rfc-8821

PCE-Based Traffic Engineering (TE) in Native IP Networks

A. Wang, B. Khasanov, Q. Zhao, H. Chen
date2021-04 streamIETF areartg wgteas statusINFORMATIONAL pages12 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8821 doi10.17487/RFC8821
This document defines an architecture for providing traffic engineering in a native IP network using multiple BGP sessions and a Path Computation Element (PCE)-based central control mechanism. It defines the Centralized Control Dynamic Routing (CCDR) procedures and identifies needed extensions for the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP).