@misc{rfc3209, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3209, howpublished = {RFC 3209}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3209}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3209}, author = {Daniel O. Awduche and Lou Berger and Der-Hwa Gan and Tony Li and Dr. Vijay Srinivasan and George Swallow}, title = {{RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels}}, pagetotal = 61, year = 2001, month = dec, abstract = {This document describes the use of RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol), including all the necessary extensions, to establish label-switched paths (LSPs) in MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching). Since the flow along an LSP is completely identified by the label applied at the ingress node of the path, these paths may be treated as tunnels. A key application of LSP tunnels is traffic engineering with MPLS as specified in RFC 2702. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }