rfc-8354

Use Cases for IPv6 Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING)

J. Brzozowski, J. Leddy, C. Filsfils, R. Maglione (Editor), M. Townsley

date2018-03 streamIETF areartg wgspring statusINFORMATIONAL pages9 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8354 doi10.17487/RFC8354

The Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) architecture describes how Segment Routing can be used to steer packets through an IPv6 or MPLS network using the source routing paradigm. This document illustrates some use cases for Segment Routing in an IPv6-only environment.