PCE Working Group                                           M. Koldychev
Internet-Draft                                              S. Sivabalan
Intended status: Standards Track                       Ciena Corporation
Expires: 12 April 2025                                           T. Saad
                                                               V. Beeram
                                                  Juniper Networks, Inc.
                                                              H. Bidgoli
                                                                   Nokia
                                                                B. Yadav
                                                                   Ciena
                                                                 S. Peng
                                                     Huawei Technologies
                                                               G. Mishra
                                                            Verizon Inc.
                                                          9 October 2024


          PCEP Extensions for Signaling Multipath Information
                      draft-ietf-pce-multipath-12

Abstract

   Certain traffic engineering path computation problems require
   solutions that consist of multiple traffic paths, that together form
   a solution.  Returning just one single traffic path does not provide
   a valid solution.  This document defines mechanisms to encode
   multiple paths for a single set of objectives and constraints.  This
   allows encoding of multiple Segment Lists per Candidate Path within a
   Segment Routing Policy.  The new PCEP mechanisms are meant to be
   generic, where possible, to allow for future re-use outside of SR
   Policy.  The new PCEP mechanisms are applicable to both stateless and
   stateful PCEP.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Terms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Motivation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Signaling Multiple Segment-Lists of an SR
           Candidate-Path  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Splitting of Requested Bandwidth  . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.3.  Reverse Path Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Protocol Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  Path Attributes Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  Metric  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.3.  Multipath Weight TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.4.  Multipath Backup TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.5.  Multipath Opposite Direction Path TLV . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.6.  Composite Candidate Path  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.6.1.  Per-Flow Candidate Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.1.  Capability Negotiation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       5.1.1.  Multipath Capability TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.2.  Path ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     5.3.  Signaling Multiple Paths for Loadbalancing  . . . . . . .  11
     5.4.  Signaling Multiple Paths for Protection . . . . . . . . .  12
   6.  PCEP Message Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   7.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.1.  SR Policy Candidate-Path with Multiple Segment-Lists  . .  13
     7.2.  Two Primary Paths Protected by One Backup Path  . . . . .  14
     7.3.  Composite Candidate Path  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.4.  Opposite Direction Tunnels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   8.  Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.1.  Cisco Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18



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     8.2.  Ciena Corp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.3.  Huawei Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.1.  PCEP Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.2.  PCEP TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.3.  PCEP-Error Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.4.  Flags in the Multipath Capability TLV . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.5.  Flags in the Path Attribute Object  . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.6.  Flags in the Multipath Backup TLV . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     9.7.  Flags in the Multipath Opposite Direction Path TLV  . . .  21
   10. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   11. Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   12. Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   13. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     13.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     13.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

1.  Introduction

   Segment Routing Policy for Traffic Engineering [RFC9256] details the
   concepts of SR Policy and approaches to steering traffic into an SR
   Policy.  In particular, it describes the SR candidate-path as a
   collection of one or more Segment-Lists.  The current PCEP standards
   only allow for signaling of one Segment-List per Candidate-Path.
   PCEP extension to support Segment Routing Policy Candidate Paths
   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp] specifically avoids defining
   how to signal multiple Segment-Lists.

   This document defines the required extensions that allow the
   signaling of multipath information via PCEP.  Although these
   extensions are motivated by the SR Policy use case, they are also
   applicable to other data plane types.

2.  Terminology

   The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”,
   “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “NOT RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and
   “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.1.  Terms and Abbreviations

   The following terms are used in this document:

   ECMP:




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      Equal Cost Multi Path, equally distributing traffic among multiple
      paths/links, where each path/link gets the same share of traffic
      as others.

   W-ECMP:

      Weighted ECMP, un-equally distributing traffic among multiple
      paths/links, where some paths/links get more traffic than others.

3.  Motivation

   This extension is motivated by the use-cases described below.

3.1.  Signaling Multiple Segment-Lists of an SR Candidate-Path

   The Candidate-Path of an SR Policy is the unit of signaling in PCEP,
   see [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp].  Each Candidate-Path
   can contain multiple Segment-Lists and each Segment-List is encoded
   by one ERO.  However, each PCEP LSP can contain only a single ERO,
   which prevents us from encoding multiple Segment-Lists within the
   same SR Candidate-Path.

3.2.  Splitting of Requested Bandwidth

   A PCC may request a path with 80 Gbps of bandwidth, but all links in
   the network have only 60 Gbps capacity.  The PCE can return two
   paths, that can together carry 80 Gbps.  The PCC can then equally or
   unequally split the incoming 80 Gbps of traffic among the two paths.
   Section 4.3 introduces a new TLV that carries the path weight that
   facilitates control of load-balancing of traffic among the multiple
   paths.

3.3.  Reverse Path Information

   Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for
   Associated Bidirectional Label Switched Paths (LSPs) [RFC9059]
   defines a mechanism in PCEP to associate two opposite direction SR
   Policy Candidate Paths.  However, within each Candidate Path there
   can be multiple Segment-Lists, and [RFC9059] does not define a
   mechanism to specify Segment-List to Segment-List mapping between the
   forward and reverse Candidate Paths.  Certain applications such as
   Circuit Style SR Policy [I-D.schmutzer-pce-cs-sr-policy], require the
   knowledge of reverse path(s) per Segment-List, not just per Candidate
   path.  For example, when the headend knows the reverse Segment-List
   for each forward Segment-List, then PM/BFD can run a separate session
   on every Segment-List, by imposing a double stack (forward stack
   followed by reverse stack) on the packet.  If the reverse Segment-
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   session would traverse the same links in the forward and reverse
   directions, thus allowing to detect link/node failures in both
   directions.

4.  Protocol Extensions

4.1.  Path Attributes Object

   We define the PATH-ATTRIB object that is used to carry per-path
   information and to act as a separator between several ERO/RRO objects
   in the <intended-path>/<actual-path> RBNF element.  The PATH-ATTRIB
   object always precedes the ERO/RRO that it applies to.  If multiple
   ERO/RRO objects are present, then each ERO/RRO object MUST be
   preceded by an PATH-ATTRIB object that describes it.

   The PATH-ATTRIB Object-Class value is (45).

   The PATH-ATTRIB Object-Type value is 1.

      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Flags                         |R|  O  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Path ID                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                          Optional TLVs                        ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 1: PATH-ATTRIB object format

   O (Operational - 3 bits): operational state of the path, same values
   as the identically named field in the LSP object [RFC8231].

   R (Reverse): Indicates this path is reverse, i.e., it originates on
   the LSP destination and terminates on the LSP source (usually the PCC
   headend itself).  Paths with this flag set serve only informational
   purpose to the PCC.

   Path ID: 4-octet identifier that identifies a path (encoded in the
   ERO/RRO) within the set of multiple paths under the PCEP LSP.  See
   Section 5.2 for details.

4.2.  Metric

   The PCEP METRIC object can continue to be used at the LSP level.  The
   metric value encoded into the LSP level METRIC object SHOULD be the
   maximum value of all the per PATH metrics.



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4.3.  Multipath Weight TLV

   New MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV is optional in the PATH-ATTRIB object.

      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Type              |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             Weight                            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                   Figure 2: MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV format

   Type: (61) for “MULTIPATH-WEIGHT” TLV.

   Length: 4.

   Weight: weight of this path within the multipath, if W-ECMP is
   desired.  The fraction of flows a specific ERO/RRO carries is derived
   from the ratio of its weight to the sum of all other multipath ERO/
   RRO weights.

   When the MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV is absent from the PATH-ATTRIB object,
   or the PATH-ATTRIB object is absent from the <intended-path>/<actual-
   path>, then the Weight of the corresponding path is taken to be “1”.

4.4.  Multipath Backup TLV

   New MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV is optional in the PATH-ATTRIB object.

   This TLV is used to specify protecting standby path(s), for each ECMP
   path within a PCEP LSP.  This is similar to path protection, but
   works at the ECMP path level instead of at the PCEP LSP level.  This
   functionality is not part of the SR Policy Architecture [RFC9256],
   but is something optional that MAY be implemented for certain
   specialized use cases.














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      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Type              |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |       Backup Path Count       |             Flags           |B|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Backup Path ID 1                      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Backup Path ID 2                      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                              ...                              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Backup Path ID n                      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                   Figure 3: MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV format

   Type: (62) for “MULTIPATH-BACKUP” TLV

   Length: 4 + (N * 4) (where N is the Backup Path Count)

   Backup Path Count: Number of backup path(s).

   B: If set, indicates a pure backup path.  This is a path that only
   carries rerouted traffic after the protected path fails.  If this
   flag is not set, or if the MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV is absent, then the
   path is assumed to be primary that carries normal traffic.

   Backup Path ID(s): a series of 4-octet identifier(s) that identify
   the backup path(s) in the set that protect this primary path.

4.5.  Multipath Opposite Direction Path TLV

   New MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV is optional in the PATH-ATTRIB object.
   Multiple instances of the TLV are allowed in the same PATH-ATTRIB
   object.  This TLV encodes a many-to-many mapping between forward and
   reverse paths.

   Many-to-many mapping means that a single forward path MAY map to
   multiple reverse paths and conversely that a single reverse path MAY
   map to multiple forward paths.  Many-to-many mapping can happen for
   an SR Policy, when a Segment-List contains Node Segment(s) which
   traverse parallel links at the midpoint.  The reverse of this
   Segment-List may not be able to be expressed as a single Reverse
   Segment-List, but need to return multiple Reverse Segment-Lists to
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      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Type              |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |        Reserved (MBZ)         |             Flags         |L|N|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                 Opposite Direction Path ID                    |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                 Figure 4: MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV format

   Type: (63) for “MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH” TLV

   Length: 16.

   N (Node co-routed): If set, indicates this path is node co-routed
   with its opposite direction path, specified in this TLV.  Two
   opposite direction paths are node co-routed if they traverse the same
   nodes, but MAY traverse different links.

   L (Link co-routed): If set, indicates this path is link co-routed
   with its opposite directions path, specified in this TLV.  Two
   opposite direction paths are link co-routed if they traverse the same
   links (but in the opposite directions).

   Opposite Direction Path ID: Identifies a path that goes in the
   opposite direction to this path.  If no such path exists, then this
   field MUST be set to 0x0, which is reserved to indicate the absense
   of a Path ID.

   Multiple instances of this TLV present in the same PATH-ATTRIB object
   indicate that there are multiple opposite-direction paths
   corresponding to the given path.  This allows for many-to-many
   relationship among the paths of two opposite direction LSPs.

   Whenever path A references another path B as being the opposite-
   direction path, then path B SHOULD also reference path A as its own
   opposite-direction path.  Furthermore, their values of the R-flag
   (Reverse) in the PATH-ATTRIB object MUST have opposite values.

   See Section 7.4 for an example of usage.









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4.6.  Composite Candidate Path

   SR Policy Architecture [RFC9256] defines the concept of a Composite
   Candidate Path.  A regular SR Policy Candidate Path outputs traffic
   to a set of Segment-Lists, while an SR Policy Composite Candidate
   Path outputs traffic recursively to a set of SR Policies on the same
   headend.  In PCEP, the Composite Candidate Path still consists of
   PATH-ATTRIB objects, but ERO is replaced by Color of the recursively
   used SR Policy.

   To signal the Composite Candidate Path, we make use of the COLOR TLV,
   defined in [I-D.draft-ietf-pce-pcep-color].  For a Composite
   Candidate Path, the COLOR TLV is included in the PATH-ATTRIB Object,
   thus allowing each Composite Candidate Path to do ECMP/W-ECMP among
   SR Policies identified by its constituent Colors.  Only one COLOR TLV
   SHOULD be included into the PATH-ATTRIB object.  If multiple COLOR
   TLVs are contained in the PATH-ATTRIB object, only the first one MUST
   be processed and the others SHOULD be ignored.

   An ERO object MUST be included as per the existing RBNF, this ERO
   SHOULD contain no sub-objects.  If the head-end receives a non-empty
   ERO, the contents SHOULD be ignored.

   See Section 7.3 for an example of the encoding.

4.6.1.  Per-Flow Candidate Path

   Per-Flow Candidate Path builds on top of the concept of the Composite
   Candidate Path.  Each Path in a Per-Flow Candidate Path is assigned a
   3-bit forward class value, which allows QoS classified traffic to be
   steered depending on the forward class.

   New MULTIPATH-FORWARD-CLASS TLV is optional in the PATH-ATTRIB
   object.

      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Type              |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                            MBZ                          | FC  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                Figure 5: MULTIPATH-FORWARD-CLASS TLV format

   Type: (TBD1) for “MULTIPATH-FORWARD-CLASS” TLV.

   Length: 4.



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   FC: Forward class value that is given by the QoS classifier to
   traffic entering the given Candidate Path.  Different classes of
   traffic that enter the given Candidate Path can be differentially
   steered into different Colors.

5.  Operation

5.1.  Capability Negotiation

5.1.1.  Multipath Capability TLV

   New MULTIPATH-CAP TLV is defined.  This TLV MAY be present in the
   OPEN object during PCEP session establishment.

      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Type              |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |     Number of Multipaths      |            Flags    |C|F|O|B|W|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 6: MULTIPATH-CAP TLV format

   Type: (60) for “MULTIPATH-CAP” TLV.

   Length: 4.

   Number of Multipaths: From PCC, it tells how many multipaths the PCC
   can install in forwarding.  From PCE, it tells how many multipaths
   the PCE can compute.  The value 255 indicates unlimited number.  The
   value 0 is reserved.

   W-flag: whether MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV is supported.

   B-flag: whether MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV is supported.

   O-flag: whether MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV is supported and requested.
   If this flag is set, the PCE SHOULD tell the PCC the reverse path
   information, if it is able to.

   F-flag: whether MULTIPATH-FORWARD-CLASS TLV is supported.

   C-flag: whether Composite Candidate Path (Section 4.6) is supported.
   Note that F-flag and C-flag can be set independently, i.e., F-flag
   can be set, but C-flag not set, etc.





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   When PCE computes the LSP path, it MUST NOT return more forward
   multipaths than the corresponding value of “Number of Multipaths”
   from the MULTIPATH-CAP TLV.  If this TLV is absent (from both OPEN
   and LSP objects), then the “Number of Multipaths” is assumed to be 1.

   From the PCC, the MULTIPATH-CAP TLV MAY also be present in the LSP
   object for each individual LSP, to specify per-LSP values.  The PCC
   MUST NOT include this TLV in the LSP object if the TLV was not
   present in the OPEN objects of both PCEP peers.  TLV values in the
   LSP object override the session default values in the OPEN object.

   For example, the PCC includes this TLV in the OPEN object at session
   establishment, setting “Number of Multipaths” to 4 and “O-flag” to 0.
   The PCC also includes this TLV in the LSP object for a particular
   LSP, setting “Number of Multipaths” to 16 and “O-flag” to 1.  This
   indicates that the PCC only wants to receive the reverse path
   information for that particular LSP and that this LSP can have up to
   16 multipaths, while other LSPs can only have up to 4 multipaths.

5.2.  Path ID

   The Path ID uniquely identifies a Path within the context of an LSP.
   Note that when the LSP is an SR Policy Candidate Path, the Paths
   within that LSP are the Segment-Lists.

   Value 0x0 indicates unallocated Path ID.  The value of 0x0 MAY be
   used when this Path is not being referenced and the allocation of a
   Path ID is not necessary.

   Path IDs are allocated by the PCEP peer that owns the LSP.  If the
   LSP is delegated to the PCE, then the PCE allocates the Path IDs and
   sends them in the PCReply/PCUpd/PCInit messages.  If the LSP is
   locally computed on the PCC, then the PCC allocates the Path IDs and
   sends them in the PCReq/PCRpt messages.

   If a PCEP speaker detects that there are two Paths with the same Path
   ID, then the PCEP speaker SHOULD send PCError message with Error-Type
   = 1 (“Reception of an invalid object”) and Error-Value = 38
   (“Conflicting Path ID”).

5.3.  Signaling Multiple Paths for Loadbalancing

   The PATH-ATTRIB object can be used to signal multiple path(s) and
   indicate (un)equal loadbalancing amongst the set of multipaths.  In
   this case, the PATH-ATTRIB is populated for each ERO as follows:






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   1.  The PCE MAY assign a unique Path ID to each ERO path and populate
       it inside the PATH-ATTRIB object.  The Path ID is unique within
       the context of a PLSP (when non-zero).

   2.  The MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV MAY be carried inside the PATH-ATTRIB
       object.  A weight is populated to reflect the relative loadshare
       that is to be carried by the path.  If the MULTIPATH-WEIGHT is
       not carried inside a PATH-ATTRIB object, the default weight 1
       MUST be assumed when computing the loadshare.

   3.  The fraction of flows carried by a specific primary path is
       derived from the ratio of its weight to the sum of all other
       multipath weights.

5.4.  Signaling Multiple Paths for Protection

   The PATH-ATTRIB object can be used to describe a set of backup
   path(s) protecting a primary path within a PCEP LSP.  In this case,
   the PATH-ATTRIB is populated for each ERO as follows:

   1.  The PCE assigns a unique Path ID to each ERO path and populates
       it inside the PATH-ATTRIB object.  The Path ID is unique within
       the context of a PLSP.

   2.  The MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV MAY be added inside the PATH-ATTRIB
       object for each ERO that is protected.  The backup path ID(s) are
       populated in the MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV to reflect the set of
       backup path(s) protecting the primary path.  The Length field and
       Backup Path Number in the MULTIPATH-BACKUP are updated according
       to the number of backup path ID(s) included.

   3.  The MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV MAY be added inside the PATH-ATTRIB
       object for each ERO that is unprotected.  In this case,
       MULTIPATH-BACKUP does not carry any backup path IDs in the TLV.
       If the path acts as a pure backup i.e. the path only carries
       rerouted traffic after the protected path(s) fail then the B flag
       MUST be set.

   Note that primary paths which do not include the MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV
   are assumed to be protected by all the backup paths.  I.e., omitting
   the TLV is equivalent to including the TLV with all the backup path
   IDs filled in.









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   Note that a given PCC may not support certain backup combinations,
   such as a backup path that is itself protected by another backup
   path, etc.  If a PCC is not able to implement a requested backup
   scenario, the PCC SHOULD send a PCError message with Error-Type = 19
   (“Invalid Operation”) and Error-Value = 20 (“Not supported path
   backup”).

6.  PCEP Message Extensions

   The RBNF of PCReq, PCRep, PCRpt, PCUpd and PCInit messages currently
   use a combination of <intended-path> and/or <actual-path>.  As
   specified in Section 6.1 of [RFC8231], <intended-path> is represented
   by the ERO object and <actual-path> is represented by the RRO object:

      <intended-path> ::= <ERO>

      <actual-path> ::= <RRO>

   In this standard, we extend these two elements to allow multiple ERO/
   RRO objects to be present in the <intended-path>/<actual-path>:

      <intended-path> ::= (<ERO>|
                          (<PATH-ATTRIB><ERO>)
                          [<intended-path>])


      <actual-path> ::= (<RRO>|
                         (<PATH-ATTRIB><RRO>)
                         [<actual-path>])

7.  Examples

7.1.  SR Policy Candidate-Path with Multiple Segment-Lists

   Consider the following sample SR Policy, taken from [RFC9256].

   SR policy POL1 <headend, color, endpoint>
       Candidate-path CP1 <protocol-origin = 20, originator =
                           100:1.1.1.1, discriminator = 1>
           Preference 200
           Weight W1, SID-List1 <SID11...SID1i>
           Weight W2, SID-List2 <SID21...SID2j>
       Candidate-path CP2 <protocol-origin = 20, originator =
                           100:2.2.2.2, discriminator = 2>
           Preference 100
           Weight W3, SID-List3 <SID31...SID3i>
           Weight W4, SID-List4 <SID41...SID4j>




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   As specified in [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp], CP1 and CP2
   are signaled as separate state-report elements and each has a unique
   PLSP-ID, assigned by the PCC.  Let us assign PLSP-ID 100 to CP1 and
   PLSP-ID 200 to CP2.

   The state-report for CP1 can be encoded as:

   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=100>
       <ASSOCIATION>
       <END-POINT>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1 <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W1>>
       <ERO SID-List1>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=2 <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W2>>
       <ERO SID-List2>

   The state-report for CP2 can be encoded as:

   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=200>
       <ASSOCIATION>
       <END-POINT>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1 <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W3>>
       <ERO SID-List3>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=2 <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W4>>
       <ERO SID-List4>

   The above sample state-report elements only specify the minimum
   mandatory objects, of course other objects like SRP, LSPA, METRIC,
   etc., are allowed to be inserted.

   Note that the syntax

   <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1 <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W1>>

   , simply means that this is PATH-ATTRIB object with Path ID field set
   to “1” and with a MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV carrying weight of “W1”.

7.2.  Two Primary Paths Protected by One Backup Path

   Suppose there are 3 paths: A, B, C.  Where A,B are primary and C is
   to be used only when A or B fail.  Suppose the Path IDs for A, B, C
   are respectively 1, 2, 3.  This would be encoded in a state-report
   as:







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   <state-report> =
       <LSP>
       <ASSOCIATION>
       <END-POINT>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1 <BACKUP-TLV B=0, Backup_Paths=[3]>>
       <ERO A>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=2 <BACKUP-TLV B=0, Backup_Paths=[3]>>
       <ERO B>
       <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=3 <BACKUP-TLV B=1, Backup_Paths=[]>>
       <ERO C>

   Note that the syntax

   <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1 <BACKUP-TLV B=0, Backup_Paths=[3]>>

   , simply means that this is PATH-ATTRIB object with Path ID field set
   to “1” and with a MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV that has B-flag cleared and
   contains a single backup path with Backup Path ID of 3.

7.3.  Composite Candidate Path

   Consider the following Composite Candidate Path, taken from
   [RFC9256].

   SR policy POL100 <headend = H1, color = 100, endpoint = E1>
       Candidate-path CP1 <protocol-origin = 20, originator =
                           100:1.1.1.1, discriminator = 1>
           Preference 200
           Weight W1, SR policy <color = 1>
           Weight W2, SR policy <color = 2>

   This is signaled in PCEP as:

       <LSP PLSP_ID=100>
           <ASSOCIATION>
           <END-POINT>
           <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=1
               <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W1>
               <COLOR-TLV Color=1>>
           <ERO (empty)>
           <PATH-ATTRIB Path_ID=2
               <WEIGHT-TLV Weight=W2>
               <COLOR-TLV Color=2>>
           <ERO (empty)>







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7.4.  Opposite Direction Tunnels

   Consider the two opposite-direction SR Policies between end-points H1
   and E1.

   SR policy POL1 <headend = H1, color, endpoint = E1>
       Candidate-path CP1
           Preference 200
           Bidirectional Association = A1
           SID-List = <H1,M1,M2,E1>
           SID-List = <H1,M3,M4,E1>
       Candidate-path CP2
           Preference 100
           Bidirectional Association = A2
           SID-List = <H1,M5,M6,E1>
           SID-List = <H1,M7,M8,E1>

   SR policy POL2 <headend = E1, color, endpoint = H1>
       Candidate-path CP1
           Preference 200
           Bidirectional Association = A1
           SID-List = <E1,M2,M1,H1>
           SID-List = <E1,M4,M3,H1>
       Candidate-path CP2
           Preference 100
           Bidirectional Association = A2
           SID-List = <E1,M6,M5,H1>

   The state-report for POL1, CP1 can be encoded as:

   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=100>
       <BIDIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION = A1>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=1 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=3>>
       <ERO <H1,M1,M2,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=2 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=4>>
       <ERO <H1,M3,M4,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=3 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=1>>
       <ERO <E1,M2,M1,H1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=4 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=2>>
       <ERO <E1,M4,M3,H1>>

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   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=200>
       <BIDIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION = A2>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=1 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=3>>
       <ERO <H1,M5,N6,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=2 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=0>>
       <ERO <H1,M7,M8,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=3 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=1>>
       <ERO <E1,M6,M5,H1>>

   The state-report for POL2, CP1 can be encoded as:

   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=100>
       <BIDIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION = A1>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=1 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=3>>
       <ERO <E1,M2,M1,H1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=2 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=4>>
       <ERO <E1,M4,M3,H1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=3 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=1>>
       <ERO <H1,M1,M2,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=4 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=2>>
       <ERO <H1,M3,M4,E1>>

   The state-report for POL2, CP2 can be encoded as:

   <state-report> =
       <LSP PLSP_ID=200>
       <BIDIRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION = A2>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=1 R-flag=0
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=3>>
       <ERO <E1,M6,M5,H1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=2 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=0>>
       <ERO <H1,M7,M8,E1>>
       <PATH-ATTRIB PathID=3 R-flag=1
           <OPPDIR-PATH-TLV OppositePathID=1>>
       <ERO <H1,M5,N6,E1>>






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8.  Implementation Status

   Note to the RFC Editor - remove this section before publication, as
   well as remove the reference to [RFC7942].

   This section records the status of known implementations of the
   protocol defined by this specification at the time of posting of this
   Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal described in [RFC7942].
   The description of implementations in this section is intended to
   assist the IETF in its decision processes in progressing drafts to
   RFCs.  Please note that the listing of any individual implementation
   here does not imply endorsement by the IETF.  Furthermore, no effort
   has been spent to verify the information presented here that was
   supplied by IETF contributors.  This is not intended as, and must not
   be construed to be, a catalog of available implementations or their
   features.  Readers are advised to note that other implementations may
   exist.

   According to [RFC7942], “this will allow reviewers and working groups
   to assign due consideration to documents that have the benefit of
   running code, which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation
   and feedback that have made the implemented protocols more mature.
   It is up to the individual working groups to use this information as
   they see fit”.

8.1.  Cisco Systems

   Organization: Cisco Systems
   Implementation: IOS-XR PCC and PCE
   Description: Circuit-Style SR Policies
   Maturity Level: Supported feature
   Coverage: Multiple Segment-Lists and reverse paths in SR Policy
   Contact: mkoldych@cisco.com

8.2.  Ciena Corp

   Organization: Ciena Corp
   Implementation: Head-end and controller
   Maturity Level: Proof of concept
   Coverage: Full
   Contact: byadav@ciena.com

8.3.  Huawei Technologies








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   Organization: Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.
   Implementation: Huawei's Router and Controller
   Maturity Level: Proof of concept
   Coverage: Partial
   Contact: tanren@huawei.com

9.  IANA Considerations

9.1.  PCEP Object

   IANA is requested to make the assignment of a new value for the
   existing “PCEP Objects” registry as follows:

    +--------------+-------------+-------------------+-----------------+
    | Object-Class | Name        | Object-Type       | Reference       |
    | Value        |             | Value             |                 |
    +--------------+-------------+-------------------+-----------------+
    | 45           | PATH-ATTRIB | 1                 | This document   |
    +--------------+-------------+-------------------+-----------------+

9.2.  PCEP TLV

   IANA is requested to make the assignment of a new value for the
   existing “PCEP TLV Type Indicators” registry as follows:

    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | TLV Type   | TLV Name                          | Reference       |
    | Value      |                                   |                 |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 60         | MULTIPATH-CAP                     | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 61         | MULTIPATH-WEIGHT                  | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 62         | MULTIPATH-BACKUP                  | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 63         | MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH             | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | TBD1       | MULTIPATH-FORWARD-CLASS           | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

9.3.  PCEP-Error Object

   IANA is requested to make the assignment of a new value for the
   existing “PCEP-ERROR Object Error Types and Values” sub-registry of
   the PCEP Numbers registry for the following errors:






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    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | Error-Type | Error-Value                       | Reference       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 10         | 38 - Conflicting Path ID          | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 19         | 20 - Not supported path backup    | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 19         | 21 - Non-empty path               | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

9.4.  Flags in the Multipath Capability TLV

   IANA is requested to create a new sub-registry to manage the Flag
   field of the MULTIPATH-CAP TLV, called “Flags in MULTIPATH-CAP TLV”.
   New values are to be assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126]

    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | Bit        | Description                       | Reference       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 0-12       | Unassigned                        | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 13         | 0-flag: support for processing    | This document   |
    |            | MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV         |                 |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 14         | B-flag: support for processing    | This document   |
    |            | MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV              |                 |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 15         | W-flag: support for processing    | This document   |
    |            | MULTIPATH-WEIGHT TLV              |                 |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

9.5.  Flags in the Path Attribute Object

   IANA is requested to create a new sub-registry to manage the Flag
   field of the PATH-ATTRIBUTE object, called “Flags in PATH-ATTRIBUTE
   Object”. New values are to be assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126]

    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | Bit        | Description                       | Reference       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 0-12       | Unassigned                        | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 13-15      | O-flag: Operational state         | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+







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9.6.  Flags in the Multipath Backup TLV

   IANA is requested to create a new sub-registry to manage the Flag
   field of the MULTIPATH-BACKUP TLV, called “Flags in MULTIPATH-BACKUP
   TLV”. New values are to be assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126]

    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | Bit        | Description                       | Reference       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 0-14       | Unassigned                        | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 15         | B-flag: Pure backup               | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

9.7.  Flags in the Multipath Opposite Direction Path TLV

   IANA is requested to create a new sub-registry to manage the flag
   fields of the MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV, called “Flags in the
   MULTIPATH-OPPDIR-PATH TLV”. New values are to be assigned by
   Standards Action [RFC8126]

    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | Bit        | Description                       | Reference       |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 0-12       | Unassigned                        | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 14         | L-flag: Link co-routed            | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
    | 15         | N-flag: Node co-routed            | This document   |
    +------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

10.  Security Considerations

   None at this time.

11.  Acknowledgement

   Thanks to Dhruv Dhody for ideas and discussion.  Thanks to Yuan
   Yaping for review comments.

12.  Contributors










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      Zafar Ali
      Cisco Systems
      Email: zali@cisco.com

      Samuel Sidor
      Cisco Systems
      Email: ssidor@cisco.com

      Andrew Stone
      Nokia
      Email: andrew.stone@nokia.com

      Chen Ran
      ZTE
      Email: chen.ran@zte.com.cn

13.  References

13.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.draft-ietf-pce-pcep-color]
              Rajagopalan, B., Beeram, V. P., Peng, S., Koldychev, M.,
              and G. S. Mishra, "Path Computation Element Protocol(PCEP)
              Extension for Color", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-pce-pcep-color-04, 27 May 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-pce-
              pcep-color-04>.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp]
              Koldychev, M., Sivabalan, S., Barth, C., Peng, S., and H.
              Bidgoli, "Path Computation Element Communication Protocol
              (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing (SR) Policy
              Candidate Paths", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp-17, 25 June 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-pce-
              segment-routing-policy-cp-17>.

   [I-D.schmutzer-pce-cs-sr-policy]
              Schmutzer, C., Filsfils, C., Ali, Z., Clad, F.,
              Maheshwari, P., Rokui, R., Stone, A., Jalil, L., Peng, S.,
              Saad, T., and D. Voyer, "Circuit Style Segment Routing
              Policies", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              schmutzer-pce-cs-sr-policy-02, 5 May 2022,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-schmutzer-
              pce-cs-sr-policy-02>.






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   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC7942]  Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
              Code: The Implementation Status Section", BCP 205,
              RFC 7942, DOI 10.17487/RFC7942, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7942>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8231]  Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Medved, J., and R. Varga, "Path
              Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
              Extensions for Stateful PCE", RFC 8231,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8231, September 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8231>.

   [RFC8664]  Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Tantsura, J., Henderickx, W.,
              and J. Hardwick, "Path Computation Element Communication
              Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing", RFC 8664,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8664, December 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8664>.

   [RFC9256]  Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Ed., Voyer, D., Bogdanov,
              A., and P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture",
              RFC 9256, DOI 10.17487/RFC9256, July 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9256>.

13.2.  Informative References

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8745]  Ananthakrishnan, H., Sivabalan, S., Barth, C., Minei, I.,
              and M. Negi, "Path Computation Element Communication
              Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Associating Working and
              Protection Label Switched Paths (LSPs) with Stateful PCE",
              RFC 8745, DOI 10.17487/RFC8745, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8745>.







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   [RFC9059]  Gandhi, R., Ed., Barth, C., and B. Wen, "Path Computation
              Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for
              Associated Bidirectional Label Switched Paths (LSPs)",
              RFC 9059, DOI 10.17487/RFC9059, June 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9059>.

Authors' Addresses

   Mike Koldychev
   Ciena Corporation
   Email: mkoldych@ciena.com


   Siva Sivabalan
   Ciena Corporation
   Email: ssivabal@ciena.com


   Tarek Saad
   Juniper Networks, Inc.
   Email: tsaad@juniper.net


   Vishnu Pavan Beeram
   Juniper Networks, Inc.
   Email: vbeeram@juniper.net


   Hooman Bidgoli
   Nokia
   Email: hooman.bidgoli@nokia.com


   Bhupendra Yadav
   Ciena
   Email: byadav@ciena.com


   Shuping Peng
   Huawei Technologies
   Email: pengshuping@huawei.com


   Gyan Mishra
   Verizon Inc.
   Email: gyan.s.mishra@verizon.com





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