{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-mln-reqs-11",
  "doc_id": "RFC5212",
  "title": "Requirements for GMPLS-Based Multi-Region and Multi-Layer Networks (MRN/MLN)",
  "authors": [
    "K. Shiomoto",
    "D. Papadimitriou",
    "JL. Le Roux",
    "M. Vigoureux",
    "D. Brungard"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "28",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "Common Control and Measurement Plane",
  "abstract": "Most of the initial efforts to utilize Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) have been related to environments hosting devices with a single switching capability. The complexity raised by the control of such data planes is similar to that seen in classical IP/MPLS networks. By extending MPLS to support multiple switching technologies, GMPLS provides a comprehensive framework for the control of a multi-layered network of either a single switching technology or multiple switching technologies.\n\n In GMPLS, a switching technology domain defines a region, and a network of multiple switching types is referred to in this document as a multi-region network (MRN). When referring in general to a layered network, which may consist of either single or multiple regions, this document uses the term multi-layer network (MLN). This document defines a framework for GMPLS based multi-region / multi-layer networks and lists a set of functional requirements. This memo provides information for the Internet community.",
  "pub_date": "July 2008",
  "keywords": [
    "generalized mpls",
    "switching technology"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC5212",
  "errata_url": null
}