PCEP Extensions for Service Function Chaining (SFC)
draft-wu-pce-traffic-steering-sfc-08
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| Authors | Qin Wu , Dhruv Dhody , Mohamed Boucadair , Christian Jacquenet , Jeff Tantsura | ||
| Last updated | 2016-09-08 (Latest revision 2016-03-07) | ||
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Abstract
This document provides an overview of the usage of Path Computation Element (PCE) to dynamically structure service function chains. Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a technique that is meant to facilitate the dynamic enforcement of differentiated traffic forwarding policies within a domain. Service function chains are composed of an ordered set of elementary Service Functions (such as firewalls, load balancers) that need to be invoked according to the design of a given service. Corresponding traffic is thus forwarded along a Service Function Path (SFP) that can be computed by means of PCE. This document specifies extensions to the Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) that allow a stateful PCE to compute and instantiate Service Function Paths.
Authors
Qin Wu
Dhruv Dhody
Mohamed Boucadair
Christian Jacquenet
Jeff Tantsura
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