@techreport{zhx-pce-stateful-lsp-sync-00, number = {draft-zhx-pce-stateful-lsp-sync-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zhx-pce-stateful-lsp-sync/00/}, author = {Xian Zhang and Gang Xie and Dhruv Dhody}, title = {{LSP Synchronization for Stateful Path Computation Element (PCE)}}, pagetotal = 7, year = 2013, month = jul, day = 7, abstract = {The Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) provides mechanisms for Path Computation Elements (PCEs) to perform path computations in response to Path Computation Clients (PCCs) requests. {[}Stateful-pcep{]} specifies a set of extensions to PCEP to enable stateful control of MPLS-TE and GMPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) via PCEP and maintaining of these LSPs at the stateful PCE. This document describes the mechanisms for incremental LSP Database (LSP- DB) synchronization as well as PCE control of the LSP-DB synchronization process.}, }