%% You should probably cite rfc7752 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-idr-ls-distribution-07, number = {draft-ietf-idr-ls-distribution-07}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-idr-ls-distribution/07/}, author = {Hannes Gredler and Jan Medved and Stefano Previdi and Adrian Farrel and Saikat Ray}, title = {{North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and TE Information using BGP}}, pagetotal = 45, year = 2014, month = nov, day = 16, abstract = {In a number of environments, a component external to a network is called upon to perform computations based on the network topology and current state of the connections within the network, including traffic engineering information. This is information typically distributed by IGP routing protocols within the network. This document describes a mechanism by which links state and traffic engineering information can be collected from networks and shared with external components using the BGP routing protocol. This is achieved using a new BGP Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) encoding format. The mechanism is applicable to physical and virtual IGP links. The mechanism described is subject to policy control. Applications of this technique include Application Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) servers, and Path Computation Elements (PCEs).}, }