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Using Entropy Label for Network Slice Identification in MPLS networks.
draft-decraene-mpls-slid-encoded-entropy-label-id-05

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Authors Bruno Decraene , Clarence Filsfils , Wim Henderickx , Tarek Saad , Vishnu Pavan Beeram , Luay Jalil
Last updated 2023-06-15 (Latest revision 2022-12-12)
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Abstract

This document updates [RFC6790] to extend the use of the TTL field of the Entropy Label in order to provide a flexible set of flags called the Entropy Label Control field. This document also defines a solution to encode a slice identifier in MPLS in order to distinguish packets that belong to different slices, to allow enforcing per network slice policies (.e.g, Qos). The slice identification is independent of the topology. It allows for QoS/DiffServ policy on a per slice basis in addition to the per packet QoS/DiffServ policy provided by the MPLS Traffic Class field. In order to minimize the size of the MPLS stack and to ease incremental deployment the slice identifier is encoded as part of the Entropy Label.

Authors

Bruno Decraene
Clarence Filsfils
Wim Henderickx
Tarek Saad
Vishnu Pavan Beeram
Luay Jalil

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