rfc-3063

MPLS Loop Prevention Mechanism

Y. Ohba, Y. Katsube, E. Rosen, P. Doolan
date2001-02 streamIETF areartg wgmpls statusEXPERIMENTAL pages44 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3063 doi10.17487/RFC3063
This paper presents a simple mechanism, based on "threads", which can be used to prevent Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) from setting up label switched path (LSPs) which have loops. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.