Subject: WG Action: RECHARTER: Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:59:21 -0400

The charter of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) working group in 
the Routing Area of the IETF has been updated. For additional information, 
please contact the Area Directors or the working group Chairs. 

Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)
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Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
George Swallow <[email-masked]>
Loa Andersson <[email-masked]>

Routing Area Director(s):
Bill Fenner <[email-masked]>
Alex Zinin <[email-masked]>

Routing Area Advisor:
Alex Zinin <[email-masked]>

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Description of Working Group:
The MPLS working group is responsible for standardizing a base
technology for using label switching and for the implementation of
label-switched paths over various packet based link-level
technologies, such as Packet-over-Sonet, Frame Relay, ATM, and
LAN technologies (e.g. all forms of Ethernet, Token Ring, etc.).
This includes procedures and protocols for the distribution of
labels between routers and encapsulation.

The working group is also responsible for specifying the necessary
MIBs for the functionality specified in the base MPLS technology.

The first generation of the MPLS standards are largely complete,
and the current WG work items are:

- procedures and protocols for multicast protocol extensions for
  point-to-multipoint TE, including soft-preemption

- Define requirements and mechanisms for MPLS OAM

- Define an overall OAM framework for MPLS applications

- MPLS-specific aspects of traffic engineering for multi-areas/multi-AS
  in cooperation with the CCAMP WG

- Determine (with CCAMP) what procedures are appropriate for evaluating
  proposals to extend the MPLS and GMPLS protocols, and document these

- Document current implementation practices for MPLS load sharing

The Working Group chairs tracking of the working group documents can be
viewed at http://www.tla-group.com/~mpls/mpls-wg-docs.htm

Goals and Milestones:
Done  Submit documents from original MPLS effort to IESG  
Done  Framework for IP multicast over label-switched paths ready for advancement.  
Done  LDP fault tolerance specification ready for advancement to Proposed Standard 
Done  Submit Definitions of Managed Objects for MultoiProtocol Label Switching, 
      Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) to the IESG for publication as Proposed 
      Standards  
Done  Specification for MPLS-specific recovery ready for advancement.  
Done  Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forward Equivalency Class-To-Next
      Hop Label Forwarding Entry Management Information Base to the IESG for 
      publication as Proposed Standards  
Done  Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR), 
      Management Information Base to the IESG for publication as Proposed 
      Standards  
Done  Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview to the IESG 
      for publication as Proposed Standards  
Done  Submit Definitions of Textual Conventions for Multiprotocol Label Switching 
      (MPLS) Management to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards  
Done  Submit Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering Management 
      Information Base to the IESG for publication as Proposed Standards  
Done  Submit the Traffic Engineering Link MIB to the IESG for as a Proposed 
      Standard  
Done  Submit a specification on Encapsulations to carry MPLS over IP and GRE to 
      the IESG for as a Proposed Standard  
Nov 03 Together with CCAMP complete and establish the (G)MPLS change process  
Apr 04 Advance MPLS Architecture and MPLS encapsulation to Draft Standard  
Apr 04 Submit a specification on Soft Pre-emption of LSP Tunnels to the IESG for 
       publication as a Proposed Standard  
Apr 04 Submit specification on LSR Self Test to the IESG for publication as 
       a Proposed Standard  
Jul 04 Submit specification on LSP Ping to the IESG for publication as a Proposed 
       Standard  
Jul 04 Submit a document defining the scope, requirements, and issues to resolve 
       for setup of P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS)  
Aug 04 Submit an OAM Framework Document to the IESG for publication as an 
       Informational RFC  
Oct 04 Advance 'Extension to RSVP for LSP Tunnels' to Draft Standard  
Nov 04 Submit document(s) specifying protocol extensions, enhancements and 
       mechanisms for setup of P2MP TE LSPs  
Nov 04 Submit a BCP on MPLS load sharing to the IESG  

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