLV is to flood some MPLS TE related 
   capabilities that could either be relevant to a single area and in 
   this case it will be carried within a type 10 router information LSA 
   or the entire routing domain and will be carried within type 11 
   router information LSA.  
 
6.2 
   TE-NODE-CAP TLV format 
 
The TE-NODE-CAP is a series of bit flags and has a variable length.  
 
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   |              3                |Length: Variable (N*8 octets)  | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   |B|                                                             | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
  //                                                               // 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
 
                           TE-NODE-CAP TLV format 
    
    
One bit is currently defined: 
 
0x01: ôBö bit. When set, this indicates that the LSR has the capability 
to act as a branch node for an MPLS Point to Multipoint TE LSP (see 
[P2MP-reqs] and [P2MP]). 
 

 
 
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Note that some TE capabilities defined in the future may require 
inserting a sub-object in the TE-NODE-CAP TLV. 
 
7. 
  Element of procedure 
 
   The TLVs defined in this document are carried within an OSPF router 
   information opaque LSA (opaque type of 4, opaque ID of 0) as defined 
   in [OSPF-CAP]. 
    
   A router MUST originate a new OSPF router information LSA whenever 
   the content of the any of the carried TLV changes or whenever 
   required by the regular OSPF procedure (LSA refresh (every 
   LSRefreshTime, à)). 
    
   As defined in RFC2370, an opaque LSA has a flooding scope determined 
   by its LSA type: 
        - link-local (type 9),  
        - area-local (type 10)  
        - entire OSPF routing domain (type 11). In this case, the 
        flooding scope is equivalent to the Type 5 LSA flooding scope. 
    
   A router may generate multiple OSPF router information LSAs with 
   different flooding scopes. 
 
7.1 
   PCED TLV 
 
   The PCED TLV may be carried within a type 10 or 11 router information 
   LSA depending on the Path Computation Element scope.  
    
        - If the PCE can compute an intra-area TE LSP, the L bit of the 
        PCE-CAPABILITY TLV of the PCED TLV MUST be set and the PCED TLV 
        MUST be generated within a Type 10 router information LSA, 
         
        - If the PCE can compute an inter-area TE LSP, the I bit of the 
        PCE-CAPABILITY TLV of the PCED TLV MUST be set. The PCED TLV 
        MUST be generated: 
                - within a Type 10 router information LSA if the PCE can 
                compute an inter-area TE LSP path for the LSRs in the 
                area it is attached to (for instance the PCE is an ABR 
                computing an inter-area TE LSP path for its attached 
                areas) 
                - within a Type 11 router information LSA if the PCE can 
                compute an inter-area TE LSP path for the whole domain. 
         
        - If the PCE can compute an inter-AS TE LSP path, the A bit of 
        the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV of the PCED TLV MUST be set and the PCED 
        TLV MUST be generated within a Type 11 router information LSA, 
    

 
 
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   Note: if the PCE can compute both intra and inter-area TE LSP paths, 
   both the L and I bits of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV MUST be set. The 
   flags are not exclusive. This only applies to the PCED TLV carried 
   within the type 10 router information LSA. 
    
   If a PCE can compute an intra-area TE LSP and an inter-area or inter-
   AS TE LSP path, it MUST originate: 
        - a type 10 OSPF router information LSA with a PCED TLV having 
        L=1 and the I and A flags of its PCE-CAPABILITY TLV set as 
        described above, 
        - a type 11 OSPF router information LSA with a PCED TLV having 
        L=0 and the I and A flags of its PCE-CAPABILITY TLV set as 
        described above, 
    
   Example 
    
   <-----------------AS1-----------------> 
    
   <---area 1--><----area 0-----><-area 2-> 
    
   R1---------ABR1*------------ABR3*-----|                 ------------ 
    |           |                |       |                 |          | 
    |     S1    |      S2        |     ASBR1*--eBGP--ASBR2-|    AS2   | 
    |           |                |       |                 |          | 
   R2---------ABR2*------------ABR4------|                 ------------ 
    
    
   The areas contents are not detailed. 
    
   Assumptions: 
   - area 1 and area 2 are regular areas 
   - the * indicates a Path Computation Element capability 
   - ABR1 is a PCE for area 1 only 
   - ABR2 is a PCE for intra and inter-area TE LSP path computation in 
   area 0 and 1 
   - ABR3 is a PCE for only inter-area TE LSP path computation for the 
   whole domain, 
   - S1 is a PCE for area 1 only 
   - S2 is a PCE for the whole domain, 
   - ASBR1 is a PCE for inter-AS TE LSPs whose destination resides in 
   AS2 (not for intra or inter-area area TE LSPs). 
    
   In the example above: 
   - S1 originates a type 10 router information LSA with a PCED TLV such 
   that: 
        o The L bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is set, 
        o The I and A bits of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV are cleared. 
    

 
 
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   - ABR1 originates in area 1 a type 10 router information LSA with a 
   PCED TLV such that: 
        o The L bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is set, 
        o The I and A bits of the PCE-CAPABILITY sub-TLV are cleared, 
    
   - ABR2 originates in both area 0 and 1 a type 10 router information 
   LSA with a PCED TLV such that: 
        o The L and I bits of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV are set, 
        o The A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV  is cleared 
    
   - ABR3 originates a type 11 router information LSA with a PCED TLV 
   such that: 
        o The L bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is cleared, 
        o The I bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is set, 
        o The A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is cleared, 
    
   - S2 originates: 
        - in area 0 a type 10 router information LSA with a PCED TLV 
        such that: 
                o The L and I bits of the PCE-CAPABILITY sub-TLV are 
                set, 
                o The A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV  is cleared, 
      - a type 11 router information LSA with a PCED TLV such that: 
                o The L bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is cleared,  
                o The I bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is set, 
                o The A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV is cleared, 
    
   - ASBR1 originates a type 11 router information LSA with a PCED TLV 
   such that: 
        o The L bit and the I bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV are cleared, 
        o The A bit of the PCE-CAPABILITY TLV set, 
        o One AS-DOMAIN TLV within the PCED TLV with AS number = AS2 
    
   The receipt of a new router information LSA carrying a PCED TLV never 
   triggers an SPF calculation. 
    
   When an LSR or a Path Computation Element is newly configured as a 
   PCE, the corresponding router information LSA MUST be immediately 
   flooded. 
    
   When a PCE capability changes, the corresponding router information 
   LSA MUST be immediately flooded. 
    
   When a PCE looses its Path Computation Element capability, the 
   corresponding router information LSA MUST be immediately flooded with 
   LS age = MaxAge. 
    
7.2 
   TE-MESH-GROUP TLV 
    
 
 
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   The TE-MESH-GROUP TLV may be carried within a type 10 or 11 router 
   information LSA depending on the MPLS TE mesh-group profile: 
    
        - If the MPLS TE mesh-group is contained within a single area 
        (all the LSRs have their head-end and tail-end LSR within the 
        same OSPF area), the TE-MESH-GROUP TLV MUST be generated within 
        a Type 10 router information LSA, 
        - If the MPLS TE mesh-group spans multiple OSPF areas, the TE-
        MESH-GROUP TLV MUST be generated within a Type 11 router 
        information LSA, 
    
7.3 
   TE-NODE-CAP TLV 
    
The TE-NODE-CAP may be carried within a type 10 or 11 router information 
LSA depending on the MPLS Traffic Engineering capability. The flooding 
scope is defined on a per capability basis. Capabilities with a 
identical flooding scope MUST be flooded within the same TE-NODE-CAP TLV 
carried within a router information LSA. 
 
8. 
  Interoperability with routers non supporting this capability 
 
   There is no interoperability issue as a router not supporting the 
   PCED, TE-MESH-GROUP or TE-NODE-CAP TLVs SHOULD just silently discard 
   those TLVs as specified in RFC2370. 
    
9. 
  Security considerations 
 
   No new security issues are raised in this document. 
    
10. 
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11. 
   Acknowledgments 
    
   The authors would like to thank Abhay Roy, Dan Tappan, Robert Raszuk 
   and Vishwas Manral for their comments. 
 
12. 
   References 
 
Normative references 
 
   [RFC] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement 
   Levels," RFC 2119. 
    
   [OSPF-v2] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", RFC 2328, April 1998. 
    
   [OSPF-OPAQUE] Coltun, R., "The OSPF Opaque LSA Option," RFC 2370, 
   July 1998. 
 
   [OSPF-TE] Katz, D., Yeung, D., Kompella, K., "Traffic Engineering 
   Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630. 
    
   [ISIS-TE] Li, T., Smit, H., "IS-IS extensions for Traffic 
   Engineering", draft-ietf-isis-traffic-04.txt (work in progress) 
    
Informative references 
 
   [OSPF-CAP] Lindem, A., Shen, N., Aggarwal, R., Shaffer, S., 
   Vasseur, JP., "Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Optional Router 
   Capabilities", <draft-ietf-ospf-cap-00.txt>, Internet Draft, work in 
   progress. 
    
   [INTER-AREA-AS] Vasseur and Ayyangar, ôInter-area and Inter-AS MPLS 
   Traffic Engineeringö, draft-vasseur-ayyangar-inter-area-AS-TE-00.txt, 
   work in progress. 
    
   [PATH-COMP] Vasseur et al, ½RSVP Path computation request and reply 
   messages ©, draft-vasseur-mpls-computation-rsvp-te-03.txt, work in 
   progress. 
    
   [P2MP] S. Yasukawa et al. ½ Extended RSVP TE for point-to-multipoint 
   LSP tunnelsö, draft-yasukawa-mpls-rsvp-p2mp-03.txt, work in progress. 
 
 
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   [P2MP-reqs] S. Yasukawa et al. ½ Requirements for point to multipoint 
   extension to RSVP ©, draft-ietf-mpls-p2mp-requirement-01.txt, work in 
   progress. 
 
13. 
   Author's Addresses 
    
      Jean-Philippe Vasseur 
      CISCO Systems, Inc. 
      300 Beaver Brook 
      Boxborough, MA 01719 
      USA 
      Email: jpv@cisco.com 
    
      Peter Psenak 
      CISCO Systems, Inc. 
      Pegasus Parc  
      De Kleetlaan 6A 
      1831, Diegem  
      BELGIUM 
      Email: ppsenak@cisco.com 
    
      Seisho Yasukawa 
      NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation 
      9-11, Midori-Cho 3-Chome 
      Musashino-Shi, Tokyo 180-8585 Japan 
      Phone: + 81 422 59 4769 
      Email: yasukawa.seisho@lab.ntt.co.jp 
      
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