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     MPLS Working Group                                     Osama Aboul-Magd
     Internet Draft                                          Nortel Networks
                                                                    Raj Jain
     draft-aboulmagd-mpls-ldp-optical-uni-00.txt              Nayna Networks
     Expiration Date: January 2001                                LianYu Jia
                                                                 ONI Systems
                                                            Bala Rajagopalan
                                                                Tellium Inc.
                                                             Robert Rennison
                                                             Laurel Networks
                                                                Yangguang Xu
                                                                 Lucent Tech
                                                             Zhensheng Zhang
                                                           Sorrento Networks

                                                                  July, 2000


         LDP Extensions for Optical User Network Interface (O-UNI) Signaling


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     1. Abstract

        General requirements for signaling across the Optical UNI (O-UNI) are
        discussed in [1]. This draft describes extensions to the LDP protocol
        [2] to support those requirements. The LDP extensions described here
        address two areas:

        - The addition of new TLVs to support the attributes required for
        lightpath establishment at the O-UNI





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        - Two new LDP messages to allow for the exchange of lightpath status
          information across the UNI.

        The content of this draft is expected to evolve as work progresses on
        the optical UNI. This draft is a work in progress.



     2. Conventions used in this document

        The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
        "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
        document are to be interpreted as described in RFC-2119 [3].


     3. Use of LDP for the O-UNI

        This draft describes how LDP with extensions may be used as a signaling
        mechanism for the O-UNI. Several O-UNI abstract messages are defined in
        [1]. This draft shows how to use the existing LDP messages for that
        purpose. Two new LDP messages are introduced to meet the requirements
        for the exchange of status information across the O-UNI

     3.1. Overview

        LDP is one of the candidate protocols described in [1] for an O-UNI
        signaling implementation.

        Applying LDP at the O-UNI allows for:

             - The reuse of already defined LDP messages and message formats
             - The reuse of LDP session management and control procedures
             - Additions to the already specified procedures for notification
               of errors.
             - The reuse of the LDP security mechanism

        Support for the O-UNI signaling requirements depends upon the use of
        the following LDP behaviors and mechanisms as defined in [2].

             - Use of Basic and/or Extended discovery mechanisms.
             - Use of the Label Request Message in downstream on demand label
               advertisement mode with ordered control.
             - Use of the Label Mapping Message in downstream on demand label
               advertisement mode with ordered control.
             - Use of the Notification Message.
             - Use of the Withdraw and Release Messages.

        Additional messages are defined to support the propagation of lightpath
        status information as defined in [1].







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        Additional TLVs are specified to support the lightpath attributes
        specified in [1]. Note: Additional work is required to define the
        format of these TLVs.


     3.2. Use of LDP Messages for O-UNI

        A set of abstract UNI messages is defined in [1]. Those abstract
        messages support the basic functions of the optical UNI. Those
        functions are, lightpath create, lightpath delete, lightpath
        modification, and lightpath status enquiry. Each of those functions is
        supported by a set of messages.


        The procedures for handling LDP messages across the optical UNI are
        unchanged with the exception that:

             The LDP FEC TLV SHOULD be ignored since it is not applicable at
             the UNI.

        Note: The use of LDP messages for the optical UNI does not change the
        semantics of the LDP Message ID.


     3.2.1. Lightpath Create Action

        For the lightpath create action, [1] defines two abstract messages, the
        lightpath Create Request and the Lightpath Create Response. The mapping
        of the LDP messages to fulfill the lightpath create action is:

             - Lightpath Create Request: The create request function is
               achieved by the LDP Label Request Message. The Generalized Label
               Request TLV defined in [4] is used to convey the lightpath
               attributes to the network side.
             - Lightpath Create Response: The create response function is
               achieved by the use of the LDP Label Mapping Message. The create
               response function makes use of the Generalized label defined in
               [4]. The Label Mapping procedures are limited to downstream on
               demand, ordered control mode with conservative label retention
               mode.

     3.2.2. Lightpath Delete Action

        For the lightpath delete action, [1] defines two abstract messages,
        the Lightpath Delete Request and the Lightpath Delete Response. The
        mapping of the LDP messages to fulfill the function of the lightpath
        delete action is:

             - Lightpath Delete Request: The delete request is achieved by the
               LDP Label Release Request Message. The Label Release Message is






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               sent from the initiating client at any time depending on his
               need for the lightpath.
             - Lightpath Delete Response: The delete Response is achieved by
               the LDP Label Withdraw Message.

     3.2.3. Lightpath Modify Action

        For the Lightpath modify action, [1] defines two abstract messages, The
        Lightpath Modification Request and the Lightpath Modification Response.

        Lightpath modify action does not require the definition of new LDP
        message. The modify action follows the procedure described in [5].

     3.2.4. Lightpath Status Enquiry Action

        For the lightpath status enquiry action, [1] defines two abstract
        messages, Lightpath Status Enquiry and Lightpath Status Response

        The Lightpath Status Enquiry and Lightpath Status Response functions
        require the definition of two new LDP messages, The Status Enquiry
        Message and the Status Response Message. The encoding of the new
        messages is defined in the next section.

        When an LSR receives a Status Enquiry message it generates an LDP
        Status Response Message. The Status Response message is useful for
        lightpath recovery after failure, it contains the attributes of
        lightpaths that are affected by failure.

     3.2.5. Notification Action

        The Notification function is similar in scope to that of the LDP
        Notification Message. Hence the LDP Notification message is used across
        the optical UNI for this purpose.


     4. LDP Message Extensions

     4.1. Label Request Message

        Additional TLVs are added to the LDP Label Request Message as shown
        below:

         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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Label Request (0x0401)     |      Length                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                               FEC TLV                         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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        |                   Generalized Label Request TLV               |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |        Source Termination Point TLV (O-UNI mandatory)         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |     Destination Termination Point TLV (O-UNI mandatory)       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |        Source User Group ID TLV (O-UNI mandatory)             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |      Destination User Group ID TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |          Contract ID TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |            Transparency TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)                |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Propagation Delay  (optional)                  |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Lightpath Schedule TLV  (optional)             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |   Reserved                                   |D|Service Level||
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Diversity TLV   (optional)                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Propagation Delay  (optional)                  |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        The Generalized Label TLV is as defined in [4]. The generalized Label
        Request TLV carries information regarding the span protection type, the
        lightpath encoding and bandwidth. Additional TLVs are added to the
        Label Request Message to accommodate lightpath attributes defined in
        [1]. D specifies the lightpath directionality as specified in [1].

     4.2. Label Mapping Message

        Additional TLVs are added to the LDP Label Mapping Message as shown
        below:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Label Mapping (0x0400)     |      Length                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                               FEC TLV                         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Generalized Label TLV                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                   Lightpath ID TLV(O-UNI mandatory)           |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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        |       Source Termination Point TLV (O-UNI mandatory)          |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |    Destination Termination Point TLV (O-UNI mandatory         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |      Source User Group ID TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |    Destination User Group ID TLV (O-UNI mandatory)            |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |          Contract ID TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |   Reserved                                   |D|Service Level||
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |               Result Code TLV (O-UNI mandatory)               |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        The Generalized Label TLV is as defined in [4]. The rest of the
        attributes are as defined in [1]. The Result code TLV reflects the
        result of the lightpath create process.

     4.3. The Label Release Message

        The LightPath TLV is added to the LDP Label Release Message as shown
        below:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Label Release (0x0403)     |      Length                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                               FEC TLV                         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Lightpath ID TLV (O-UNI mandatory)             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



     4.4. The Label Withdraw Message

        Additional TLVs are added to the LDP Label WithDraw Message as shown
        below:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Label Withdraw (0x0402)    |      Length                   |





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        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                               FEC TLV                         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                  Lightpath ID TLV (O-UNI mandatory)           |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |               Result Code TLV  (O-UNI mandatory)              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     4.5. The Notification Message

        The encoding for the Notification Message is:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Notification (0x0001)      |      Length                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                    Lightpath ID (O-UNI mandatory)             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                          Status TLV                           |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        The Status TLV is as defined in [2]. New status codes will be added to
        reflect the state of the lightpath.

     4.6. The Status Enquiry Message

        The Status Enquiry Message is a new LDP message. The encoding for the
        Status Enquiry Message is:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |0|  Status Enquiry (0x0002)    |      Length                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                              Message ID                       |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                      Lightpath ID TLV                         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                          UNI-C ID  TLV                        |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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        The UNI-C is as defined in [6]. The Lightpath ID TLV is optional in the
        Status Enquiry Message. The UNI-C ID TLV is an O-UNI mandatory
        parameter if the Lightpath ID TLV does not exist. Otherwise, it is
        optional.

     4.7. The Status Response Message

        The Status Response Message is a new LDP message. The encoding for the
        Status Response Message is:

        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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |U|F|    0x0003                 |            Length             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Message ID                              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Lightpath ID TLV                        |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |          Source Termination Point TLV (optional)              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |       Destination Termination Point TLV (optional )           |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |            Source User Group ID  (optional)                   |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |         Destination User Group ID  (optional)                 |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |              Contract ID TLV  (optional)                      |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |               Transparency TLV  (optional)                    |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Propagation Delay  (optional)                  |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Lightpath Schedule TLV  (optional)             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |   Reserved                    |D|Service Level|               |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Diversity TLV   (optional)                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                Propagation Delay  (optional)                  |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                  Status TLV   (O-UNI mandatory)               |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                       Optional Parameters                     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



     5. Security Considerations






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        This draft has the same security consideration as in [2].

     6. References

        1  Rajagopalan, B. et. al., "Signaling Requirements at the IP-Optical
           Interface (UNI)" draft-bala-mpls-uni-signaling-00.txt, work in
           progress, July 2000.

        2  Andersson, L., et. al., "LDP Specifications_, draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-
           08.txt, work in progress, June 2000

        3  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
           Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997

        4  P. Ashwood-Smith, "MPLS Optical/Switching Signaling Functional
           Description_ IETF Draft, Work in Progress, June 2000.

        5  Ash, J., et, al., "LSP Modification Using CR-LDP", draft-ietf-mpls-
           crlsp-modify-01.txt, work in progress, Feb. 2000.

        6  K. Bala, et. al., "User Network Interface 1.0 Proposal " OIF
           Contribution, OIF2000.125, June 2000.


































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7. Author's Addresses

   Raj Jain
   Nayna Networks, Inc.
   157 Topaz St.
   Milpitas, CA 95035
   Phone: 408-956-8000x309
   Fax: 408-956-8730
   Email:raj@nayna.com

   Zhensheng Zhang
   Sorrento Networks
   9990 Mesa Rim Road
   San Diego, CA 92121
   Tel: 858-646-7195
   e.mail:zzhang@sorrentonet.com

   Robert Ronnison
   Laurel Networks
   2607 Nicholson Road
   Sewickley, PA 15143, USA
   Tel: +1 724-933-7330
   Email:robren@laurelnetworks.com

   Osama S. Aboul-Magd
   Nortel Networks
   P.O. Box 3511, Station _C_
   Ottawa, Ont, K1Y-4H7
   Tel : 613-763-5827
   e.mail :osama@nortelnetworks.com

   Bala Rajagopalan
   Tellium, Inc.
   2 Crescent Place
   Ocean Port, NJ 07757
   Email :braja@tellium.com


   Liangyu Jia
   ONI Systems Corp.
   166 Baypoints Parkway
   San Jose, CA 95134
   Tel: 408-965-2743
   Fax: 408-965-2660
   e.mail:ljia@oni.com

   Yangguang Xu
   Lucent Technologies Inc.
   21-2A41
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   1600 Osgood St.
   N. Anderson, MA 01845
   Tel : 978-960-6105
   e.mail :xuyg@Lucent.com
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