<pre>Network Working Group                             F. Le Faucheur, Editor
Request for Comments: 3270                                         L. Wu
Category: Standards Track                                       B. Davie
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                               S. Davari
                                                         PMC-Sierra Inc.
                                                             P. Vaananen
                                                                   Nokia
                                                             R. Krishnan
                                                       Axiowave Networks
                                                               P. Cheval
                                                                 Alcatel
                                                             J. Heinanen
                                                           Song Networks
                                                                May 2002


                 <span class="h1">Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)</span>
                   <span class="h1">Support of Differentiated Services</span>

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document defines a flexible solution for support of
   Differentiated Services (Diff-Serv) over Multi-Protocol Label
   Switching (MPLS) networks.

   This solution allows the MPLS network administrator to select how
   Diff-Serv Behavior Aggregates (BAs) are mapped onto Label Switched
   Paths (LSPs) so that he/she can best match the Diff-Serv, Traffic
   Engineering and protection objectives within his/her particular
   network.  For instance, this solution allows the network
   administrator to decide whether different sets of BAs are to be
   mapped onto the same LSP or mapped onto separate LSPs.






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Table of Contents

   <a href="#section-1">1</a>. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-3">3</a>
   <a href="#section-1.1">1.1</a>  Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-5">5</a>
   <a href="#section-1.2">1.2</a> EXP-Inferred-PSC LSPs (E-LSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-6">6</a>
   <a href="#section-1.3">1.3</a> Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSPs (L-LSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-7">7</a>
   <a href="#section-1.4">1.4</a> Overall Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-7">7</a>
   <a href="#section-1.5">1.5</a> Relationship between Label and FEC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-8">8</a>
   <a href="#section-1.6">1.6</a> Bandwidth Reservation for E-LSPs and L-LSPs . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-8">8</a>
   2. Label Forwarding Model for Diff-Serv LSRs and Tunneling Models . 9
   <a href="#section-2.1">2.1</a> Label Forwarding Model for Diff-Serv LSRs . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-9">9</a>
   <a href="#section-2.2">2.2</a> Incoming PHB Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-10">10</a>
   2.3 Outgoing PHB Determination With Optional Traffic Conditioning .11
   <a href="#section-2.4">2.4</a> Label Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-11">11</a>
   <a href="#section-2.5">2.5</a> Encoding Diff-Serv Information Into Encapsulation Layer . . . .<a href="#page-13">13</a>
   <a href="#section-2.6">2.6</a> Diff-Serv Tunneling Models over MPLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-13">13</a>
   <a href="#section-3">3</a>. Detailed Operations of E-LSPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-22">22</a>
   <a href="#section-3.1">3.1</a> E-LSP Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-22">22</a>
   <a href="#section-3.2">3.2</a> Populating the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an incoming E-LSP . .23
   <a href="#section-3.3">3.3</a> Incoming PHB Determination On Incoming E-LSP. . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-23">23</a>
   3.4 Populating the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for an outgoing
       E-LSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-24">24</a>
   3.5 Encoding Diff-Serv information into Encapsulation Layer On
       Outgoing E-LSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-26">26</a>
   <a href="#section-3.6">3.6</a> E-LSP Merging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-27">27</a>
   <a href="#section-4">4</a>.  Detailed Operation of L-LSPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-28">28</a>
   <a href="#section-4.1">4.1</a> L-LSP Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-28">28</a>
   <a href="#section-4.2">4.2</a> Populating the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an incoming L-LSP . .28
   <a href="#section-4.3">4.3</a> Incoming PHB Determination On Incoming L-LSP. . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-30">30</a>
   4.4 Populating the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for an outgoing
       L-LSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-31">31</a>
   4.5 Encoding Diff-Serv Information into Encapsulation Layer on
       Outgoing L-LSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-33">33</a>
   <a href="#section-4.6">4.6</a> L-LSP Merging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-34">34</a>
   <a href="#section-5">5</a>. RSVP Extension for Diff-Serv Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-34">34</a>
   <a href="#section-5.1">5.1</a> Diff-Serv related RSVP Messages Format. . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-34">34</a>
   <a href="#section-5.2">5.2</a> DIFFSERV Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-35">35</a>
   <a href="#section-5.3">5.3</a> Handling DIFFSERV Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-37">37</a>
   <a href="#section-5.4">5.4</a> Non-support of the DIFFSERV Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-40">40</a>
   <a href="#section-5.5">5.5</a> Error Codes For Diff-Serv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-40">40</a>
   <a href="#section-5.6">5.6</a> Intserv Service Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-41">41</a>
   <a href="#section-6">6</a>. LDP Extensions for Diff-Serv Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-41">41</a>
   <a href="#section-6.1">6.1</a> Diff-Serv TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-42">42</a>
   <a href="#section-6.2">6.2</a> Diff-Serv Status Code Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-44">44</a>
   <a href="#section-6.3">6.3</a> Diff-Serv Related LDP Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-44">44</a>
   <a href="#section-6.4">6.4</a> Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-46">46</a>
   <a href="#section-6.5">6.5</a> Non-Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-49">49</a>
   <a href="#section-6.6">6.6</a> Bandwidth Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-49">49</a>



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   7. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over PPP, LAN, Non-LC-ATM and
      Non-LC-FR Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-49">49</a>
   <a href="#section-8">8</a>. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over LC-ATM Interfaces . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-50">50</a>
   <a href="#section-8.1">8.1</a> Use of ATM Traffic Classes and Traffic Management mechanisms. .50
   <a href="#section-8.2">8.2</a> LSR Implementation With LC-ATM Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-50">50</a>
   <a href="#section-9">9</a>. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over LC-FR Interfaces. . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-51">51</a>
   9.1 Use of Frame Relay Traffic parameters and Traffic Management
       mechanisms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-51">51</a>
   <a href="#section-9.2">9.2</a> LSR Implementation With LC-FR Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-51">51</a>
   <a href="#section-10">10</a>. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-52">52</a>
   <a href="#section-11">11</a>. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-52">52</a>
   <a href="#section-12">12</a>. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-52">52</a>
   APPENDIX A. Example Deployment Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-53">53</a>
   APPENDIX B. Example Bandwidth Reservation Scenarios . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-58">58</a>
   References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-60">60</a>
   Authors' Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-62">62</a>
   Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<a href="#page-64">64</a>

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-1" href="#section-1">1</a>. Introduction</span>

   In an MPLS domain [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ARCH" title="&quot;Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture&quot;">MPLS_ARCH</a>], when a stream of data traverses a
   common path, a Label Switched Path (LSP) can be established using
   MPLS signaling protocols.  At the ingress Label Switch Router (LSR),
   each packet is assigned a label and is transmitted downstream.  At
   each LSR along the LSP, the label is used to forward the packet to
   the next hop.

   In a Differentiated Service (Diff-Serv) domain [<a href="#ref-DIFF_ARCH" title="&quot;An Architecture for Differentiated Services&quot;">DIFF_ARCH</a>] all the IP
   packets crossing a link and requiring the same Diff-Serv behavior are
   said to constitute a Behavior Aggregate (BA).  At the ingress node of
   the Diff-Serv domain, the packets are classified and marked with a
   Diff-Serv Code Point (DSCP) which corresponds to their Behavior
   Aggregate.  At each transit node, the DSCP is used to select the Per
   Hop Behavior (PHB) that determines the scheduling treatment and, in
   some cases, drop probability for each packet.

   This document specifies a solution for supporting the Diff-Serv
   Behavior Aggregates whose corresponding PHBs are currently defined
   (in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_HEADER" title="&quot;Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers&quot;">DIFF_HEADER</a>], [<a href="#ref-DIFF_AF" title="&quot;Assured Forwarding PHB Group&quot;">DIFF_AF</a>], [<a href="#ref-DIFF_EF" title="&quot;An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Per-Hop Behavior)&quot;">DIFF_EF</a>]) over an MPLS network.  This
   solution also offers flexibility for easy support of PHBs that may be
   defined in the future.

   This solution relies on the combined use of two types of LSPs:

   -  LSPs which can transport multiple Ordered Aggregates, so that the
      EXP field of the MPLS Shim Header conveys to the LSR the PHB to be
      applied to the packet (covering both information about the
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   -  LSPs which only transport a single Ordered Aggregate, so that the
      packet's scheduling treatment is inferred by the LSR exclusively
      from the packet's label value while the packet's drop precedence
      is conveyed in the EXP field of the MPLS Shim Header or in the
      encapsulating link layer specific selective drop mechanism (ATM,
      Frame Relay, 802.1).

   As mentioned in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_HEADER" title="&quot;Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers&quot;">DIFF_HEADER</a>], "Service providers are not required to
   use the same node mechanisms or configurations to enable service
   differentiation within their networks, and are free to configure the
   node parameters in whatever way that is appropriate for their service
   offerings and traffic engineering objectives".  Thus, the solution
   defined in this document gives Service Providers flexibility in
   selecting how Diff-Serv classes of service are Routed or Traffic
   Engineered within their domain (e.g., separate classes of services
   supported via separate LSPs and Routed separately, all classes of
   service supported on the same LSP and Routed together).

   Because MPLS is path-oriented it can potentially provide faster and
   more predictable protection and restoration capabilities in the face
   of topology changes than conventional hop by hop routed IP systems.
   In this document we refer to such capabilities as "MPLS protection".
   Although such capabilities and associated mechanisms are outside the
   scope of this specification, we note that they may offer different
   levels of protection to different LSPs.  Since the solution presented
   here allow Service Providers to choose how Diff-Serv classes of
   services are mapped onto LSPs, the solution also gives Service
   Providers flexibility in the level of protection provided to
   different Diff-Serv classes of service (e.g., some classes of service
   can be supported by LSPs which are protected while some other classes
   of service are supported by LSPs which are not protected).

   Furthermore, the solution specified in this document achieves label
   space conservation and reduces the volume of label set-up/tear-down
   signaling where possible by only resorting to multiple LSPs for a
   given Forwarding Equivalent Class (FEC) [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ARCH" title="&quot;Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture&quot;">MPLS_ARCH</a>] when useful or
   required.

   This specification allows support of Differentiated Services for both
   IPv4 and IPv6 traffic transported over an MPLS network.  This
   document only describes operations for unicast.  Multicast support is
   for future study.

   The solution described in this document does not preclude the
   signaled or configured use of the EXP bits to support Explicit
   Congestion Notification [<a href="#ref-ECN" title="&quot;The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP&quot;">ECN</a>] simultaneously with Diff-Serv over
   MPLS.  However, techniques for supporting ECN in an MPLS environment
   are outside the scope of this document.



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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.1" href="#section-1.1">1.1</a>  Terminology</span>

   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 <a href="./rfc2119">RFC 2119</a>.

   The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology of
   [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ARCH" title="&quot;Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture&quot;">MPLS_ARCH</a>], [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ENCAPS" title="&quot;MPLS Label Stack Encoding&quot;">MPLS_ENCAPS</a>], [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ATM" title="&quot;MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching&quot;">MPLS_ATM</a>], [<a href="#ref-MPLS_FR" title="&quot;Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification&quot;">MPLS_FR</a>], including the
   following:

      FEC        Forwarding Equivalency Class

      FTN        FEC-To-NHLFE Map

      ILM        Incoming Label Map

      LC-ATM     Label Switching Controlled-ATM (interface)

      LC-FR      Label Switching Controlled-Frame Relay (interface)

      LSP        Label Switched Path

      LSR        Label Switch Router

      MPLS       Multi-Protocol Label Switching

      NHLFE      Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry

   The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology of
   [<a href="#ref-DIFF_ARCH" title="&quot;An Architecture for Differentiated Services&quot;">DIFF_ARCH</a>], [<a href="#ref-DIFF_HEADER" title="&quot;Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers&quot;">DIFF_HEADER</a>], [<a href="#ref-DIFF_AF" title="&quot;Assured Forwarding PHB Group&quot;">DIFF_AF</a>], [<a href="#ref-DIFF_EF" title="&quot;An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Per-Hop Behavior)&quot;">DIFF_EF</a>], including the
   following:

      AF         Assured Forwarding

      BA         Behavior Aggregate

      CS         Class Selector

      DF         Default Forwarding

      DSCP       Differentiated Services Code Point

      EF         Expedited Forwarding

      PHB        Per Hop Behavior






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   The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology of
   [<a href="#ref-DIFF_NEW" title="&quot;New Terminology and Clarifications for Diffserv&quot;">DIFF_NEW</a>], including the following:

      OA        Ordered Aggregate.  The set of Behavior Aggregates which
                share an ordering constraint.

      PSC       PHB Scheduling Class.  The set of one or more PHB(s)
                that are applied to the Behavior Aggregate(s) belonging
                to a given OA.  For example, AF1x is a PSC comprising
                the AF11, AF12 and AF13 PHBs.  EF is an example of PSC
                comprising a single PHB, the EF PHB.

   The following acronyms are also used:

      CLP        Cell Loss Priority

      DE         Discard Eligibility

      SNMP       Simple Network Management Protocol

   Finally, the following acronyms are defined in this specification:

      E-LSP      EXP-Inferred-PSC LSP

      L-LSP      Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSP

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.2" href="#section-1.2">1.2</a> EXP-Inferred-PSC LSPs (E-LSP)</span>

   A single LSP can be used to support one or more OAs.  Such LSPs can
   support up to eight BAs of a given FEC, regardless of how many OAs
   these BAs span.  With such LSPs, the EXP field of the MPLS Shim
   Header is used by the LSR to determine the PHB to be applied to the
   packet.  This includes both the PSC and the drop preference.

   We refer to such LSPs as "EXP-inferred-PSC LSPs" (E-LSP), since the
   PSC of a packet transported on this LSP depends on the EXP field
   value for that packet.

   The mapping from the EXP field to the PHB (i.e., to PSC and drop
   precedence) for a given such LSP, is either explicitly signaled at
   label set-up or relies on a pre-configured mapping.

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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.3" href="#section-1.3">1.3</a> Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSPs (L-LSP)</span>

   A separate LSP can be established for a single &lt;FEC, OA&gt; pair.  With
   such LSPs, the PSC is explicitly signaled at the time of label
   establishment, so that after label establishment, the LSR can infer
   exclusively from the label value the PSC to be applied to a labeled
   packet.  When the Shim Header is used, the Drop Precedence to be
   applied by the LSR to the labeled packet, is conveyed inside the
   labeled packet MPLS Shim Header using the EXP field.  When the Shim
   Header is not used (e.g., MPLS Over ATM), the Drop Precedence to be
   applied by the LSR to the labeled packet is conveyed inside the link
   layer header encapsulation using link layer specific drop precedence
   fields (e.g., ATM CLP).

   We refer to such LSPs as "Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSPs" (L-LSP) since
   the PSC can be fully inferred from the label without any other
   information (e.g., regardless of the EXP field value).  Detailed
   operations of L-LSPs are specified in <a href="#section-4">section 4</a> below.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.4" href="#section-1.4">1.4</a> Overall Operations</span>

   For a given FEC, and unless media specific restrictions apply as
   identified in the sections <a href="#section-7">7</a>, <a href="#section-8">8</a> and <a href="#section-9">9</a> below, this specification
   allows any one of the following combinations within an MPLS Diff-Serv
   domain:

      -  zero or any number of E-LSPs, and

      -  zero or any number of L-LSPs.

   The network administrator selects the actual combination of LSPs from
   the set of allowed combinations and selects how the Behavior
   Aggregates are actually transported over this combination of LSPs, in
   order to best match his/her environment and objectives in terms of
   Diff-Serv support, Traffic Engineering and MPLS Protection.  Criteria
   for selecting such a combination are outside the scope of this
   specification.

   For a given FEC, there may be more than one LSP carrying the same OA,
   for example for purposes of load balancing of the OA; However in
   order to respect ordering constraints, all packets of a given
   microflow, possibly spanning multiple BAs of a given Ordered
   Aggregate, MUST be transported over the same LSP.  Conversely, each
   LSP MUST be capable of supporting all the (active) BAs of a given OA.

   Examples of deployment scenarios are provided for information in
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.5" href="#section-1.5">1.5</a> Relationship between Label and FEC</span>

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ARCH">MPLS_ARCH</a>] states in section `2.1. Overview' that:  `Some routers
   analyze a packet's network layer header not merely to choose the
   packet's next hop, but also to determine a packet's "precedence" or
   "class of service".  They may then apply different discard thresholds
   or scheduling disciplines to different packets.  MPLS allows (but
   does not require) the precedence or class of service to be fully or
   partially inferred from the label.  In this case, one may say that
   the label represents the combination of a FEC and a precedence or
   class of service.'

   In line with this, we observe that:

   -  With E-LSPs, the label represents the combination of a FEC and the
      set of BAs transported over the E-LSP.  Where all the supported
      BAs are transported over an E-LSP, the label then represents the
      complete FEC.

   -  With L-LSPs, the label represents the combination of a FEC and an
      OA.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-1.6" href="#section-1.6">1.6</a> Bandwidth Reservation for E-LSPs and L-LSPs</span>

   Regardless of which label binding protocol is used, E-LSPs and L-LSPs
   may be established with or without bandwidth reservation.

   Establishing an E-LSP or L-LSP with bandwidth reservation means that
   bandwidth requirements for the LSP are signaled at LSP establishment
   time.  Such signaled bandwidth requirements may be used by LSRs at
   establishment time to perform admission control of the signaled LSP
   over the Diff-Serv resources provisioned (e.g., via configuration,
   SNMP or policy protocols) for the relevant PSC(s).  Such signaled
   bandwidth requirements may also be used by LSRs at establishment time
   to perform adjustment to the Diff-Serv resources associated with the
   relevant PSC(s) (e.g., adjust PSC scheduling weight).

   Note that establishing an E-LSP or L-LSP with bandwidth reservation
   does not mean that per-LSP scheduling is required.  Since E-LSPs and
   L-LSPs are specified in this document for support of Differentiated
   Services, the required forwarding treatment (scheduling and drop
   policy) is defined by the appropriate Diff-Serv PHB.  This forwarding
   treatment MUST be applied by the LSR at the granularity of the BA and
   MUST be compliant with the relevant PHB specification.







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   When bandwidth requirements are signaled at the establishment of an
   L-LSP, the signaled bandwidth is obviously associated with the L-
   LSP's PSC.  Thus, LSRs which use the signaled bandwidth to perform
   admission control may perform admission control over Diff-Serv
   resources, which are dedicated to the PSC (e.g., over the bandwidth
   guaranteed to the PSC through its scheduling weight).

   When bandwidth requirements are signaled at the establishment of an
   E-LSP, the signaled bandwidth is associated collectively with the
   whole LSP and therefore with the set of transported PSCs.  Thus, LSRs
   which use the signaled bandwidth to perform admission control may
   perform admission control over global resources, which are shared by
   the set of PSCs (e.g., over the total bandwidth of the link).

   Examples of scenarios where bandwidth reservation is not used and
   scenarios where bandwidth reservation is used are provided for
   information in APPENDIX B.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-2" href="#section-2">2</a>. Label Forwarding Model for Diff-Serv LSRs and Tunneling Models</span>

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.1" href="#section-2.1">2.1</a> Label Forwarding Model for Diff-Serv LSRs</span>

   Since different Ordered Aggregates of a given FEC may be transported
   over different LSPs, the label swapping decision of a Diff-Serv LSR
   clearly depends on the forwarded packet's Behavior Aggregate.  Also,
   since the IP DS field of a forwarded packet may not be directly
   visible to an LSR, the way to determine the PHB to be applied to a
   received packet and to encode the PHB into a transmitted packet, is
   different than a non-MPLS Diff-Serv Router.

   Thus, in order to describe Label Forwarding by Diff-Serv LSRs, we
   model the LSR Diff-Serv label switching behavior, comprised of four
   stages:

   -  Incoming PHB Determination (A)

   -  Outgoing PHB Determination with Optional Traffic Conditioning(B)

   -  Label Forwarding (C)

   -  Encoding of Diff-Serv information into Encapsulation Layer (EXP,
      CLP, DE, User_Priority)  (D)

   Each stage is described in more detail in the following sections.

   Obviously, to enforce the Diff-Serv service differentiation the LSR
   MUST also apply the forwarding treatment corresponding to the
   Outgoing PHB.



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   This model is illustrated below:

   --Inc_label(s)(*)------------------------&gt;I===I--Outg_label(s)(&amp;)--&gt;
     \                                       I   I \
      \----&gt;I===I                            I C I  \--&gt;I===I--Encaps-&gt;
            I A I           I===I--Outg_PHB-&gt;I===I      I D I   (&amp;)
   -Encaps-&gt;I===I--Inc_PHB-&gt;I B I         \          /-&gt;I===I
      (*)                   I===I          \--------+
                                                     \----Forwarding--&gt;
                                                           Treatment
                                                             (PHB)

   "Encaps" designates the Diff-Serv related information encoded in the
   MPLS Encapsulation layer (e.g., EXP field, ATM CLP, Frame Relay DE,
   802.1 User_Priority)

   (*) when the LSR behaves as an MPLS ingress node, the incoming packet
   may be received unlabelled.

   (&amp;) when the LSR behaves as an MPLS egress node, the outgoing packet
   may be transmitted unlabelled.

   This model is presented here to describe the functional operations of
   Diff-Serv LSRs and does not constrain actual implementation.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.2" href="#section-2.2">2.2</a> Incoming PHB Determination</span>

   This stage determines which Behavior Aggregate the received packet
   belongs to.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.2.1" href="#section-2.2.1">2.2.1</a> Incoming PHB Determination Considering a Label Stack Entry</span>

   Sections <a href="#section-3.3">3.3</a> and <a href="#section-4.3">4.3</a> provide the details on how to perform incoming
   PHB Determination considering a given received label stack entry
   and/or received incoming MPLS encapsulation information depending on
   the incoming LSP type and depending on the incoming MPLS
   encapsulation.

   <a href="#section-2.6">Section 2.6</a> provides the details of which label stack entry to
   consider for the Incoming PHB Determination depending on the
   supported Diff-Serv tunneling mode.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.2.2" href="#section-2.2.2">2.2.2</a> Incoming PHB Determination Considering IP Header</span>

   <a href="#section-2.6">Section 2.6</a> provides the details of when the IP Header is to be
   considered for incoming PHB determination, depending on the supported
   Diff-Serv tunneling model.  In those cases where the IP header is to




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   be used, this stage operates exactly as with a non-MPLS IP Diff-Serv
   Router and uses the DS field to determine the incoming PHB.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.3" href="#section-2.3">2.3</a> Outgoing PHB Determination With Optional Traffic Conditioning</span>

   The traffic conditioning stage is optional and may be used on an LSR
   to perform traffic conditioning including Behavior Aggregate demotion
   or promotion.  It is outside the scope of this specification.  For
   the purpose of specifying Diff-Serv over MPLS forwarding, we simply
   note that the PHB to be actually enforced and conveyed to downstream
   LSRs by an LSR (referred to as "outgoing PHB"), may be different to
   the PHB which had been associated with the packet by the previous LSR
   (referred to as "incoming PHB").

   When the traffic conditioning stage is not present, the "outgoing
   PHB" is simply identical to the "incoming PHB".

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.4" href="#section-2.4">2.4</a> Label Forwarding</span>

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ARCH">MPLS_ARCH</a>] describes how label swapping is performed by LSRs on
   incoming labeled packets using an Incoming Label Map (ILM), where
   each incoming label is mapped to one or multiple NHLFEs.  [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ARCH" title="&quot;Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture&quot;">MPLS_ARCH</a>]
   also describes how label imposition is performed by LSRs on incoming
   unlabelled packets using a FEC-to-NHLFEs Map (FTN), where each
   incoming FEC is mapped to one or multiple NHLFEs.

   A Diff-Serv Context for a label is comprised of:

   -  `LSP type (i.e., E-LSP or L-LSP)'

   -  `supported PHBs'

   -  `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an incoming label

   -  `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for an outgoing label

   The present specification defines that a Diff-Serv Context is stored
   in the ILM for each incoming label.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ARCH">MPLS_ARCH</a>] states that the `NHLFE may also contain any other
   information needed in order to properly dispose of the packet'.  In
   accordance with this, the present specification defines that a Diff-
   Serv Context is stored in the NHLFE for each outgoing label that is
   swapped or pushed.

   This Diff-Serv Context information is populated into the ILM and the
   FTN at label establishment time.




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   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which no `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, the `supported
   PHBs' is populated with the set of PHBs of the preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', which is discussed below in <a href="#section-3.2.1">section 3.2.1</a>.

   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which an `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, the `supported
   PHBs' is populated with the set of PHBs of the signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping'.

   If the label corresponds to an L-LSP, the `supported PHBs' is
   populated with the set of PHBs forming the PSC that is signaled at
   LSP set-up.

   The details of how the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' or `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
   mappings' are populated are defined below in sections <a href="#section-3">3</a> and <a href="#section-4">4</a>.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ARCH">MPLS_ARCH</a>] also states that:

   "If the ILM [respectively, FTN] maps a particular label to a set of
   NHLFEs that contain more than one element, exactly one element of the
   set must be chosen before the packet is forwarded.  The procedures
   for choosing an element from the set are beyond the scope of this
   document.  Having the ILM [respectively, FTN] map a label
   [respectively, a FEC] to a set containing more than one NHLFE may be
   useful if, e.g., it is desired to do load balancing over multiple
   equal-cost paths."

   In accordance with this, the present specification allows that an
   incoming label [respectively FEC] may be mapped, for Diff-Serv
   purposes, to multiple NHLFEs (for instance where different NHLFEs
   correspond to egress labels supporting different sets of PHBs).  When
   a label [respectively FEC] maps to multiple NHLFEs, the Diff-Serv LSR
   MUST choose one of the NHLFEs whose Diff-Serv Context indicates that
   it supports the Outgoing PHB of the forwarded packet.

   When a label [respectively FEC] maps to multiple NHLFEs which support
   the Outgoing PHB, the procedure for choosing one among those is
   outside the scope of this document.  This situation may be
   encountered where it is desired to do load balancing of a Behavior
   Aggregate over multiple LSPs.  In such situations, in order to
   respect ordering constraints, all packets of a given microflow MUST
   be transported over the same LSP.








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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.5" href="#section-2.5">2.5</a> Encoding Diff-Serv Information Into Encapsulation Layer</span>

   This stage determines how to encode the fields which convey Diff-Serv
   information in the transmitted packet (e.g., MPLS Shim EXP, ATM CLP,
   Frame Relay DE, 802.1 User_Priority).

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.5.1" href="#section-2.5.1">2.5.1</a> Encoding Diff-Serv Information Into Transmitted Label Entry</span>

   Sections <a href="#section-3.5">3.5</a> and <a href="#section-4.5">4.5</a> provide the details on how to perform Diff-Serv
   information encoding into a given transmitted label stack entry
   and/or transmitted MPLS encapsulation information depending on the
   corresponding outgoing LSP type and depending on the MPLS
   encapsulation.

   <a href="#section-2.6">Section 2.6</a> provides the details in which label stack entry to
   perform Diff-Serv information encoding into depending on the
   supported Diff-Serv tunneling mode.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.5.2" href="#section-2.5.2">2.5.2</a> Encoding Diff-Serv Information Into Transmitted IP Header</span>

   To perform Diff-Serv Information Encoding into the transmitted packet
   IP header, this stage operates exactly as with a non-MPLS IP Diff-
   Serv Router and encodes the DSCP of the Outgoing PHB into the DS
   field.

   <a href="#section-2.6">Section 2.6</a> provides the details of when Diff-Serv Information
   Encoding is to be performed into transmitted IP header depending on
   the supported Diff-Serv tunneling mode.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6" href="#section-2.6">2.6</a> Diff-Serv Tunneling Models over MPLS</span>

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6.1" href="#section-2.6.1">2.6.1</a> Diff-Serv Tunneling Models</span>

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_TUNNEL">DIFF_TUNNEL</a>] considers the interaction of Differentiated Services
   with IP tunnels of various forms.  MPLS LSPs are not a form of "IP
   tunnels" since the MPLS encapsulating header does not contain an IP
   header and thus MPLS LSPs are not considered in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_TUNNEL" title="&quot;Differentiated Services and Tunnels&quot;">DIFF_TUNNEL</a>].
   However, although not a form of "IP tunnel", MPLS LSPs are a form of
   "tunnel".

   From the Diff-Serv standpoint, LSPs share a number of common
   characteristics with IP Tunnels:

   -  Intermediate nodes (i.e., Nodes somewhere along the LSP span) only
      see and operate on the "outer" Diff-Serv information.

   -  LSPs are unidirectional.




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   -  The "outer" Diff-Serv information can be modified at any of the
      intermediate nodes.

   However, from the Diff-Serv standpoint, LSPs also have a distinctive
   property compared to IP Tunnels:

   -  There is generally no behavior analogous to Penultimate Hop
      Popping (PHP) used with IP Tunnels.  Furthermore, PHP results in
      the "outer" Diff-Serv information associated with the LSP not
      being visible to the LSP egress.  In situations where this
      information is not meaningful at the LSP Egress, this is obviously
      not an issue at all.  In situations where this information is
      meaningful at the LSP Egress, then it must somehow be carried in
      some other means.

   The two conceptual models for Diff-Serv tunneling over IP Tunnels
   defined in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_TUNNEL" title="&quot;Differentiated Services and Tunnels&quot;">DIFF_TUNNEL</a>] are applicable and useful to Diff-Serv over
   MPLS but their respective detailed operations is somewhat different
   over MPLS.  These two models are the Pipe Model and the Uniform
   Model.  Their operations over MPLS are specified in the following
   sections.  Discussion and definition of alternative tunneling models
   are outside the scope of this specification.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6.2" href="#section-2.6.2">2.6.2</a> Pipe Model</span>

   With the Pipe Model, MPLS tunnels (aka LSPs) are used to hide the
   intermediate MPLS nodes between LSP Ingress and Egress from the
   Diff-Serv perspective.

   In this model, tunneled packets must convey two meaningful pieces of
   Diff-Serv information:

   -  the Diff-Serv information which is meaningful to intermediate
      nodes along the LSP span including the LSP Egress (which we refer
      to as the "LSP Diff-Serv Information").  This LSP Diff-Serv
      Information is not meaningful beyond the LSP Egress: Whether
      Traffic Conditioning at intermediate nodes on the LSP span affects
      the LSP Diff-Serv information or not, this updated Diff-Serv
      information is not considered meaningful beyond the LSP Egress and
      is ignored.

   -  the Diff-Serv information which is meaningful beyond the LSP
      Egress (which we refer to as the "Tunneled Diff-Serv
      Information").  This information is to be conveyed by the LSP
      Ingress to the LSP Egress.  This Diff-Serv information is not
      meaningful to the intermediate nodes on the LSP span.





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   Operation of the Pipe Model without PHP is illustrated below:

            ========== LSP =============================&gt;

                ---Swap--(M)--...--Swap--(M)--Swap----
               /        (outer header)                \
             (M)                                      (M)
             /                                          \
   &gt;--(m)-Push.................(m).....................Pop--(m)--&gt;
            I             (inner header)                E   (M*)

   (M) represents the "LSP Diff-Serv information"
   (m) represents the "Tunneled Diff-Serv information"
   (*) The LSP Egress considers the LSP Diff-Serv information received
       in the outer header (i.e., before the pop) in order to apply its
       Diff-Serv forwarding treatment (i.e., actual PHB)
    I  represents the LSP ingress node
    E  represents the LSP egress node

   With the Pipe Model, the "LSP Diff-Serv Information" needs to be
   conveyed to the LSP Egress so that it applies its forwarding
   treatment based on it.  The "Tunneled Diff-Serv information" also
   needs to be conveyed to the LSP Egress so it can be conveyed further
   downstream.

   Since both require that Diff-Serv information be conveyed to the LSP
   Egress, the Pipe Model operates only without PHP.

   The Pipe Model is particularly appropriate for environments in which:

   -  the cloud upstream of the incoming interface of the LSP Ingress
      and the cloud downstream of the outgoing interface of the LSP
      Egress are in Diff-Serv domains which use a common set of Diff-
      Serv service provisioning policies and PHB definitions, while the
      LSP spans one (or more) Diff-Serv domain(s) which use(s) a
      different set of Diff-Serv service provisioning policies and PHB
      definitions

   -  the outgoing interface of the LSP Egress is in the (last) Diff-
      Serv domain spanned by the LSP.

   As an example, consider the case where a service provider is offering
   an MPLS VPN service (see [<a href="#ref-MPLS_VPN" title="&quot;BGP/MPLS VPNs&quot;">MPLS_VPN</a>] for an example of MPLS VPN
   architecture) including Diff-Serv differentiation.  Say that a
   collection of sites is interconnected via such an MPLS VPN service.
   Now say that this collection of sites is managed under a common
   administration and is also supporting Diff-Serv service
   differentiation.  If the VPN site administration and the Service



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   Provider are not sharing the exact same Diff-Serv policy (for
   instance not supporting the same number of PHBs), then operation of
   Diff-Serv in the Pipe Model over the MPLS VPN service would allow the
   VPN Sites Diff-Serv policy to operate consistently throughout the
   ingress VPN Site and Egress VPN Site and transparently over the
   Service Provider Diff-Serv domain.  It may be useful to view such
   LSPs as linking the Diff-Serv domains at their endpoints into a
   single Diff-Serv region by making these endpoints virtually
   contiguous even though they may be physically separated by
   intermediate network nodes.

   The Pipe Model MUST be supported.

   For support of the Pipe Model over a given LSP without PHP, an LSR
   performs the Incoming PHB Determination and the Diff-Serv information
   Encoding in the following manner:

   -  when receiving an unlabelled packet, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination considering the received IP Header.

   -  when receiving a labeled packet, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination considering the outer label entry in the received
      label stack.  In particular, when a pop operation is to be
      performed for the considered LSP, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination BEFORE the pop.

   -  when performing a push operation for the considered LSP, the LSR:

      o  encodes Diff-Serv Information corresponding to the OUTGOING PHB
         in the transmitted label entry corresponding to the pushed
         label.

      o  encodes Diff-Serv Information corresponding to the INCOMING PHB
         in the encapsulated header (swapped label entry or IP header).

   -  when performing a swap-only operation for the considered LSP, the
      LSR encodes Diff-Serv Information in the transmitted label entry
      that contains the swapped label

   -  when performing a pop operation for the considered LSP, the LSR
      does not perform Encoding of Diff-Serv Information into the header
      exposed by the pop operation (i.e., the LSR leaves the exposed
      header "as is").

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6.2.1" href="#section-2.6.2.1">2.6.2.1</a> Short Pipe Model</span>

   The Short Pipe Model is an optional variation of the Pipe Model
   described above.  The only difference is that, with the Short Pipe



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   Model, the Diff-Serv forwarding treatment at the LSP Egress is
   applied based on the "Tunneled Diff-Serv Information" (i.e., Diff-
   Serv information conveyed in the encapsulated header) rather than on
   the "LSP Diff-Serv information" (i.e., Diff-Serv information conveyed
   in the encapsulating header).

   Operation of the Short Pipe Model without PHP is illustrated below:

            ========== LSP =============================&gt;

                ---Swap--(M)--...--Swap--(M)--Swap----
               /        (outer header)                \
             (M)                                      (M)
             /                                          \
   &gt;--(m)-Push.................(m).....................Pop--(m)--&gt;
            I             (inner header)                E

   (M) represents the "LSP Diff-Serv information"
   (m) represents the "Tunneled Diff-Serv information"
    I  represents the LSP ingress node
    E  represents the LSP egress node

   Since the LSP Egress applies its forwarding treatment based on the
   "Tunneled Diff-Serv Information", the "LSP Diff-Serv information"
   does not need to be conveyed by the penultimate node to the LSP
   Egress.  Thus the Short Pipe Model can also operate with PHP.

   Operation of the Short Pipe Model with PHP is illustrated below:

           =========== LSP ============================&gt;

                ---Swap--(M)--...--Swap------
               /       (outer header)        \
             (M)                             (M)
             /                                 \
   &gt;--(m)-Push.................(m).............Pop-(m)--E--(m)--&gt;
           I           (inner header)           P (M*)

   (M) represents the "LSP Diff-Serv information"
   (m) represents the "Tunneled Diff-Serv information"
   (*) The Penultimate LSR considers the LSP Diff-Serv information
       received in the outer header (i.e., before the pop) in order to
       apply its Diff-Serv forwarding treatment (i.e., actual PHB)
    I  represents the LSP ingress node
    P  represents the LSP penultimate node
    E  represents the LSP egress node





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   The Short Pipe Model is particularly appropriate for environments in
   which:

   -  the cloud upstream of the incoming interface of the LSP Ingress
      and the cloud downstream of the outgoing interface of the LSP
      Egress are in Diff-Serv domains which use a common set of Diff-
      Serv service provisioning policies and PHB definitions, while the
      LSP spans one (or more) Diff-Serv domain(s) which use(s) a
      different set of Diff-Serv service provisioning policies and PHB
      definitions

   -  the outgoing interface of the LSP Egress is in the same Diff-Serv
      domain as the cloud downstream of it.

   Since each outgoing interface of the LSP Egress is in the same Diff-
   Serv domain as the cloud downstream of it, each outgoing interface
   may potentially be in a different Diff-Serv domain, and the LSP
   Egress needs to be configured with awareness of every corresponding
   Diff-Serv policy.  This operational overhead is justified in some
   situations where the respective downstream Diff-Serv policies are
   better suited to offering service differentiation over each egress
   interface than the common Diff-Serv policy used on the LSP span.  An
   example of such a situation is where a Service Provider offers an
   MPLS VPN service and where some VPN users request that their own VPN
   Diff-Serv policy be applied to control service differentiation on the
   dedicated link from the LSP Egress to the destination VPN site,
   rather than the Service Provider's Diff-Serv policy.

   The Short Pipe Model MAY be supported.

   For support of the Short Pipe Model over a given LSP without PHP, an
   LSR performs the Incoming PHB Determination and the Diff-Serv
   information Encoding in the same manner as with the Pipe Model with
   the following exception:

   -  when receiving a labeled packet, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination considering the header (label entry or IP header)
      which is used to do the actual forwarding.  In particular, when a
      pop operation is to be performed for the considered LSP, the LSR
      performs Incoming PHB Determination AFTER the pop.

   For support of the Short Pipe Model over a given LSP with PHP, an LSR
   performs Incoming PHB Determination and Diff-Serv information
   Encoding in the same manner as without PHP with the following
   exceptions:






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   -  the Penultimate LSR performs Incoming PHB Determination
      considering the outer label entry in the received label stack.  In
      other words, when a pop operation is to be performed for the
      considered LSP, the Penultimate LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination BEFORE the pop.

   Note that the behavior of the Penultimate LSR in the Short Pipe Mode
   with PHP, is identical to the behavior of the LSP Egress in the Pipe
   Mode (necessarily without PHP).

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6.3" href="#section-2.6.3">2.6.3</a> Uniform Model</span>

   With the Uniform Model, MPLS tunnels (aka LSPs) are viewed as
   artifacts of the end-to-end path from the Diff-Serv standpoint.  MPLS
   Tunnels may be used for forwarding purposes but have no significant
   impact on Diff-Serv.  In this model, any packet contains exactly one
   piece of Diff-Serv information which is meaningful and is always
   encoded in the outer most label entry (or in the IP DSCP where the IP
   packet is transmitted unlabelled for instance at the egress of the
   LSP).  Any Diff-Serv information encoded somewhere else (e.g., in
   deeper label entries) is of no significance to intermediate nodes or
   to the tunnel egress and is ignored.  If Traffic Conditioning at
   intermediate nodes on the LSP span affects the "outer" Diff-Serv
   information, the updated Diff-Serv information is the one considered
   meaningful at the egress of the LSP.

   Operation of the Uniform Model without PHP is illustrated below:

             ========== LSP =============================&gt;

                 ---Swap--(M)--...-Swap--(M)--Swap----
                /         (outer header)              \
              (M)                                     (M)
              /                                         \
   &gt;--(M)--Push...............(x).......................Pop--(M)-&gt;
            I            (inner header)                  E

   (M) represents the Meaningful Diff-Serv information encoded in the
       corresponding header.
   (x) represents non-meaningful Diff-Serv information.
    I  represents the LSP ingress node
    E  represents the LSP egress node









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   Operation of the Uniform Model with PHP is illustrated below:

             ========== LSP =========================&gt;

                 ---Swap-(M)-...-Swap------
                /        (outer header)    \
              (M)                          (M)
              /                              \
   &gt;--(M)--Push..............(x)............Pop-(M)--E--(M)-&gt;
             I          (inner header)       P

   (M) represents the Meaningful Diff-Serv information encoded in the
       corresponding header.
   (x) represents non-meaningful Diff-Serv information.
    I  represents the LSP ingress node
    P  represents the LSP penultimate node
    E  represents the LSP egress node

   The Uniform Model for Diff-Serv over MPLS is such that, from the
   Diff-Serv perspective, operations are exactly identical to the
   operations if MPLS was not used.  In other words, MPLS is entirely
   transparent to the Diff-Serv operations.

   Use of the Uniform Model allows LSPs to span Diff-Serv domain
   boundaries without any other measure in place than an inter-domain
   Traffic Conditioning Agreement at the physical boundary between the
   Diff-Serv domains and operating exclusively on the "outer" header,
   since the meaningful Diff-Serv information is always visible and
   modifiable in the outmost label entry.

   The Uniform Model MAY be supported.

   For support of the Uniform Model over a given LSP, an LSR performs
   Incoming PHB Determination and Diff-Serv information Encoding in the
   following manner:

   -  when receiving an unlabelled packet, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination considering the received IP Header.

   -  when receiving a labeled packet, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination considering the outer label entry in the received
      label stack.  In particular, when a pop operation is to be
      performed for the considered LSP, the LSR performs Incoming PHB
      Determination BEFORE the pop.







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   -  when performing a push operation for the considered LSP, the LSR
      encodes Diff-Serv Information in the transmitted label entry
      corresponding to the pushed label.  The Diff-Serv Information
      encoded in the encapsulated header (swapped label entry or IP
      Header) is of no importance.

   -  when performing a swap-only operation for the considered LSP, the
      LSR encodes Diff-Serv Information in the transmitted label entry
      that contains the swapped label.

   -  when PHP is used, the Penultimate LSR needs to be aware of the
      "Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings" for the label corresponding to the
      exposed header (or the `PHB--&gt;DSCP mapping') in order to perform
      Diff-Serv Information Encoding.  Methods for providing this
      mapping awareness are outside the scope of this specification.  As
      an example, the "PHB--&gt;DSCP mapping" may be locally configured.
      As another example, in some environments, it may be appropriate
      for the Penultimate LSR to assume that the "Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
      mappings" to be used for the outgoing label in the exposed header
      is the "Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings" that would be used by the
      LSR if the LSR was not doing PHP.  Note also that this
      specification assumes that the Penultimate LSR does not perform
      label swapping over the label entry exposed by the pop operation
      (and in fact that it does not even look at the exposed label).
      Consequently, restrictions may apply to the Diff-Serv Information
      Encoding that can be performed by the Penultimate LSR.  For
      example, this specification does not allow situations where the
      Penultimate LSR pops a label corresponding to an E-LSP supporting
      two PSCs, while the header exposed by the pop contains label
      values for two L-LSPs each supporting one PSC, since the Diff-Serv
      Information Encoding would require selecting one label or the
      other.

   Note that LSR behaviors for the Pipe, the Short Pipe and the Uniform
   Model only differ when doing a push or a pop.  Thus, Intermediate
   LSRs which perform swap only operations for an LSP, behave in exactly
   the same way, regardless of whether they are behaving in the Pipe,
   Short Pipe or the Uniform model.  With a Diff-Serv implementation
   supporting multiple Tunneling Models, only LSRs behaving as LSP
   Ingress, Penultimate LSR or LSP Egress need to be configured to
   operate in a particular Model.  Signaling to associate a Diff-Serv
   tunneling model on a per-LSP basis is not within the scope of this
   specification.








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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-2.6.4" href="#section-2.6.4">2.6.4</a> Hierarchy</span>

   Through the label stack mechanism, MPLS allows LSP tunneling to nest
   to any depth.  We observe that with such nesting, the push of level
   N+1 takes place on a subsequent (or the same) LSR to the LSR doing
   the push for level N, while the pop of level N+1 takes place on a
   previous (or the same) LSR to the LSR doing the pop of level N.  For
   a given level N LSP, the Ingress LSR doing the push and the LSR doing
   the pop (Penultimate LSR or LSP Egress) must operate in the same
   Tunneling Model (i.e., Pipe, Short Pipe or Uniform).  However, there
   is no requirement for consistent tunneling models across levels so
   that LSPs at different levels may be operating in different Tunneling
   Models.

   Hierarchical operations are illustrated below in the case of two
   levels of tunnels:

               +--------Swap--...---+
              /    (outmost header)  \
             /                        \
           Push(2).................(2)Pop
           / (outer header)             \
          /                              \
   &gt;&gt;---Push(1)........................(1)Pop--&gt;&gt;
             (inner header)

   (1) Tunneling Model 1
   (2) Tunneling Model 2

   Tunneling Model 2 may be the same as or may be different from
   Tunneling Model 1.

   For a given LSP of level N, the LSR must perform the Incoming PHB
   Determination and the Diff-Serv information Encoding as specified in
   <a href="#section-2.6.2">section 2.6.2</a>, 2.6.2.1 and 2.6.3 according to the Tunneling Model of
   this level N LSP and independently of the Tunneling Model of other
   level LSPs.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-3" href="#section-3">3</a>. Detailed Operations of E-LSPs</span>

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.1" href="#section-3.1">3.1</a> E-LSP Definition</span>

   E-LSPs are defined in <a href="#section-1.2">section 1.2</a>.

   Within a given MPLS Diff-Serv domain, all the E-LSPs relying on the
   pre-configured mapping are capable of transporting the same common
   set of 8, or fewer, BAs.  Each of those E-LSPs may actually transport
   this full set of BAs or any arbitrary subset of it.



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   For a given FEC, two given E-LSPs using a signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' can support the same or different sets of Ordered
   Aggregates.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.2" href="#section-3.2">3.2</a> Populating the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an incoming E-LSP</span>

   This section defines how the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' of the Diff-Serv
   Context is populated for an incoming E-LSP in order to allow Incoming
   PHB determination.

   The `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an E-LSP is always of the form
   `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'.

   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which no `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, the `EXP--&gt;PHB
   mapping' is populated based on the Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'
   which is discussed below in <a href="#section-3.2.1">section 3.2.1</a>.

   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which an `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, the `EXP--&gt;PHB
   mapping' is populated as per the signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.2.1" href="#section-3.2.1">3.2.1</a> Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   LSRs supporting E-LSPs which use the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' must allow local configuration of this `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.
   This mapping applies to all the E-LSPs established on this LSR
   without a mapping explicitly signaled at set-up time.

   The preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' must either be consistent at
   every E-LSP hop throughout the MPLS Diff-Serv domain spanned by the
   LSP or appropriate remarking of the EXP field must be performed by
   the LSR whenever a different preconfigured mapping is used on the
   ingress and egress interfaces.

   In case, the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' has not actually been
   configured by the Network Administrator, the LSR should use a default
   preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' which maps all EXP values to the
   Default PHB.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.3" href="#section-3.3">3.3</a> Incoming PHB Determination On Incoming E-LSP</span>

   This section defines how Incoming PHB Determination is carried out
   when the considered label entry in the received label stack
   corresponds to an E-LSP.  This requires that the `Encaps--&gt;PHB
   mapping' is populated as defined in <a href="#section-3.2">section 3.2</a>.





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   When considering a label entry corresponding to an incoming E-LSP for
   Incoming PHB Determination, the LSR:

   -  determines the `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping' by looking up the `Encaps--&gt;PHB
      mapping' of the Diff-Serv Context associated in the ILM with the
      considered incoming E-LSP label.

   -  determines the incoming PHB by looking up the EXP field of the
      considered label entry in the `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping' table.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4" href="#section-3.4">3.4</a> Populating the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for an outgoing E-LSP</span>

   This section defines how the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' of the
   Diff-Serv Context is populated at label setup for an outgoing E-LSP
   in order to allow Encoding of Diff-Serv information in the
   Encapsulation Layer.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.1" href="#section-3.4.1">3.4.1</a> `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping'</span>

   An outgoing E-LSP must always have a `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' as part of
   the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' of its Diff-Serv Context.

   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which no `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, this `PHB--&gt;EXP
   mapping' is populated based on the Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'
   which is discussed above in <a href="#section-3.2.1">section 3.2.1</a>.

   If the label corresponds to an E-LSP for which an `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' has been explicitly signaled at LSP setup, the `PHB--&gt;EXP
   mapping' is populated as per the signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.2" href="#section-3.4.2">3.4.2</a> `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'</span>

   If the LSP is egressing over an ATM interface which is not label
   switching controlled, then one `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' is added to the
   `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for this outgoing LSP.  This
   `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' is populated in the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PHBs supported on this LSP, and may use
      the relevant mapping entries for these PHBs from the Default
      `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' defined in <a href="#section-3.4.2.1">section 3.4.2.1</a>.  Mappings other
      than the one defined in <a href="#section-3.4.2.1">section 3.4.2.1</a> may be used.  In
      particular, if a mapping from PHBs to CLP is standardized in the
      future for operations of Diff-Serv over ATM, such a standardized
      mapping may then be used.






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   For example if the outgoing label corresponds to an LSP supporting
   the AF1 PSC, then the `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' may be populated with:

         PHB                CLP Field

         AF11       ----&gt;      0
         AF12       ----&gt;      1
         AF13       ----&gt;      1
         EF         ----&gt;      0

   Notice that in this case the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains
   both a `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' and a `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'.

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.2.1" href="#section-3.4.2.1">3.4.2.1</a> Default `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'</span>

         PHB                CLP Bit

         DF         ----&gt;      0
         CSn        ----&gt;      0
         AFn1       ----&gt;      0
         AFn2       ----&gt;      1
         AFn3       ----&gt;      1
         EF         ----&gt;      0

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.3" href="#section-3.4.3">3.4.3</a> `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'</span>

   If the LSP is egressing over a Frame Relay interface which is not
   label switching controlled, one `PHB--&gt;DE mapping' is added to the
   `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for this outgoing LSP and is populated
   in the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PHBs supported on this LSP, and may use
      the relevant mapping entries for these PHBs from the Default
      `PHB--&gt;DE mapping' defined in <a href="#section-3.4.3.1">section 3.4.3.1</a>.  Mappings other
      than the one defined in <a href="#section-3.4.3.1">section 3.4.3.1</a> may be used.  In
      particular, if a mapping from PHBs to DE is standardized in the
      future for operations of Diff-Serv over Frame Relay, such a
      standardized mapping may then be used.

   Notice that in this case the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains
   both a `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' and a `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'.










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<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.3.1" href="#section-3.4.3.1">3.4.3.1</a> `Default PHB--&gt;DE mapping'</span>

         PHB                 DE Bit

          DF       ----&gt;       0
          CSn      ----&gt;       0
          AFn1     ----&gt;       0
          AFn2     ----&gt;       1
          AFn3     ----&gt;       1
          EF       ----&gt;       0

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.4" href="#section-3.4.4">3.4.4</a> `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping'</span>

   If the LSP is egressing over a LAN interface on which multiple 802.1
   Traffic Classes are supported as per [<a href="#ref-IEEE_802.1">IEEE_802.1</a>], then one
   `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping' is added to the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings'
   for this outgoing LSP.  This `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping' is populated in
   the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PHBs supported on this LSP, and uses the
      relevant mapping entries for these PHBs from the Preconfigured
      `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping' defined in <a href="#section-3.4.4.1">section 3.4.4.1</a>.

   Notice that the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' then contains both a
   `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' and a `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping'.

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.4.4.1" href="#section-3.4.4.1">3.4.4.1</a> Preconfigured `PHB--&gt;802.1 Mapping'</span>

   At the time of producing this specification, there are no
   standardized mapping from PHBs to 802.1 Traffic Classes.
   Consequently, an LSR supporting multiple 802.1 Traffic Classes over
   LAN interfaces must allow local configuration of a `PHB--&gt;802.1
   mapping'.  This mapping applies to all the outgoing LSPs established
   by the LSR on such LAN interfaces.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.5" href="#section-3.5">3.5</a> Encoding Diff-Serv information into Encapsulation Layer On Outgoing</span>
<span class="h3">    E-LSP</span>

   This section defines how to encode Diff-Serv information into the
   MPLS encapsulation Layer for a given transmitted label entry
   corresponding to an outgoing E-LSP.  This requires that the `Set of
   PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' be populated as defined in <a href="#section-3.4">section 3.4</a>.

   The LSR first determines the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' of the
   Diff-Serv Context associated with the corresponding label in the
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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.5.1" href="#section-3.5.1">3.5.1</a> `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping'</span>

   If the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains a mapping of the form
   `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping', then the LSR:

   -  determines the value to be written in the EXP field of the
      corresponding level label entry by looking up the "outgoing PHB"
      in this `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' table.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.5.2" href="#section-3.5.2">3.5.2</a> `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'</span>

   If the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains a mapping of the form
   `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping', then the LSR:

   -  determines the value to be written in the CLP field of the ATM
      encapsulation header, by looking up the "outgoing PHB" in this
      `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' table.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.5.3" href="#section-3.5.3">3.5.3</a> `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'</span>

   If the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains a mapping of the form
   `PHB--&gt;DE mapping', then the LSR:

   -  determines the value to be written in the DE field of the Frame
      Relay encapsulation header, by looking up the "outgoing PHB" in
      this `PHB--&gt;DE mapping' table.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.5.4" href="#section-3.5.4">3.5.4</a> `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping'</span>

   If the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' contains a mapping of the form
   `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping', then the LSR:

   -  determines the value to be written in the User_Priority field of
      the Tag Control Information of the 802.1 encapsulation header
      [<a href="#ref-IEEE_802.1">IEEE_802.1</a>], by looking up the "outgoing PHB" in this 'PHB--
      &gt;802.1 mapping' table.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-3.6" href="#section-3.6">3.6</a> E-LSP Merging</span>

   In an MPLS domain, two or more LSPs can be merged into one LSP at one
   LSR.  E-LSPs are compatible with LSP Merging under the following
   condition:

      E-LSPs can only be merged into one LSP if they support the exact
      same set of BAs.






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   For E-LSPs using a signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', the above merge
   condition MUST be enforced by LSRs through explicit checking at label
   setup that the exact same set of PHBs is supported on the merged
   LSPs.

   For E-LSPs using the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', since the
   PHBs supported over an E-LSP is not signaled at establishment time,
   an LSR can not rely on signaling information to enforce the above
   merge.  However all E-LSPs using the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
   mapping' are required to support the same set of Behavior Aggregates
   within a given MPLS Diff-Serv domain.  Thus, merging of E-LSPs using
   the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' is allowed within a given MPLS
   Diff-Serv domain.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-4" href="#section-4">4</a>.  Detailed Operation of L-LSPs</span>

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.1" href="#section-4.1">4.1</a> L-LSP Definition</span>

   L-LSPs are defined in <a href="#section-1.3">section 1.3</a>.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2" href="#section-4.2">4.2</a> Populating the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for an incoming L-LSP</span>

   This section defines how the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' of the Diff-Serv
   Context is populated at label setup for an incoming L-LSP in order to
   allow Incoming PHB determination.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.1" href="#section-4.2.1">4.2.1</a> `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the LSR terminates the MPLS Shim Layer over this incoming L-LSP
   and the L-LSP ingresses on an interface which is not ATM nor Frame
   Relay, then the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is populated in the following
   way:

   -  it is actually a `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'

   -  this mapping is a function of the PSC which is carried on this
      LSP, and must use the relevant mapping entries for this PSC from
      the Mandatory `EXP/PSC--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in <a href="#section-4.2.1.1">Section 4.2.1.1</a>.

   For example if the incoming label corresponds to an L-LSP supporting
   the AF1 PSC, then the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' will be populated with:

      EXP Field              PHB

        001        ----&gt;    AF11
        010        ----&gt;    AF12
        011        ----&gt;    AF13




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   An LSR, supporting L-LSPs over PPP interfaces and LAN interfaces, is
   an example of an LSR terminating the Shim layer over ingress
   interfaces which are not ATM nor Frame Relay.

   If the LSR terminates the MPLS Shim Layer over this incoming L-LSP
   and the L-LSP ingresses on an ATM or Frame Relay interface, then the
   `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is populated in the following way:

   -  it should actually be a `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'.  Alternative optional
      ways of populating the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' might be defined in
      the future (e.g., using a 'CLP/EXP--&gt; PHB mapping' or a
      'DE/EXP--&gt;PHB mapping') but are outside the scope of this
      document.

   -  when the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is an `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping', this
      `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping' mapping is a function of the PSC which is
      carried on the L-LSP, and must use the relevant mapping entries
      for this PSC from the Mandatory `EXP/PSC--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in
      <a href="#section-4.2.1.1">Section 4.2.1.1</a>.

   An Edge-LSR of an ATM-MPLS domain or of a FR-MPLS domain is an
   example of an LSR terminating the shim layer over an ingress ATM/FR
   interface.

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.1.1" href="#section-4.2.1.1">4.2.1.1</a> Mandatory `EXP/PSC --&gt; PHB mapping'</span>

      EXP Field      PSC             PHB

        000          DF    ----&gt;    DF
        000          CSn   ----&gt;    CSn
        001          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn1
        010          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn2
        011          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn3
        000          EF    ----&gt;    EF

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.2" href="#section-4.2.2">4.2.2</a> `CLP--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the LSR does not terminate an MPLS Shim Layer over this incoming
   label and uses ATM encapsulation (i.e., it is an ATM-LSR), then the
   `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for this incoming L-LSP is populated in the
   following way:

   -  it is actually a `CLP--&gt;PHB mapping'

   -  the mapping is a function of the PSC, which is carried on this
      LSP, and should use the relevant mapping entries for this PSC from
      the Default `CLP/PSC--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in <a href="#section-4.2.2.1">Section 4.2.2.1</a>.




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   For example if the incoming label corresponds to an L-LSP supporting
   the AF1 PSC, then the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' should be populated
   with:

      CLP Field              PHB

        0          ----&gt;    AF11
        1          ----&gt;    AF12

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.2.1" href="#section-4.2.2.1">4.2.2.1</a> Default `CLP/PSC --&gt; PHB mapping'</span>

      CLP Bit      PSC             PHB

         0          DF    ----&gt;    DF
         0          CSn   ----&gt;    CSn
         0          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn1
         1          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn2
         0          EF    ----&gt;    EF

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.3" href="#section-4.2.3">4.2.3</a> `DE--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the LSR does not terminate an MPLS Shim Layer over this incoming
   label and uses Frame Relay encapsulation (i.e., it is a FR-LSR), then
   the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' for this incoming L-LSP is populated in
   the following way:

   -  it is actually a `DE--&gt;PHB mapping'

   -  the mapping is a function of the PSC which is carried on this LSP,
      and should use the relevant mapping entries for this PSC from the
      Default `DE/PSC--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in <a href="#section-4.2.3.1">Section 4.2.3.1</a>.

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.2.3.1" href="#section-4.2.3.1">4.2.3.1</a> Default `DE/PSC --&gt; PHB mapping'</span>

      DE Bit      PSC             PHB

         0          DF    ----&gt;    DF
         0          CSn   ----&gt;    CSn
         0          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn1
         1          AFn   ----&gt;    AFn2
         0          EF    ----&gt;    EF

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.3" href="#section-4.3">4.3</a> Incoming PHB Determination On Incoming L-LSP</span>

   This section defines how Incoming PHB determination is carried out
   when the considered label entry in the received label stack
   corresponds to an L-LSP.  This requires that the `Encaps--&gt;PHB
   mapping' is populated as defined in <a href="#section-4.2">section 4.2</a>.



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   When considering a label entry corresponding to an incoming L-LSP
   for Incoming PHB Determination, the LSR first determines the
   `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' associated with the corresponding label.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.3.1" href="#section-4.3.1">4.3.1</a> `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is of the form `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping',
   then the LSR:

   -  determines the incoming PHB by looking at the EXP field of the
      considered label entry and using the `EXP--&gt;PHB mapping'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.3.2" href="#section-4.3.2">4.3.2</a> `CLP--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is of the form `CLP--&gt;PHB mapping',
   then the LSR:

   -  determines the incoming PHB by looking at the CLP field of the
      ATM Layer encapsulation and using the `CLP--&gt;PHB mapping'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.3.3" href="#section-4.3.3">4.3.3</a> `DE--&gt;PHB mapping'</span>

   If the `Encaps--&gt;PHB mapping' is of the form `DE--&gt;PHB mapping',
   then the LSR:

   -  determines the incoming PHB by looking at the DE field of the
      Frame Relay encapsulation and by using the `DE--&gt;PHB mapping'.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4" href="#section-4.4">4.4</a> Populating the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for an outgoing L-LSP</span>

   This section defines how the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' of the
   Diff-Serv Context is populated at label setup for an outgoing L-LSP
   in order to allow Encoding of Diff-Serv Information.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4.1" href="#section-4.4.1">4.4.1</a> `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping'</span>

   If the LSR uses an MPLS Shim Layer over this outgoing L-LSP, then
   one `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' is added to the `Set of
   PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for this outgoing
   L-LSP.  This `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' is populated in the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PSC supported on this LSP, and must use
      the mapping entries relevant for this PSC from the Mandatory
      `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' defined in <a href="#section-4.4.1.1">section 4.4.1.1</a>.

   For example, if the outgoing label corresponds to an L-LSP supporting
   the AF1 PSC, then the following `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' is added into
   the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings':



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         PHB                EXP Field

         AF11       ----&gt;      001
         AF12       ----&gt;      010
         AF13       ----&gt;      011

<span class="h5"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4.1.1" href="#section-4.4.1.1">4.4.1.1</a> Mandatory `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping'</span>

         PHB                EXP Field

         DF         ----&gt;      000
         CSn        ----&gt;      000
         AFn1       ----&gt;      001
         AFn2       ----&gt;      010
         AFn3       ----&gt;      011
         EF         ----&gt;      000

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4.2" href="#section-4.4.2">4.4.2</a> `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'</span>

   If the L-LSP is egressing on an ATM interface (i.e., it is an ATM-LSR
   or it is a frame-based LSR sending packets on an LC-ATM interface or
   on an ATM interface which is not label switching controlled), then
   one `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' is added to the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
   mappings' for this outgoing L-LSP.

   If the L-LSP is egressing over an ATM interface which is not label-
   controlled, the `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' is populated as per <a href="#section-3.4.2">section</a>
   <a href="#section-3.4.2">3.4.2</a>.

   If the L-LSP is egressing over an LC-ATM interface, the `PHB--&gt;CLP
   mapping' is populated in the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PSC supported on this LSP, and should use
      the relevant mapping entries for this PSC from the Default
      `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping' defined in <a href="#section-3.4.2.1">section 3.4.2.1</a>.

   Notice that if the LSR is a frame-based LSR supporting an L-LSP
   egressing over an ATM interface, then the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
   mappings' contains both a `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' and a `PHB--&gt;CLP
   mapping'.  If the LSR is an ATM-LSR supporting an L-LSP, then the
   `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' only contains a `PHB--&gt;CLP mapping'.










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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4.3" href="#section-4.4.3">4.4.3</a> `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'</span>

   If the L-LSP is egressing over a Frame Relay interface (i.e., it is
   an LSR sending packets on an LC-FR interface or on a Frame Relay
   interface which is not label switching controlled), one `PHB--&gt;DE
   mapping' is added to the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' for this
   outgoing L-LSP.

   If the L-LSP is egressing over a FR interface which is not label
   switching controlled, the `PHB--&gt;DE mapping' is populated as per
   <a href="#section-3.4.3">section 3.4.3</a>.

   If the L-LSP is egressing over an LC-FR interface, the `PHB--&gt;DE
   mapping' is populated in the following way:

   -  it is a function of the PSC supported on this LSP, and should use
      the relevant mapping entries for this PSC from the Default
      `PHB--&gt;DE mapping' defined in <a href="#section-3.4.3.1">section 3.4.3.1</a>.

   Notice that if the LSR is an Edge-LSR supporting an L-LSP egressing
   over a LC-FR interface, then the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings'
   contains both a `PHB--&gt;EXP mapping' and a `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'.  If the
   LSR is a FR-LSR supporting an L-LSP, then the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
   mappings' only contains a `PHB--&gt;DE mapping'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.4.4" href="#section-4.4.4">4.4.4</a> `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping'</span>

   If the LSP is egressing over a LAN interface on which multiple 802.1
   Traffic Classes are supported, as defined in [<a href="#ref-IEEE_802.1">IEEE_802.1</a>], then one
   `PHB--&gt;802.1 mapping' is added as per <a href="#section-3.4.4">section 3.4.4</a>.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.5" href="#section-4.5">4.5</a> Encoding Diff-Serv Information into Encapsulation Layer on Outgoing</span>
<span class="h3">    L-LSP</span>

   This section defines how to encode Diff-Serv information into the
   MPLS encapsulation Layer for a transmitted label entry corresponding
   to an outgoing L-LSP.  This requires that the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps
   mappings' is populated as defined in <a href="#section-4.4">section 4.4</a>.

   The LSR first determines the `Set of PHB--&gt;Encaps mappings' of the
   Diff-Serv Context associated with the corresponding label in the
   NHLFE and then performs corresponding encoding as specified in
   sections <a href="#section-3.5.1">3.5.1</a>, <a href="#section-3.5.2">3.5.2</a>, <a href="#section-3.5.3">3.5.3</a> and <a href="#section-3.5.4">3.5.4</a>.








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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-4.6" href="#section-4.6">4.6</a> L-LSP Merging</span>

   In an MPLS domain, two or more LSPs can be merged into one LSP at one
   LSR.  L-LSPs are compatible with LSP Merging under the following
   condition:

      L-LSPs can only be merged into one L-LSP if they support the same
      PSC.

   The above merge condition MUST be enforced by LSRs, through explicit
   checking at label setup, that the same PSC is supported on the merged
   LSPs.

   Note that when L-LSPs merge, the bandwidth that is available for the
   PSC downstream of the merge point must be sufficient to carry the sum
   of the merged traffic.  This is particularly important in the case of
   EF traffic.  This can be ensured in multiple ways (for instance via
   provisioning, or via bandwidth signaling and explicit admission
   control).

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-5" href="#section-5">5</a>. RSVP Extension for Diff-Serv Support</span>

   The MPLS architecture does not assume a single label distribution
   protocol.  [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>] defines the extension to RSVP for
   establishing LSPs in MPLS networks.  This section specifies the
   extensions to RSVP, beyond those defined in [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>], to
   establish LSPs supporting Differentiated Services in MPLS networks.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.1" href="#section-5.1">5.1</a> Diff-Serv related RSVP Messages Format</span>

   One new RSVP Object is defined in this document: the DIFFSERV Object.
   Detailed description of this Object is provided below.  This new
   Object is applicable to Path messages.  This specification only
   defines the use of the DIFFSERV Object in Path messages used to
   establish LSP Tunnels in accordance with [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>] and thus
   containing a Session Object with a C-Type equal to LSP_TUNNEL_IPv4
   and containing a LABEL_REQUEST object.

   Restrictions defined in [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>] for support of the
   establishment of LSP Tunnels via RSVP are also applicable to the
   establishment of LSP Tunnels supporting Diff-Serv: for instance, only
   unicast LSPs are supported and Multicast LSPs are for further study.

   This new DIFFSERV object is optional with respect to RSVP so that
   general RSVP implementations not concerned with MPLS LSP set up do
   not have to support this object.





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   The DIFFSERV Object is optional for support of LSP Tunnels as defined
   in [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>].  A Diff-Serv capable LSR supporting E-LSPs using
   the preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' in compliance with this
   specification MAY support the DIFFSERV Object.  A Diff-Serv capable
   LSR supporting E-LSPs using a signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' in
   compliance with this specification MUST support the DIFFSERV Object.
   A Diff-Serv capable LSR supporting L-LSPs in compliance with this
   specification MUST support the DIFFSERV Object.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.1.1" href="#section-5.1.1">5.1.1</a> Path Message Format</span>

   The format of the Path message is as follows:

         &lt;Path Message&gt; ::=       &lt;Common Header&gt; [ &lt;INTEGRITY&gt; ]
                                  &lt;SESSION&gt; &lt;RSVP_HOP&gt;
                                  &lt;TIME_VALUES&gt;
                                  [ &lt;EXPLICIT_ROUTE&gt; ]
                                  &lt;LABEL_REQUEST&gt;
                                  [ &lt;SESSION_ATTRIBUTE&gt; ]
                                  [ &lt;DIFFSERV&gt; ]
                                  [ &lt;POLICY_DATA&gt; ... ]
                                  [ &lt;sender descriptor&gt; ]

         &lt;sender descriptor&gt; ::=  &lt;SENDER_TEMPLATE&gt; &lt;SENDER_TSPEC&gt;
                                  [ &lt;ADSPEC&gt; ]
                                  [ &lt;RECORD_ROUTE&gt; ]

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.2" href="#section-5.2">5.2</a> DIFFSERV Object</span>

   The DIFFSERV object formats are shown below.  Currently there are two
   possible C_Types.  Type 1 is a DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP.  Type 2
   is a DIFFSERV object for an L-LSP.



















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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.2.1" href="#section-5.2.1">5.2.1</a>. DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP:</span>

   class = 65, C_Type = 1

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |        Reserved                                       | MAPnb |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                            MAP (1)                            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      //                               ...                            //
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                            MAP (MAPnb)                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Reserved : 28 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      MAPnb : 4 bits
         Indicates the number of MAP entries included in the DIFFSERV
         Object.  This can be set to any value from 0 to 8.

      MAP : 32 bits
         Each MAP entry defines the mapping between one EXP field value
         and one PHB.  The MAP entry has the following format:

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |            Reserved     | EXP |             PHBID             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Reserved : 13 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      EXP : 3 bits
         This field contains the value of the EXP field for the
         `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in this MAP entry.

      PHBID : 16 bits
         This field contains the PHBID of the PHB for the `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
         mapping' defined in this MAP entry.  The PHBID is encoded as
         specified in [<a href="#ref-PHBID" title="&quot;Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes&quot;">PHBID</a>].



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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.2.2" href="#section-5.2.2">5.2.2</a> DIFFSERV object for an L-LSP:</span>

   class = 65, C_Type = 2

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |        Reserved               |             PSC               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Reserved : 16 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      PSC : 16 bits
         The PSC indicates a PHB Scheduling Class to be supported by the
         LSP.  The PSC is encoded as specified in [<a href="#ref-PHBID" title="&quot;Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes&quot;">PHBID</a>].

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.3" href="#section-5.3">5.3</a> Handling DIFFSERV Object</span>

   To establish an LSP tunnel with RSVP, the sender creates a Path
   message with a session type of LSP_Tunnel_IPv4 and with a
   LABEL_REQUEST object as per [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>].

   To establish an E-LSP tunnel with RSVP, which uses the Preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', the sender creates a Path message:

   -  with a session type of LSP_Tunnel_IPv4,

   -  with the LABEL_REQUEST object, and

   -  without the DIFFSERV object.

   To establish an E-LSP tunnel with RSVP, which uses the Preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', the sender MAY alternatively create a Path
   message:

   -  with a session type of LSP_Tunnel_IPv4,

   -  with the LABEL_REQUEST object, and

   -  with the DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP containing no MAP entries.

   To establish an E-LSP tunnel with RSVP, which uses a signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', the sender creates a Path message:

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   -  with the LABEL_REQUEST object,

   -  with the DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP containing one MAP entry for
      each EXP value to be supported on this E-LSP.

   To establish with RSVP an L-LSP tunnel, the sender creates a Path
   message:

   -  with a session type of LSP_Tunnel_IPv4,

   -  with the LABEL_REQUEST object,

   -  with the DIFFSERV object for an L-LSP containing the PHB
      Scheduling Class (PSC) supported on this L-LSP.

   If a path message contains multiple DIFFSERV objects, only the first
   one is meaningful; subsequent DIFFSERV object(s) must be ignored and
   not forwarded.

   Each LSR along the path records the DIFFSERV object, when present, in
   its path state block.

   If a DIFFSERV object is not present in the Path message, the LSR
   SHOULD interpret this as a request for an E-LSP using the
   Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.  However, for backward
   compatibility purposes, with other non-Diff-Serv Quality of Service
   options allowed by [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>] such as Integrated Services
   Controlled Load or Guaranteed Services, the LSR MAY support a
   configurable "override option".  When this "override option" is
   configured, the LSR interprets a path message without a Diff-Serv
   object as a request for an LSP with such non-Diff-Serv Quality of
   Service.

   If a DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP containing no MAP entry is present
   in the Path message, the LSR MUST interpret this as a request for an
   E-LSP using the Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.  In particular,
   this allows an LSR with the "override option" configured to support
   E-LSPs with Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', simultaneously with
   LSPs with non-Diff-Serv Quality of Service.

   If a DIFFSERV object for an E-LSP containing at least one MAP entry
   is present in the Path message, the LSR MUST interpret this as a
   request for an E-LSP with signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.

   If a DIFFSERV object for an L-LSP is present in the Path message, the
   LSR MUST interpret this as a request for an L-LSP.





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   The destination LSR of an E-LSP or L-LSP responds to the Path message
   containing the LABEL_REQUEST object by sending a Resv message:

   -  with the LABEL object

   -  without a DIFFSERV object.

   Assuming the label request is accepted and a label is allocated, the
   Diff-Serv LSRs (sender, destination, intermediate nodes) must:

   -  update the Diff-Serv Context associated with the established LSPs
      in their ILM/FTN as specified in previous sections (incoming and
      outgoing label),

   -  install the required Diff-Serv forwarding treatment (scheduling
      and dropping behavior) for this NHLFE (outgoing label).

   An LSR that recognizes the DIFFSERV object and that receives a path
   message which contains the DIFFSERV object but which does not contain
   a LABEL_REQUEST object or which does not have a session type of
   LSP_Tunnel_IPv4, sends a PathErr towards the sender with the error
   code `Diff-Serv Error' and an error value of `Unexpected DIFFSERV
   object'.  Those are defined below in <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a>.

   An LSR receiving a Path message with the DIFFSERV object for E-LSP,
   which recognizes the DIFFSERV object but does not support the
   particular PHB encoded in one, or more, of the MAP entries, sends a
   PathErr towards the sender with the error code `Diff-Serv Error' and
   an error value of `Unsupported PHB'.  Those are defined below in
   <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a>.

   An LSR receiving a Path message with the DIFFSERV object for E-LSP,
   which recognizes the DIFFSERV object but determines that the signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' is invalid, sends a PathErr towards the sender
   with the error code `Diff-Serv Error' and an error value of Invalid
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.  Those are defined below in <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a>.  `The
   EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' signaled in the DIFFSERV Object for an E-LSP is
   invalid when:

   -  the MAPnb field is not within the range 0 to 8 or

   -  a given EXP value appears in more than one MAP entry, or

   -  the PHBID encoding is invalid.







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   An LSR receiving a Path message with the DIFFSERV object for L-LSP,
   which recognizes the DIFFSERV object but does not support the
   particular PSC encoded in the PSC field, sends a PathErr towards the
   sender with the error code `Diff-Serv Error' and an error value of
   `Unsupported PSC'.  Those are defined below in <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a>.

   An LSR receiving a Path message with the DIFFSERV object, which
   recognizes the DIFFSERV object but that is unable to allocate the
   required per-LSP Diff-Serv context sends a PathErr with the error
   code "Diff-Serv Error" and the error value "Per-LSP context
   allocation failure".  Those are defined below in <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a>.

   A Diff-Serv LSR MUST handle the situations where the label request
   can not be accepted for reasons other than those already discussed in
   this section, in accordance with [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>] (e.g., reservation
   rejected by admission control, a label can not be associated).

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.4" href="#section-5.4">5.4</a> Non-support of the DIFFSERV Object</span>

   An LSR that does not recognize the DIFFSERV object Class-Num MUST
   behave in accordance with the procedures specified in [<a href="#ref-RSVP" title="&quot;Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1 Functional Specification&quot;">RSVP</a>] for an
   unknown Class-Num whose format is 0bbbbbbb i.e., it must send a
   PathErr with the error code `Unknown object class' toward the sender.

   An LSR that recognize the DIFFSERV object Class-Num but does not
   recognize the DIFFSERV object C-Type, must behave in accordance with
   the procedures specified in [<a href="#ref-RSVP" title="&quot;Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1 Functional Specification&quot;">RSVP</a>] for an unknown C-type i.e., it
   must send a PathErr with the error code `Unknown object C-Type'
   toward the sender.

   In both situations, this causes the path set-up to fail.  The sender
   should notify management that a L-LSP cannot be established and
   should possibly take action to retry LSP establishment without the
   DIFFSERV object (e.g., attempt to use E-LSPs with Preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' as a fall-back strategy).

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.5" href="#section-5.5">5.5</a> Error Codes For Diff-Serv</span>

   In the procedures described above, certain errors must be reported as
   a `Diff-Serv Error'.  The value of the `Diff-Serv Error' error code
   is 27.










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   The following defines error values for the Diff-Serv Error:

      Value    Error

       1       Unexpected DIFFSERV object
       2       Unsupported PHB
       3       Invalid `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'
       4       Unsupported PSC
       5       Per-LSP context allocation failure

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.6" href="#section-5.6">5.6</a> Intserv Service Type</span>

   Both E-LSPs and L-LSPs can be established with or without bandwidth
   reservation.

   As specified in [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>], to establish an E-LSP or an L-LSP
   with bandwidth reservation, Int-Serv's Controlled Load service (or
   possibly Guaranteed Service) is used and the bandwidth is signaled in
   the SENDER_TSPEC (respectively FLOWSPEC) of the path (respectively
   Resv) message.

   As specified in [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>],to establish an E-LSP or an L-LSP
   without bandwidth reservation, the Null Service specified in [<a href="#ref-NULL" title="&quot;Specification of the Null Service Type&quot;">NULL</a>]
   is used.

   Note that this specification defines usage of E-LSPs and L-LSPs for
   support of the Diff-Serv service only.  Regardless of the Intserv
   service (Controlled Load, Null Service, Guaranteed Service,...) and
   regardless of whether the reservation is with or without bandwidth
   reservation, E-LSPs and L-LSPs are defined here for support of Diff-
   Serv services.  Support of Int-Serv services over an MPLS Diff-Serv
   backbone is outside the scope of this specification.

   Note also that this specification does not concern itself with the
   DCLASS object defined in [<a href="#ref-DCLASS" title="&quot;Format of the RSVP DCLASS Object&quot;">DCLASS</a>], since this object conveys
   information on DSCP values, which are not relevant inside the MPLS
   network.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-6" href="#section-6">6</a>. LDP Extensions for Diff-Serv Support</span>

   The MPLS architecture does not assume a single label distribution
   protocol.  [<a href="#ref-LDP" title="&quot;LDP Specification&quot;">LDP</a>] defines the Label Distribution Protocol and its
   usage for establishment of label switched paths (LSPs) in MPLS
   networks.  This section specifies the extensions to LDP to establish
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   One new LDP TLV is defined in this document:

   -  the Diff-Serv TLV

   Detailed description of this TLV is provided below.

   The new Diff-Serv TLV is optional with respect to LDP.  A Diff-Serv
   capable LSR supporting E-LSPs which uses the Preconfigured `EXP&lt;--
   &gt;PHB mapping' in compliance with this specification MAY support the
   Diff-Serv TLV.  A Diff-Serv capable LSR supporting E-LSPs which uses
   the signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' in compliance with this
   specification MUST support the Diff-Serv TLV.  A Diff-Serv capable
   LSR supporting L-LSPs in compliance with this specification MUST
   support the Diff-Serv TLV.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.1" href="#section-6.1">6.1</a> Diff-Serv TLV</span>

   The Diff-Serv TLV has the following formats:

   Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP:

       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|  Diff-Serv (0x0901)       |      Length                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |T|        Reserved                                     | MAPnb |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                            MAP (1)                            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                     ...

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                            MAP (MAPnb)                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      T:1 bit
         LSP Type.  This is set to 0 for an E-LSP

      Reserved : 27 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      MAPnb : 4 bits
         Indicates the number of MAP entries included in the DIFFSERV
         Object.  This can be set to any value from 1 to 8.





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      MAP : 32 bits
         Each MAP entry defines the mapping between one EXP field value
         and one PHB.  The MAP entry has the following format:

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |            Reserved     | EXP |             PHBID             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Reserved : 13 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      EXP : 3 bits
         This field contains the value of the EXP field for the
         `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' defined in this MAP entry.

      PHBID : 16 bits
         This field contains the PHBID of the PHB for the `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB
         mapping' defined in this MAP entry.  The PHBID is encoded as
         specified in [<a href="#ref-PHBID" title="&quot;Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes&quot;">PHBID</a>].

   Diff-Serv TLV for an L-LSP:

       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| Type = PSC (0x0901)       |      Length                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |T|        Reserved             |              PSC              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      T:1 bit
         LSP Type.  This is set to 1 for an L-LSP

      Reserved : 15 bits
         This field is reserved.  It must be set to zero on transmission
         and must be ignored on receipt.

      PSC : 16 bits
         The PSC indicates a PHB Scheduling Class to be supported by the
         LSP.  The PSC is encoded as specified in [<a href="#ref-PHBID" title="&quot;Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes&quot;">PHBID</a>].








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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.2" href="#section-6.2">6.2</a> Diff-Serv Status Code Values</span>

   The following values are defined for the Status Code field of the
   Status TLV:

         Status Code                             E   Status Data

         Unexpected Diff-Serv TLV                0   0x01000001
         Unsupported PHB                         0   0x01000002
         Invalid `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'            0   0x01000003
         Unsupported PSC                         0   0x01000004
         Per-LSP context allocation failure      0   0x01000005

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.3" href="#section-6.3">6.3</a> Diff-Serv Related LDP Messages</span>

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.3.1" href="#section-6.3.1">6.3.1</a> Label Request Message</span>

   The format of the Label Request message is extended as follows, to
   optionally include the Diff-Serv TLV:

    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)    |      Message Length           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Message ID                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     FEC TLV                                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Diff-Serv TLV (optional)                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+




















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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.3.2" href="#section-6.3.2">6.3.2</a> Label Mapping Message</span>

   The format of the Label Mapping message is extended as follows, to
   optionally include the Diff-Serv TLV:

    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)    |      Message Length           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Message ID                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     FEC TLV                                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Label TLV                                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Diff-Serv TLV (optional)                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.3.3" href="#section-6.3.3">6.3.3</a> Label Release Message</span>

   The format of the Label Release message is extended as follows, to
   optionally include the Status TLV:

       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)   |      Message Length            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Message ID                                |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     FEC TLV                                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Label TLV (optional)                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Status TLV (optional)                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+














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<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.3.4" href="#section-6.3.4">6.3.4</a> Notification Message</span>

   The format of the Notification message is extended as follows, to
   optionally include the Diff-Serv TLV:

    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)     |      Message Length           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Message ID                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Status TLV                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Optional Parameters                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Diff-Serv TLV (optional)                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.4" href="#section-6.4">6.4</a> Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV</span>

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.4.1" href="#section-6.4.1">6.4.1</a> Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV in Downstream Unsolicited Mode</span>

   This section describes operations when the Downstream Unsolicited
   Mode is used.

   When allocating a label for an E-LSP which is to use the
   preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', a downstream Diff-Serv LSR issues
   a Label Mapping message without the Diff-Serv TLV.

   When allocating a label for an E-LSP which is to use a signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', a downstream Diff-Serv LSR issues a Label
   Mapping message with the Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP which contains
   one MAP entry for each EXP value to be supported on this E-LSP.

   When allocating a label for an L-LSP, a downstream Diff-Serv LSR
   issues a Label Mapping message with the Diff-Serv TLV for an L-LSP
   which contains the PHB Scheduling Class (PSC) to be supported on this
   L-LSP.

   Assuming the label set-up is successful, the downstream and upstream
   LSRs must:

   -  update the Diff-Serv Context associated with the established LSPs
      in their ILM/FTN as specified in previous sections (incoming and
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   -  install the required Diff-Serv forwarding treatment (scheduling
      and dropping behavior) for this NHLFE (outgoing label).

   An upstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Mapping message with
   multiple Diff-Serv TLVs only considers the first one as meaningful.
   The LSR must ignore and not forward the subsequent Diff-Serv TLV(s).

   An upstream Diff-Serv LSR which receives a Label Mapping message,
   with the Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP and does not support the
   particular PHB encoded in one or more of the MAP entries, must reject
   the mapping by sending a Label Release message which includes the
   Label TLV and the Status TLV with a Status Code of `Unsupported PHB'.

   An upstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Mapping message with the
   Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP and determining that the signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' is invalid, must reject the mapping by sending a
   Label Release message which includes the Label TLV and the Status TLV
   with a Status Code of Invalid `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.  The
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' signaled in the DIFFSERV Object for an E-LSP is
   invalid when:

   -  the MAPnb field is not within the range 1 to 8, or

   -  a given EXP value appears in more than one MAP entry, or

   -  the PHBID encoding is invalid

   An upstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Mapping message with the
   Diff-Serv TLV for an L-LSP containing a PSC value which is not
   supported, must reject the mapping by sending a Label Release message
   which includes the Label TLV and the Status TLV with a Status Code of
   `Unsupported PSC'.

<span class="h4"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.4.2" href="#section-6.4.2">6.4.2</a> Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV in Downstream on Demand Mode</span>

   This section describes operations when the Downstream on Demand Mode
   is used.

   When requesting a label for an E-LSP which is to use the
   preconfigured `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', an upstream Diff-Serv LSR sends a
   Label Request message without the Diff-Serv TLV.

   When requesting a label for an E-LSP which is to use a signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping', an upstream Diff-Serv LSR sends a Label Request
   message with the Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP which contains one MAP
   entry for each EXP value to be supported on this E-LSP.





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   When requesting a label for an L-LSP, an upstream Diff-Serv LSR sends
   a Label Request message with the Diff-Serv TLV for an L-LSP which
   contains the PSC to be supported on this L-LSP.

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR sending a Label Mapping message in
   response to a Label Request message for an E-LSP or an L-LSP must not
   include a Diff-Serv TLV in this Label Mapping message.  Assuming the
   label set-up is successful, the downstream and upstream LSRs must:

   -  update the Diff-Serv Context associated with the established LSPs
      in their ILM/FTN as specified in previous sections (incoming and
      outgoing label),

   -  install the required Diff-Serv forwarding treatment (scheduling
      and dropping behavior) for this NHLFE (outgoing label).

   An upstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Mapping message
   containing a Diff-Serv TLV in response to its Label Request message,
   must reject the label mapping by sending a Label Release message
   which includes the Label TLV and the Status TLV with a Status Code of
   `Unexpected Diff-Serv TLV'.

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Request message with
   multiple Diff-Serv TLVs only considers the first one as meaningful.
   The LSR must ignore and not forward the subsequent Diff-Serv TLV(s).

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR which receives a Label Request message
   with the Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP and does not support the
   particular PHB encoded in one (or more) of the MAP entries, must
   reject the request by sending a Notification message which includes
   the Status TLV with a Status Code of `Unsupported PHB'.

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Request message with the
   Diff-Serv TLV for an E-LSP and determining that the signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' is invalid, must reject the request by sending a
   Notification message which includes the Status TLV with a Status Code
   of Invalid `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.  The `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' signaled
   in the DIFFSERV TLV for an E-LSP is invalid when:

   -  the MAPnb field is not within the range 1 to 8, or

   -  a given EXP value appears in more than one MAP entry, or

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   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR receiving a Label Request message with the
   Diff-Serv TLV for an L-LSP containing a PSC value which is not
   supported, must reject the request by sending a Notification message
   which includes the Status TLV with a Status Code of `Unsupported
   PSC'.

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR that recognizes the Diff-Serv TLV Type in
   a Label Request message but is unable to allocate the required per-
   LSP context information, must reject the request sending a
   Notification message which includes the Status TLV with a Status Code
   of `Per-LSP context allocation failure'.

   A downstream Diff-Serv LSR that recognizes the Diff-Serv TLV Type in
   a Label Request message and supports the requested PSC but is not
   able to satisfy the label request for other reasons (e.g., no label
   available), must send a Notification message in accordance with
   existing LDP procedures [<a href="#ref-LDP" title="&quot;LDP Specification&quot;">LDP</a>] (e.g., with a `No Label Resource'
   Status Code).  This Notification message must include the requested
   Diff-Serv TLV.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.5" href="#section-6.5">6.5</a> Non-Handling of the Diff-Serv TLV</span>

   An LSR that does not recognize the Diff-Serv TLV Type, on receipt of
   a Label Request message or a Label Mapping message containing the
   Diff-Serv TLV, must behave in accordance with the procedures
   specified in [<a href="#ref-LDP" title="&quot;LDP Specification&quot;">LDP</a>] for an unknown TLV whose U Bit and F Bit are set
   to 0 i.e., it must ignore the message, return a Notification message
   with `Unknown TLV' Status.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-6.6" href="#section-6.6">6.6</a> Bandwidth Information</span>

   Bandwidth information may also be signaled at the establishment time
   of E-LSP and L-LSP, for instance for the purpose of Traffic
   Engineering, using the Traffic Parameters TLV as described in [MPLS
   CR LDP].

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-7" href="#section-7">7</a>. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over PPP, LAN, Non-LC-ATM and Non-LC-FR</span>
<span class="h2">   Interfaces</span>

   The general operations for MPLS support of Diff-Serv, including label
   forwarding and LSP setup operations are specified in the previous
   sections.  This section describes the specific operations required
   for MPLS support of Diff-Serv over PPP interfaces, LAN interfaces,
   ATM Interfaces which are not label controlled and Frame Relay
   interfaces which are not label controlled.

   On these interfaces, this specification allows any of the following
   LSP combinations per FEC:



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   -  Zero or any number of E-LSP, and

   -  Zero or any number of L-LSPs.

   A Diff-Serv capable LSR MUST support E-LSPs which use preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' over these interfaces.

   A Diff-Serv capable LSR MAY support E-LSPs which use signaled
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping' and L-LSPs over these interfaces.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-8" href="#section-8">8</a>. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over LC-ATM Interfaces</span>

   This section describes the specific operations required for MPLS
   support of Diff-Serv over label switching controlled ATM (LC-ATM)
   interfaces.

   This document allows any number of L-LSPs per FEC within an MPLS ATM
   Diff-Serv domain.  E-LSPs are not supported over LC-ATM interfaces.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-8.1" href="#section-8.1">8.1</a> Use of ATM Traffic Classes and Traffic Management mechanisms</span>

   The use of the "ATM service categories" specified by the ATM Forum,
   of the "ATM Transfer Capabilities" specified by the ITU-T or of
   vendor specific ATM traffic classes is outside of the scope of this
   specification.  The only requirement for compliant implementation is
   that the forwarding behavior experienced by a Behavior Aggregate
   forwarded over an L-LSP by the ATM LSR MUST be compliant with the
   corresponding Diff-Serv PHB specifications.

   Since there is only one bit (CLP) for encoding the PHB drop
   precedence value over ATM links, only two different drop precedence
   levels are supported in ATM LSRs.  Sections <a href="#section-4.2.2">4.2.2</a> and <a href="#section-4.4.2">4.4.2</a> define
   how the three drop precedence levels of the AFn Ordered Aggregates
   are mapped to these two ATM drop precedence levels.  This mapping is
   in accordance with the requirements specified in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_AF" title="&quot;Assured Forwarding PHB Group&quot;">DIFF_AF</a>] for the
   case when only two drop precedence levels are supported.

   To avoid discarding parts of the packets, frame discard mechanisms,
   such as Early Packet Discard (EPD) (see [<a href="#ref-ATMF_TM" title="&quot;Traffic Management Specification Version 4.1&quot;">ATMF_TM</a>]) SHOULD be enabled
   in the ATM-LSRs for all PHBs described in this document.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-8.2" href="#section-8.2">8.2</a> LSR Implementation With LC-ATM Interfaces</span>

   A Diff-Serv capable LSR MUST support L-LSPs over LC-ATM interfaces.
   This specification assumes that Edge-LSRs of the ATM-LSR domain use
   the "shim header" encapsulation method defined in [<a href="#ref-MPLS_ATM" title="&quot;MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching&quot;">MPLS_ATM</a>].
   Operations without the "shim header" encapsulation are outside the
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-9" href="#section-9">9</a>. MPLS Support of Diff-Serv over LC-FR Interfaces</span>

   This section describes the specific operations required for MPLS
   support of Diff-Serv over label switching controlled Frame Relay
   (LC-FR) interfaces.

   This document allows any number of L-LSPs per FEC within an MPLS
   Frame Relay Diff-Serv domain.  E-LSPs are not supported over LC-FR
   interfaces.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-9.1" href="#section-9.1">9.1</a> Use of Frame Relay Traffic parameters and Traffic Management</span>
<span class="h3">    mechanisms</span>

   The use of the Frame Relay traffic parameters as specified by ITU-T
   and Frame Relay-Forum or of vendor specific Frame Relay traffic
   management mechanisms is outside of the scope of this specification.
   The only requirement for compliant implementation is that the
   forwarding behavior experienced by a Behavior Aggregate forwarded
   over an L-LSP by the Frame Relay LSR MUST be compliant with the
   corresponding Diff-Serv PHB specifications.

   Since there is only one bit (DE) for encoding the PHB drop precedence
   value over Frame Relay links, only two different drop precedence
   levels are supported in Frame Relay LSRs.  Sections <a href="#section-4.2.3">4.2.3</a> and <a href="#section-4.4.3">4.4.3</a>
   define how the three drop precedence levels of the AFn Ordered
   Aggregates are mapped to these two Frame Relay drop precedence
   levels.  This mapping is in accordance with the requirements
   specified in [<a href="#ref-DIFF_AF" title="&quot;Assured Forwarding PHB Group&quot;">DIFF_AF</a>] for the case when only two drop precedence
   levels are supported.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-9.2" href="#section-9.2">9.2</a> LSR Implementation With LC-FR Interfaces</span>

   A Diff-Serv capable LSR MUST support L-LSPs over LC-Frame Relay
   interfaces.

   This specification assumes that Edge-LSRs of the FR-LSR domain use
   the "generic encapsulation" method as recommended in [<a href="#ref-MPLS_FR" title="&quot;Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification&quot;">MPLS_FR</a>].
   Operations without the "generic encapsulation" are outside the scope
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-10" href="#section-10">10</a>. IANA Considerations</span>

   This document defines a number of objects with implications for IANA.

   This document defines in <a href="#section-5.2">section 5.2</a> a new RSVP object, the DIFFSERV
   object.  This object required a number from the space defined in
   [<a href="#ref-RSVP" title="&quot;Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1 Functional Specification&quot;">RSVP</a>] for those objects which, if not understood, cause the entire
   RSVP message to be rejected with an error code of "Unknown Object
   Class".  Such objects are identified by a zero in the most
   significant bit of the class number.  Within that space, this object
   required a number from the "IETF Consensus" space. "65" has been
   allocated by IANA for the DIFFSERV object.

   This document defines in <a href="#section-5.5">section 5.5</a> a new RSVP error code, "Diffserv
   Error".  Error code "27" has been assigned by IANA to the "Diffserv
   Error".  This document defines values 1 through 5 of the value field
   to be used within the ERROR_SPEC object for this error code.  Future
   allocations of values in this space should be handled by IANA using
   the First Come First Served policy defined in [<a href="#ref-IANA" title="">IANA</a>].

   This document defines in <a href="#section-6.1">section 6.1</a> a new LDP TLV, the Diffserv TLV.
   The number for this TLV has been assigned by working group consensus
   according to the policies defined in [<a href="#ref-LDP" title="&quot;LDP Specification&quot;">LDP</a>].

   This document defines in <a href="#section-6.2">section 6.2</a> five new LDP Status Code values
   for Diffserv-related error conditions.  The values for the Status
   Code have been assigned by working group consensus according to the
   policies defined in [<a href="#ref-LDP" title="&quot;LDP Specification&quot;">LDP</a>].

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-11" href="#section-11">11</a>. Security Considerations</span>

   This document does not introduce any new security issues beyond those
   inherent in Diff-Serv, MPLS and RSVP, and may use the same mechanisms
   proposed for those technologies.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-12" href="#section-12">12</a>. Acknowledgments</span>

   This document has benefited from discussions with Eric Rosen, Angela
   Chiu and Carol Iturralde.  It has also borrowed from the work done by
   D. Black regarding Diff-Serv and IP Tunnels interaction.











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APPENDIX A. Example Deployment Scenarios

   This section does not provide additional specification and is only
   here to provide examples of how this flexible approach for Diff-Serv
   support over MPLS may be deployed.  Pros and cons of various
   deployment options for particular environments are beyond the scope
   of this document.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.1" href="#appendix-A.1">A.1</a> Scenario 1: 8 (or fewer) BAs, no Traffic Engineering, no MPLS</span>
    Protection

   A Service Provider running 8 (or fewer) BAs over MPLS, not performing
   Traffic engineering, not using MPLS protection and using MPLS Shim
   Header encapsulation in his/her network, may elect to run Diff-Serv
   over MPLS using a single E-LSP per FEC established via LDP.
   Furthermore the Service Provider may elect to use the preconfigured
   `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, the bi-directional
      mapping between each PHB and a value of the EXP field
      (e.g., 000&lt;--&gt;AF11, 001&lt;--&gt;AF12, 010&lt;--&gt;AF13)

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC (e.g., bandwidth
      allocated to AF1) and the dropping behavior for each PHB (e.g.,
      drop profile for AF11, AF12, AF13)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of a single E-LSP per FEC using LDP in
      accordance with the specification above (i.e., no Diff-Serv TLV in
      LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages to implicitly indicate
      that the LSP is an E-LSP and that it uses the preconfigured
      mapping)

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.2" href="#appendix-A.2">A.2</a> Scenario 2: More than 8 BAs, no Traffic Engineering, no MPLS</span>
    Protection

   A Service Provider running more than 8 BAs over MPLS, not performing
   Traffic Engineering, not using MPLS protection and using MPLS Shim
   encapsulation in his/her network may elect to run Diff-Serv over MPLS
   using for each FEC:

   -  one E-LSP established via LDP and using the preconfigured mapping
      to support a set of 8 (or less) BAs, AND

   -  one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; established via LDP for support of the
      other BAs.



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   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR the bi-directional
      mapping between each PHB and a value of the EXP field for the BAs
      transported over the E-LSP

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC supported over the
      E-LSP and the dropping behavior for each corresponding PHB

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC supported over the
      L-LSPs and the dropping behavior for each corresponding PHB

   -  LSRs signal establishment of a single E-LSP per FEC for the set of
      E-LSP transported BAs using LDP as specified above (i.e., no
      Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages to
      implicitly indicate that the LSP is an E-LSP and that it uses the
      preconfigured mapping)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; for the other
      BAs using LDP as specified above (i.e., Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label
      Request/Label Mapping messages to indicate the L-LSP's PSC).

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.3" href="#appendix-A.3">A.3</a> Scenario 3: 8 (or fewer) BAs, Aggregate Traffic Engineering,</span>
    Aggregate MPLS Protection

   A Service Provider running 8 (or fewer) BAs over MPLS, performing
   aggregate Traffic Engineering (i.e., performing a single common path
   selection for all BAs), using aggregate MPLS protection (i.e.,
   restoring service to all PSCs jointly) and using MPLS Shim Header
   encapsulation in his/her network, may elect to run Diff-Serv over
   MPLS using a single E-LSP per FEC established via RSVP [<a href="#ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels&quot;">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>]
   or CR-LDP [<a href="#ref-CR-LDP_MPLS_TE" title="&quot;Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP&quot;">CR-LDP_MPLS_TE</a>] and using the preconfigured mapping.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR the bi-directional
      mapping between each PHB and a value of the EXP field
      (e.g., 000&lt;--&gt;AF11, 001&lt;--&gt;AF12, 010&lt;--&gt;AF13)

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC (e.g., bandwidth
      allocated to AF1) and the dropping behavior for each PHB (eg drop
      profile for AF11, AF12, AF13)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of a single E-LSP per FEC which will use
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      *  using the RSVP protocol as specified above (i.e., no DIFFSERV
         RSVP Object in the PATH message containing the LABEL_REQUEST
         Object), OR

      *  using the CR-LDP protocol as specified above (i.e., no Diff-
         Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages).

   -  protection is activated on all the E-LSPs in order to achieve MPLS
      protection via mechanisms outside the scope of this document.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.4" href="#appendix-A.4">A.4</a> Scenario 4: per-OA Traffic Engineering/MPLS Protection</span>

   A Service Provider running any number of BAs over MPLS, performing
   per-OA Traffic Engineering (i.e., performing a separate path
   selection for each OA) and performing per-OA MPLS protection (i.e.,
   performing protection with potentially different levels of protection
   for the different OAs) in his/her network, may elect to run Diff-Serv
   over MPLS using one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; pair established via RSVP or
   CR-LDP.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC (e.g., bandwidth
      allocated to AF1) and the dropping behavior for each PHB (e.g.,
      drop profile for AF11, AF12, AF13)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt;:

      *  using the RSVP as specified above to signal the L-LSP's PSC
         (i.e., DIFFSERV RSVP Object in the PATH message containing the
         LABEL_REQUEST), OR

      *  using the CR-LDP protocol as specified above to signal the L-
         LSP PSC (i.e., Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping
         messages).

   -  the appropriate level of protection is activated on the different
      L-LSPs (potentially with a different level of protection for each
      PSC) via mechanisms outside the scope of this document.











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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.5" href="#appendix-A.5">A.5</a> Scenario 5: 8 (or fewer) BAs, per-OA Traffic Engineering/MPLS</span>
    Protection

   A Service Provider running 8 (or fewer) BAs over MPLS, performing
   per-OA Traffic Engineering (i.e., performing a separate path
   selection for each OA) and performing per-OA MPLS protection (i.e.,
   performing protection with potentially different levels of protection
   for the different OAs) in his/her network, may elect to run Diff-Serv
   over MPLS using one E-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; pair established via RSVP or
   CR-LDP.  Furthermore, the Service Provider may elect to use the
   preconfigured mapping on all the E-LSPs.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR the bi-directional
      mapping between each PHB and a value of the EXP field
      (e.g., 000&lt;--&gt;AF11, 001&lt;--&gt;AF12, 010&lt;--&gt;AF13)

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC (e.g., bandwidth
      allocated to AF1) and the dropping behavior for each PHB (eg drop
      profile for AF11, AF12, AF13)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of one E-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt;:

      *  using the RSVP protocol as specified above to signal that the
         LSP is an E-LSP which uses the preconfigured mapping (i.e., no
         DIFFSERV RSVP Object in the PATH message containing the
         LABEL_REQUEST), OR

      *  using the CR-LDP protocol as specified above to signal that the
         LSP is an E-LSP which uses the preconfigured mapping (i.e., no
         Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages)

   -  the Service Provider configures, for each E-LSP, at the head-end
      of that E-LSP, a filtering/forwarding criteria so that only the
      packets belonging to a given OA are forwarded on the E-LSP
      established for the corresponding FEC and corresponding OA.

   -  the appropriate level of protection is activated on the different
      E-LSPs (potentially with a different level of protection depending
      on the PSC actually transported over each E-LSP) via mechanisms
      outside the scope of this document.








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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.6" href="#appendix-A.6">A.6</a> Scenario 6: no Traffic Engineering/MPLS Protection on 8 BAs, per-OA</span>
    Traffic Engineering/MPLS Protection on other BAs.

   A Service Provider not performing Traffic Engineering/MPLS Protection
   on 8 (or fewer) BAs, performing per-OA Traffic Engineering/MPLS
   Protection on the other BAs (i.e., performing a separate path
   selection for each OA corresponding to the other BAs and performing
   MPLS Protection with a potentially different policy for each of these
   OA) and using the MPLS Shim encapsulation in his/her network may
   elect to run Diff-Serv over MPLS, using for each FEC:

   -  one E-LSP using the preconfigured mapping established via LDP to
      support the set of 8 (or fewer) non-traffic-engineered/non-
      protected BAs, AND

   -  one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; pair established via RSVP or CR-LDP for
      support of the other BAs.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR the bi-directional
      mapping between each PHB and a value of the EXP field for the BAs
      supported over the E-LSP

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC supported over the
      E-LSP and the dropping behavior for each corresponding PHB

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC supported over the
      L-LSPs and the dropping behavior for each corresponding PHB

   -  LSRs signal establishment of a single E-LSP per FEC for the non-
      traffic engineered BAs using LDP as specified above (i.e., no
      Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of one L-LSP per &lt;FEC,OA&gt; for the other
      BAs:

      *  using the RSVP protocol as specified above to signal the L-LSP
         PSC (i.e., DIFFSERV RSVP Object in the PATH message containing
         the LABEL_REQUEST Object), OR

      *  using the CR-LDP protocol as specified above to signal the L-
         LSP PSC (i.e., Diff-Serv TLV in LDP Label Request/Label Mapping
         messages).





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   -  protection is not activated on the E-LSPs.

   -  the appropriate level of protection is activated on the different
      L-LSPs (potentially with a different level of protection depending
      on the L-LSP's PSC) via mechanisms outside the scope of this
      document.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-A.7" href="#appendix-A.7">A.7</a> Scenario 7: More than 8 BAs, no Traffic Engineering, no MPLS</span>
    Protection

   A Service Provider running more than 8 BAs over MPLS, not performing
   Traffic engineering, not performing MPLS protection and using MPLS
   Shim Header encapsulation in his/her network, may elect to run Diff-
   Serv over MPLS using two E-LSPs per FEC established via LDP and using
   signaled `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping'.

   Operations can be summarized as follows:

   -  the Service Provider configures at every LSR, and for every
      interface, the scheduling behavior for each PSC (e.g., bandwidth
      allocated to AF1) and the dropping behavior for each PHB (e.g.,
      drop profile for AF11, AF12, AF13)

   -  LSRs signal establishment of two E-LSPs per FEC using LDP in
      accordance with the specification above (i.e., Diff-Serv TLV in
      LDP Label Request/Label Mapping messages to explicitly indicate
      that the LSP is an E-LSP and its `EXP&lt;--&gt;PHB mapping').  The
      signaled mapping will indicate the subset of 8 (or less) BAs to be
      transported on each E-LSP and what EXP values are mapped to each
      BA on each E-LSP.

APPENDIX B. Example Bandwidth Reservation Scenarios

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-B.1" href="#appendix-B.1">B.1</a> Scenario 1: No Bandwidth Reservation</span>

   Consider the case where a network administrator elects to:

   -  have Diff-Serv resources entirely provisioned off-line (e.g., via
      Command Line Interface, via SNMP, via COPS,...)

   -  have Shortest Path Routing used for all the Diff-Serv traffic.

   This is the closest model to provisioned Diff-Serv over non-MPLS IP.
   In that case, E-LSPs and/or L-LSPs would be established without
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-B.2" href="#appendix-B.2">B.2</a> Scenario 2: Bandwidth Reservation for per-PSC Admission Control</span>

   Consider the case where a network administrator elects to:

   -  have Diff-Serv resources entirely provisioned off-line (e.g., via
      Command Line Interface, via SNMP, via COPS,...)

   -  use L-LSPs

   -  have Constraint Based Routing performed separately for each PSC,
      where one of the constraints is availability of bandwidth from the
      bandwidth allocated to the relevant PSC.

   In that case, L-LSPs would be established with signaled bandwidth.
   The bandwidth signaled at L-LSP establishment would be used by LSRs
   to perform admission control at every hop to ensure that the
   constraint on availability of bandwidth for the relevant PSC is met.

<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="appendix-B.3" href="#appendix-B.3">B.3</a> Scenario 3: Bandwidth Reservation for per-PSC Admission Control and</span>
    per-PSC Resource Adjustment

   Consider the case where a network administrator elects to:

   -  use L-LSPs

   -  have Constraint Based Routing performed separately for each PSC,
      where one of the constraints is availability of bandwidth from the
      bandwidth allocated to the relevant PSC.

   -  have Diff-Serv resources dynamically adjusted

   In that case, L-LSPs would be established with signaled bandwidth.
   The bandwidth signaled at L-LSP establishment would be used by LSRs
   to attempt to adjust the resources allocated to the relevant PSC
   (e.g., scheduling weight) and then perform admission control to
   ensure that the constraint on availability of bandwidth for the
   relevant PSC is met after the adjustment.














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References

   [ANSI/IEEE]      ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1D, 1993 Edition, incorporating
                    IEEE supplements P802.1p, 802.1j-1996, 802.6k-1992,
                    802.11c-1998, and P802.12e).

   [<a id="ref-ATMF_TM">ATMF_TM</a>]        ATM Forum, "Traffic Management Specification Version
                    4.1", March 1999.

   [<a id="ref-CR-LDP_MPLS_TE">CR-LDP_MPLS_TE</a>] Jamoussi, B., Editor, Andersson, L., Callon, R. and
                    R. Dantu, "Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP",
                    <a href="./rfc3212">RFC 3212</a>, January 2002.

   [<a id="ref-DCLASS">DCLASS</a>]         Bernet, Y., "Format of the RSVP DCLASS Object", <a href="./rfc2996">RFC</a>
                    <a href="./rfc2996">2996</a>, November 2000.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_AF">DIFF_AF</a>]        Heinanen, J., Baker, F., Weiss, W. and J.
                    Wroclawski, "Assured Forwarding PHB Group", <a href="./rfc2597">RFC</a>
                    <a href="./rfc2597">2597</a>, June 1999.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_ARCH">DIFF_ARCH</a>]      Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., Davies, E., Wang,
                    Z. and W. Weiss, "An Architecture for Differentiated
                    Services", <a href="./rfc2475">RFC 2475</a>, December 1998.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_EF">DIFF_EF</a>]        Davie, B., Charny, A., Baker, F., Bennet, J.,
                    Benson, K., Boudec, J., Chiu, A., Courtney, W.,
                    Davari, S., Firoiu, V., Kalmanek, C., Ramakrishnam,
                    K. and D. Stiliadis, "An Expedited Forwarding PHB
                    (Per-Hop Behavior)", <a href="./rfc3246">RFC 3246</a>, March 2002.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_HEADER">DIFF_HEADER</a>]    Nichols, K., Blake, S., Baker, F. and D. Black,
                    "Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS
                    Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers", <a href="./rfc2474">RFC 2474</a>,
                    December 1998.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_NEW">DIFF_NEW</a>]       Grossman, D., "New Terminology and Clarifications
                    for Diffserv", <a href="./rfc3260">RFC 3260</a>, April 2002.

   [<a id="ref-DIFF_TUNNEL">DIFF_TUNNEL</a>]    Black, D., "Differentiated Services and Tunnels",
                    <a href="./rfc2983">RFC 2983</a>, October 2000.

   [<a id="ref-ECN">ECN</a>]            Ramakrishnan, K., Floyd, S. and D. Black, "The
                    Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
                    to IP", <a href="./rfc3168">RFC 3168</a>, September 2001.

   [<a id="ref-IANA">IANA</a>]           Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for
                    Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp26">BCP</a>
                    <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp26">26</a>, <a href="./rfc2434">RFC 2434</a>, October 1998.



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   [<a id="ref-IEEE_802.1">IEEE_802.1</a>]     ISO/IEC 15802-3: 1998 ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1D, 1998
                    Edition (Revision and redesignation of ISO/IEC
                    10038:98.

   [<a id="ref-LDP">LDP</a>]            Andersson, L., Doolan, D., Feldman, N., Fredette, A.
                    and B. Thomas, "LDP Specification", <a href="./rfc3036">RFC 3036</a>,
                    January 2001.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ARCH">MPLS_ARCH</a>]      Rosen, E., Viswanathan, A. and R. Callon,
                    "Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture", <a href="./rfc3031">RFC</a>
                    <a href="./rfc3031">3031</a>, January 2001.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ATM">MPLS_ATM</a>]       Davie, B., Lawrence, J., McCloghrie, K., Rosen, E.,
                    Swallow, G., Rekhter, Y. and P. Doolan, "MPLS using
                    LDP and ATM VC Switching", <a href="./rfc3035">RFC 3035</a>, January 2001.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_ENCAPS">MPLS_ENCAPS</a>]    Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y.,
                    Farinacci, D., Li, T. and A. Conta, "MPLS Label
                    Stack Encoding", <a href="./rfc3032">RFC 3032</a>, January 2001.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_FR">MPLS_FR</a>]        Conta, A., Doolan, P. and A. Malis, "Use of Label
                    Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification",
                    <a href="./rfc3034">RFC 3034</a>, January 2001.

   [<a id="ref-MPLS_VPN">MPLS_VPN</a>]       Rosen, E., <a style="text-decoration: none" href='https://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=datatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2F&amp;q=inurl:draft-+%22BGP%2FMPLS+VPNs%22'>"BGP/MPLS VPNs"</a>, Work in Progress.

   [<a id="ref-NULL">NULL</a>]           Bernet, Y., Smith, A. and B. Davie, "Specification
                    of the Null Service Type", <a href="./rfc2997">RFC 2997</a>, November 2000.

   [<a id="ref-PHBID">PHBID</a>]          Black, D., Brim, S., Carpenter, B. and F. Le
                    Faucheur, "Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes"
                    <a href="./rfc3140">RFC 3140</a>, June 2001.

   [<a id="ref-RSVP">RSVP</a>]           Braden, R., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S. and S.
                    Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -
                    Version 1 Functional Specification", <a href="./rfc2205">RFC 2205</a>,
                    September 1997.

   [<a id="ref-RSVP_MPLS_TE">RSVP_MPLS_TE</a>]   Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T.,
                    Srinivasan, V. and G. Swallow, "Extensions to RSVP
                    for LSP Tunnels", <a href="./rfc3209">RFC 3209</a>, December 2001.










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Authors' Addresses

   Francois Le Faucheur
   Cisco Systems
   Village d'Entreprise Green Side - Batiment T3
   400, Avenue de Roumanille
   06410 Biot-Sophia Antipolis
   France

   Phone: +33 4 97 23 26 19
   EMail: flefauch@cisco.com


   Liwen Wu
   Cisco Systems
   3550 Cisco Way
   San Jose, CA 95134
   USA

   Phone: +1 (408) 853-4065
   EMail: liwwu@cisco.com


   Bruce Davie
   Cisco Systems
   250 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824
   USA

   Phone: +1 (978) 244-8000
   EMail: bsd@cisco.com


   Shahram Davari
   PMC-Sierra Inc.
   411 Legget Drive
   Kanata, Ontario K2K 3C9
   Canada

   Phone: +1 (613) 271-4018
   EMail: davari@ieee.org











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   Pasi Vaananen
   Nokia
   3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suit 250
   Burlington, MA 01803
   USA

   Phone +1 (781) 993-4900
   EMail: pasi.vaananen@nokia.com


   Ram Krishnan
   Axiowave Networks
   200 Nickerson Road
   Marlboro, MA 01752

   EMail: ram@axiowave.com


   Pierrick Cheval
   Alcatel
   5 rue Noel-Pons
   92737 Nanterre Cedex
   France
   EMail: pierrick.cheval@space.alcatel.fr


   Juha Heinanen
   Song Networks, Inc.
   Hallituskatu 16
   33200 Tampere, Finland

   EMail: jh@song.fi



















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