Requirements for MPLS OAM in transport networks

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Requirements for MPLS OAM in transport networks

• Matthew Bocci (Alcatel-Lucent)
• Italo Busi (Alcatel-Lucent)

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Background

• There exist applications for MPLS where
• MPLS is used for packet transport services
• Aggregation/transport of all services in a
  common, client-agnostic manner
• Strictly deterministic SLA guarantees and network
  behaviour
• Operational characteristics differ from the way
  we have traditionally managed IP networks
• Mechanisms to suit these applications described
  in draft-ietf-pwe3-mpls-transport-01.txt
• ITU-T developed T-MPLS to address this

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Objectives

• Bring requirements for MPLS OAM in transport
  applications into the IETF community
• Requirements originated from transport
  applications, as per ITU-T supplement Y Suppl.4
  (former G.8113 draft)
• Translate ITU-T definitions into IETF language
• Put in context of wider MPLS OAM topic
• Identify new and/or overlapping requirements
• Identify and get consensus on new OAM
  capabilities needed for transport applications

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Status and contributors

• No draft published yet work in progress
• Plan to submit first version in time for Dublin
• Current co-contributors
• Loa Anderson, Dinesh Mohan, Stewart Bryant, Dave
  Allan, Lieven Levrau, Huub van Helvoort, Marc
  Lasserre, Yuji Tochio
• Please speak to one of us if you are interested