SPRING                                                          S. Hegde
Internet-Draft                                                 W. Britto
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Expires: January 13, 2022                          Juniper Networks Inc.
                                                             B. Decraene
                                                                  Orange
                                                               P. Psenak
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                                   T. Li
                                                         Arista Networks
                                                           July 12, 2021


     Flexible Algorithms: Bandwidth, Delay, Metrics and Constraints
                   draft-ietf-lsr-flex-algo-bw-con-01

Abstract

   Many networks configure the link metric relative to the link
   capacity.  High bandwidth traffic gets routed as per the link
   capacity.  Flexible algorithms provides mechanisms to create
   constraint based paths in IGP.  This draft documents a generic metric
   type and set of bandwidth related constraints to be used in Flexible
   Algorithms.

Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Copyright Notice

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Generic Metric Advertisement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  ISIS Generic Metric sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  OSPF Generic Metric sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.3.  Generic Metric applicability to Flexible Algorithms
           Multi-domain/Multi-area networks  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.  FAD constraint sub-TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.1.  ISIS FAD constraint sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.1.  ISIS Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV  . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.2.  ISIS Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.2.  OSPF FAD constraint sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.2.1.  OSPF Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV  . . . . . . .   9
       3.2.2.  OSPF Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.  Bandwidth Metric Advertisement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.1.  Automatic Metric Calculation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.1.1.  Automatic Metric Calculation Modes  . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.1.2.  Automatic Metric Calculation Methods  . . . . . . . .  13
       4.1.3.  ISIS FAD constraint sub-TLVs for automatic metric
               calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       4.1.4.  OSPF FAD constraint sub-TLVs for automatic metric
               calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   5.  Bandwidth metric considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   6.  Calculation of Flex-Algorithm paths . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   7.  Backward Compatibility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     9.1.  IGP Metric-Type Registry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     9.2.  ISIS Sub-Sub-TLVs for Flexible Algorithm Definition Sub-
           TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     9.3.  OSPF Sub-TLVs for Flexible Algorithm Definition Sub-TLV .  24
     9.4.  Sub-TLVs for TLVs 22, 23, 25, 141, 222, and 223 . . . . .  24



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     9.5.  OSPFv2 Extended Link TLV Sub-TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     9.6.  Types for sub-TLVs of TE Link TLV (Value 2) . . . . . . .  25
     9.7.  OSPFv3 Extended-LSA Sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   11. Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     12.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     12.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26

1.  Introduction

   High bandwidth traffic such as residential internet traffic and
   machine to machine elephant flows benefit from using high capacity
   links.  Accordingly, many network operators define a link's metric
   relative to its capacity to help direct traffic to higher bandwidth
   links, but this is no guarantee that lower bandwidth links will be
   avoided, especially in failure scenarios.  To ensure that elephant
   flows are only placed on high capacity links, it would be useful to
   explicitly exclude the high bandwidth traffic from utilizing links
   below a certain capacity.  Flex-Algorithm [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo]
   has already defined as a set of parameters consisting of calculation-
   type, metric-type and a set of constraints for allowing operators to
   have more control over network path computation.  In this document,
   we define further extensions to Flex-Algorithm that will allow
   operators additional control over their traffic, especially with
   respect to constraints about bandwidth.

   Historically, IGPs have done path computation by minimizing the sum
   of the link metrics along the path from source to destination.  While
   the metric has been administratively defined, implementations have
   defaulted to a metric that is inversely proportional to link
   bandwidth.  This has driven traffic to higher bandwidth links and has
   required manual metric manipulation to achieve the desired loading of
   the network.

   Over time, with the addition of different traffic types, the need for
   alternate types of metrics has become clear.  Flex-Algorithm already
   supports using the minimum link delay and the administratively
   assigned traffic-engineering metrics in path computation.  However,
   it is clear that additional metrics may be of interest in different
   situations.  A network operator may seek to minimize their
   operational costs and thus may want a metric that reflects the actual
   fiscal costs of using a link.  Other traffic may require low jitter,
   leading to an entirely different set of metrics.  With Flex-
   Algorithm, all of these different metrics, and more, could be used
   concurrently on the same network.




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   In some circumstances, path computation constraints, such as
   administrative groups, can be used to ensure that traffic avoids
   particular portions of the network.  These strict constraints are
   appropriate when there is an absolute requirement to avoid parts of
   the topology, even in failure conditions.  If, however, the
   requirement is less strict, then using a high metric in a portion of
   the topology may be more appropriate.

   This document defines a family of generic metrics that can carry
   various types of administratively assigned metrics.  This document
   proposes standard metric-types which require specific standard
   document.  This document also proposes user defined metric-types
   where specifics are not defined, so that adminstrators are free to
   assign semantics as they fit.  This document also specifies a new
   bandwidth based metric type to be used with Flex-Algorithm and other
   applications in Section Section 4.  Additional Flexible Algorithm
   Definition (FAD) constraints are defined in Section Section 3 that
   allow the network adminstrator to preclude the use of low bandwidth
   links or high delay links.  Section Section 4.1 defines mechanisms to
   automatically calculate link metrics based on parameters defined in
   the FAD and the advertised Maximum Link Bandwidth of each link.  This
   is advantageous because administrators can change their criteria for
   metric assignment centrally, without individual modification of each
   link metric throughout the network.

2.  Generic Metric Advertisement

   ISIS and OSPF advertise a metric for each link in their respective
   link state advertisements.  Multiple metric types are are already
   supported.  Administratively assigned metrics are described in the
   original OSPF and ISIS specifications.  The Traffic Engineering
   Default Metric is defined in [RFC5305] and [RFC3630] and the Min
   Unidirectional delay metric is defined in [RFC8570] and [RFC7471].
   Other metrics, such as jitter, reliability, and fiscal cost may be
   helpful, depending on the traffic class.  Rather than attempt to
   enumerate all possible metrics of interest, this document specifies a
   generic mechanism for advertising metrics.

   Each generic metric advertisement is on a per-link and per metric
   type basis.  The metric advertisement consists of a metric type field
   and a value for the metric.  The metric type field is assigned by the
   "IGP metric type" IANA registry.  Metric types 0-127 are standard
   metric types as assigned by IANA.  This document further specifies a
   user defined metric type space of metric types 128-255.  These are
   user defined and can be assigned by an operator for local use.






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2.1.  ISIS Generic Metric sub-TLV

   The ISIS Generic Metric sub-TLV specifies the link metric for a given
   metric type.  Typically, this metric is assigned by a network
   administrator.  Generic metric is application-independent attribute
   similar to igp-metric.  The Generic Metric sub-TLV is advertised in
   the TLVs/sub-TLVs below:

      TLV-22 (Extended IS reachability) [RFC5305]

      TLV-222 (MT-ISN) [RFC5120]

      TLV-23 (IS Neighbor Attribute) [RFC5311]

      TLV-223 (MT IS Neighbor Attribute) [RFC5311]

      TLV-141 (inter-AS reachability information) [RFC5316]

       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   Type        |     Length    |  metric-type  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                         Value                 |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         Type  :   TBD (To be assigned by IANA)
         Length: 4 octets
         metric-type:  A value from the IGP metric-type registry
         Value : metric value range (1 - 16,777,215)


                   Figure 1: ISIS Generic Metric sub-TLV

   The Generic Metric sub-TLV MAY be advertised multiple times.  For a
   particular metric type, the Generic Metric sub-TLV MUST be advertised
   only once for a link when advertised in TLV 22,222,23,223 and 141.
   If there are multiple Generic Metric sub-TLVs advertised for a link
   for same metric type in one or more received LSPDUs, advertisement in
   the lowest numbered fragment MUST be used and the subsequent ones
   MUST be ignored.If the metric type indicates a standard metric type
   for which there are other advertisement mechanisms (e.g., the IGP
   metric, the Min Unidirectional Link Delay, or the Traffic Engineering
   Default Metric, as of this writing), the Generic Metric advertisement
   MUST be ignored.






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2.2.  OSPF Generic Metric sub-TLV

   The OSPF Generic Metric sub-TLV specifies the link metric for a given
   metric type.  Typically, this metric is assigned by a network
   administrator.Generic metric is application-independent attribute
   similar to igp-metric.  The Generic Metric sub-TLV is advertised in
   the TLVs below:

      sub-TLV of the OSPF Link TLV of OSPF extended Link LSA [RFC7684].

      sub-TLV of TE Link TLV (2) of OSPF TE LSA [RFC3630].

      sub-TLV of the Router-Link TLV in the E-Router-LSA in OSPFv3
      [RFC8362].

   The Generic Metric sub-TLV is TLV type TBD (IANA), and is eight
   octets in length.

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |              Type             |             Length            |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | metric-type   |         Reserved                              |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                            Value                              |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

       Type  :   TBD (To be assigned by IANA)
       Length: 8 octets
       metric-type = A value from the IGP metric type registry

       Value : metric value (1- 4,294,967,295)


                   Figure 2: OSPF Generic Metric sub-TLV

   The Generic Metric sub-TLV MAY be advertised multiple times.  For a
   particular metric type, the Genreric Metric sub-TLV MUST be
   advertised only once for a link when advertised in OSPF Link TLV of
   Extended Link LSA, Link TLV of TE LSA and sub-TLV of the Router-Link
   TLV in the E-Router-LSA Router-Link TLV in OSPFv3.  If there are
   multiple Genreric Metric sub-TLVs advertised for a link for the same
   metric type in a received LSA, the first one MUST be used and the
   subsequent ones MUST be ignored.If the metric type indicates a
   standard metric type for which there are other advertisement
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   or the Traffic Engineering Default Metric, as of this writing), the
   Generic Metric advertisement MUST be ignored.

2.3.  Generic Metric applicability to Flexible Algorithms Multi-domain/
      Multi-area networks

   Generic Metric can be used by Flex-Algorithms by specifying the
   metric type in the Flexible Algorithm Definitions.  When Flex-
   Algorithms is used in a multi-area network, [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo]
   defines FAPM sub-TLV that carries the Flexible Algorithm specific
   metric.  Metric carried in FAPM will be equal to the metric to reach
   the prefix for that Flex-Algorithm in its source area or domain.
   When Flex-Algorithm uses Generic metric, the same procedures as
   described in section 13 of [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo] are used to send
   and process FAPM sub-TLV.

3.  FAD constraint sub-TLVs

   In networks that carry elephant flows, directing an elephant flow
   down a low-bandwidth link would be catastrophic.  Thus, in the
   context of Flex-Algorithm, it would be useful to be able to constrain
   the topology to only those links capable of supporting a minimum
   amount of bandwidth.

   If the capacity of a link is constant, this can already be achived
   through the use of administrative groups.  However, when a Layer 3
   link is actually a collection of Layer 2 links (LAG/Layer 2 Bundle),
   the link bandwidth will vary based on the set of active constituent
   links.  This could be automated by having an implementation vary the
   advertised administrative groups based on bandwidth, but this seems
   unnecessarily complex and expressing this requirement as a direct
   constraint on the topology seems simpler.  This is also advantageous
   if the minimum required bandwidth changes, as this constraint would
   provide a single centralized, coordinated point of control.

   To implement this idea, this document defines a new Exclude Minimum
   Bandwidth constraint.  When this constraint is advertised in a FAD, a
   link will be pruned from the Flex-Algorithm topology if the link's
   advertised Maximum Link Bandwidth is below the advertised Minimum
   Bandwidth value.

   Similarly, this document defines a Exclude Maximum Link Delay
   constraint.  Delay is an important consideration in High Frequency
   Trading applications, networks with transparent L2 link recovery, or
   in satellite networks, where link delay may fluctuate.  Mechanisms
   already exist to measure the link delay dynamically and advertised it
   in the IGP.  Networks that employ dynamic link delay measurement, may
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3.1.  ISIS FAD constraint sub-TLVs

3.1.1.  ISIS Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV

   ISIS Flex-Algorithm Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV (FAEMB) is a
   sub-TLV of the ISIS FAD sub-TLV.  It has the following format:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      Type     |    Length     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                     Min Bandwidth                             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     where:

        Type: TBA

        Length:  4 octets.

        Min Bandwidth:  The link bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
     floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.

                       Figure 3: ISIS FAEMB sub-TLV

   The FAEMB sub-TLV MUST appear at most once in the FAD sub-TLV.  If it
   appears more than once, the ISIS FAD Sub-TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.

   The Minimum bandwidth advertised in FAEMB sub-TLV MUST be compared
   with Maximum Link Bandwidth advertised in sub-sub-TLV 9 of ASLA sub-
   TLV [RFC 8919].  If L-Flag is set in the ASLA sub-TLV, the Minimum
   bandwidth advertised in FAEMB sub-TLV MUST be compared with Maximum
   Link Bandwidth as advertised by the sub-TLV 9 of the TLV
   22/222/23/223/141 [RFC 5305] as defined in [RFC8919] Section 4.2.

   If the Maximum Link Bandwidth is lower than the Minimum link
   bandwidth advertised in FAEMB sub-TLV, the link MUST be excluded from
   the Flex-Algorithm topology.  If a link does not have the Maximum
   Link Bandwidth advertised but the FAD contains this sub-TLV, then
   that link MUST NOT be excluded from the topology based on the Minimum
   Bandwidth constraint.

3.1.2.  ISIS Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV

   ISIS Flex-Algorithm Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV (FAEMD) is a sub-
   TLV of the ISIS FAD sub-TLV.  It has the following format.




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       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |      Type     |    Length     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     max link delay          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      where:

         Type: TBD

         Length: 3 octets

         Max link delay:  Maximum link delay in microseconds

                       Figure 4: ISIS FAEMD sub-TLV

   The FAEMD sub-TLV MUST appear only once in the FAD sub-TLV.  If it
   appears more than once, the ISIS FAD Sub-TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.

   The Maximum link delay advertised in FAEMD sub-TLV MUST be compared
   with Min Unidirectional Link Delay advertised in sub-sub-TLV 34 of
   ASLA sub-TLV [RFC 8919].  If L-Flag is set in the ASLA sub-TLV, the
   Maximum link delay advertised in FAEMD sub-TLV MUST be compared with
   Min Unidirectional Link Delay as advertised by the sub-TLV 34 of the
   TLV 22/222/23/223/141 [RFC 8570] as defined in [RFC8919] Section 4.2.

   If the Min Unidirectional Link Delay value is higher than the Maximum
   link delay advertised in FAEMD sub-TLV, the link MUST be excluded
   from the Flex-Algorithm topology.  If a link does not have the Min
   Unidirectional Link Delay advertised but the FAD contains this sub-
   TLV, then that link MUST NOT be excluded from the topology based on
   the Maximum Delay constraint.

3.2.  OSPF FAD constraint sub-TLVs

3.2.1.  OSPF Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV

   OSPF Flex-Algorithm Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV (FAEMB) is a
   sub-TLV of the OSPF FAD TLV.  It has the following format.










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       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |      Type                     |    Length                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Min Bandwidth                             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      where:

         Type: TBD

         Length:  4 octets.

         Min Bandwidth:  link bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
      floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.

                       Figure 5: OSPF FAEMB sub-TLV

   The FAEMB sub-TLV MUST appear only once in the FAD sub-TLV.  If it
   appears more than once, the OSPF FAD TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.  The Maximum Link Bandwidth as advertised in Extended Link
   TLV in the Extended Link Opaque LSA in OSPFv2 [RFC7684] or as a sub-
   TLV of the Router-Link TLV in the E-Router-LSA Router-Link TLV in
   OSPFv3 [RFC8362] MUST be compared against the Minimum bandwidth
   advertised in FAEMB sub-TLV.  If the link bandwidth is lower than the
   Minimum bandwidth advertised in FAEMB sub-TLV, the link MUST be
   excluded from the Flex-Algorithm topology.  If a link does not have
   the Maximum Link Bandwidth advertised but the FAD contains this sub-
   TLV, then that link MUST be included in the topology and proceed to
   apply further pruning rules for the link.

3.2.2.  OSPF Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV

   OSPF Flex-Algorithm Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV (FAEMD) is a sub-
   TLV of the OSPF FAD TLV.  It has the following format.
















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       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |      Type                     |    Length                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Max Delay               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      where:

         Type: TBD

         Length:  3 octets

         Max link delay:  Maximum link delay in microseconds

                       Figure 6: OSPF FAEMD sub-TLV

   The FAEMD sub-TLV MUST appear only once in the OSPF FAD TLV.  If it
   appears more than once, the OSPF FAD TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.  The Min Unidirectional Link Delay as advertised by sub-
   sub-TLV 12 of ASLA sub-TLV [RFC 8920], MUST be compared against the
   Maximum delay advertised in FAEMD sub-TLV.  If the Min Unidirectional
   Link Delay is higher than the Maximum delay advertised in FAEMD sub-
   TLV, the link MUST be excluded from the Flex-Algorithm topology If a
   link does not have the Min Unidirectional Link Delay advertised but
   the FAD contains this sub-TLV, then then that link MUST NOT be
   excluded from the topology based on the Maximum Delay constraint.

4.  Bandwidth Metric Advertisement

   Historically, IGP implementations have made default metric
   assignments based on link bandwidth.  This has proven to be useful,
   but has suffered from having different defaults across
   implementations and from the rapid growth of link bandwidths.  With
   Flex-Algorithm, the network administrator can define a function that
   will produce a metric for each link have each node automatically
   compute each link's metric based its bandwidth.

   This document defines a new standard metric type for this purpose
   called the "Bandwidth Metric".  The Bandwidth Metric MAY be
   advertised in the Generic Metric sub-TLV with the metric type set to
   "Bandwidth Metric".  ISIS and OSPF will advertise this new type of
   metric in their link advertisements.  Bandwidth metric is a link
   attribute and for advertisement and processing of this attribute for
   Flex-algorithm purposes, MUST follow the the section 12 of
   [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo]





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   Flex-Algorithm uses this metric type by specifying the bandwidth
   metric as the metric type in a FAD TLV.  A FAD TLV may also specify
   an automatic computation of the bandwidth metric based on a links
   advertised bandwidth.  An explicit advertisement of a link's
   bandwidth metric using the Generic Metric sub-TLV overrides this
   automatic computation.  The automatic bandwidth metric calculation
   sub-TLVs are advertised in FAD TLV and these parameters are
   applicable to applications such as Flex-algorithm that make use of
   the FAD TLV.

4.1.  Automatic Metric Calculation

   Networks which are designed to be highly regular and follow uniform
   metric assignment may want to simplify their operations by
   automatically calculating the bandwidth metric.  When a FAD
   advertises the metric type as Bandwidth Metric and the link does not
   have the Bandwidth Metric advertised, automatic metric derivation can
   be used with additional FAD constraint advertisements as described in
   this section.

   If a link's bandwidth changes, then the delay in learning about the
   change may create the possibility of micro-loops in the topology.
   This is no different from the IGP's susceptibility to micro-loops
   during a metric change.  The micro-loop avoidance procedures
   described in [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop] can be used
   to avoid micro-loops when the automatic metric calculation is
   deployed.

   Computing the metric between adjacent systems based on bandwidth
   becomes more complex in the face of parallel adjacencies.  If there
   are parallel adjacnecies between systems, then the bandwidth between
   the systems is the sum of the bandwidth of the parallel links.  This
   is somewhat more complex to deal with, so there is an optional mode
   for computing the aggregate bandwidth.

4.1.1.  Automatic Metric Calculation Modes

4.1.1.1.  Simple Mode

   In simple mode, the Maximum Link Bandwidth of a single Layer 3 link
   is used to derive the metric.  This mode is suitable for deployments
   that do not use parallel Layer 3 links.  In this case, the
   computation of the metric is straightforward.  If a layer 3 link is
   composed of a layer 2 bundle, then the link bandwidth is the sum of
   the bandwidths of the working components and may vary with layer 2
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4.1.1.2.  Interface Group Mode

   The simple mode of metric calculation may not work well when there
   are multiple parallel layer 3 interfaces between two nodes.  Ideally,
   the metric between two systems should be the same given the same
   bandwidth, whether the bandwidth is provided by parallel layer 2
   links or parallel layer 3 links.  To address this, in Interface Group
   Mode, nodes MUST compute the aggregate bandwidth of all parallel
   adjacencies, MUST derive the metric based on the aggregate bandwidth,
   and MUST apply the resulting metric to each of the parallel
   adjacencies.

           A------B====C====F====D
                  |              |
                   ------E-------

                       Figure 7: Parallel interfaces

   For exmple, in the above diagram, there are two parallel links
   between B->C, C->F, F->D.  Let us assume the link bandwidth is
   uniform 10Gbps on all links and the metric for each link will be the
   same.  Traffic from B to D will be forwarded B->E->D.  Since the
   bandwidth is higher on the B->C->F->D path, the metric for that path
   should be lower, and that path should be selected.  Interface Group
   Mode is preferred in cases where there are parallel layer 3 links.

   In the interface group mode, every node MUST identify the set of
   parallel links between a pair of nodes based on IGP link
   advertisements and MUST consider cumulative bandwidth of the parallel
   links while arriving at the metric of each link.

4.1.2.  Automatic Metric Calculation Methods

   In automatic metric calculation for simple and interface group mode,
   Maximum Link Bandwidth of the links is used to derive the metric.
   There are two types of automatic metric derivation methods.

      1.  Reference bandwidth method

      2.  Bandwidth thresholds method

4.1.2.1.  Reference Bandwidth method

   In many networks, the metric is inversely proportional to the link
   bandwidth.  The administrator or implementation selects a reference
   bandwdith and the metric is derived by dividing the reference
   bandwidth by the advertised Maximum Link Bandwidth.  Advertising the
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   computation to be done automatically.  Centralized control of this
   reference bandwidth simplifies management in the case that the
   reference bandwidth changes.  In order to ensure that small bandwidth
   changes do not change the link metric, it is useful to define the
   granularity of the bandwidth that is of interest.  The link bandwidth
   will be truncated to this granularity before deriving the metric.

   For example,

      reference bandwidth = 1000G

      Granularity = 20G

      The derived metric is 10 for link bandwidth in the range 100G to
      119G

4.1.2.2.  Bandwidth Thresholds method

   The reference bandwidth approach described above provides a uniform
   metric value for a range of link bandwidths.  In certain cases there
   may be a need to define non-proportional metric values for the
   varying ranges of link bandwidth.  For example, bandwidths from 10G
   to 30G are assigned metric value 100, bandwidth from 30G to 70G get a
   metric value of 50, and bandwidths greater than 70G have a metric of
   10.  In order to support this, a staircase mapping based on bandwidth
   thresholds is supported in the FAD.  This advertisement contains a
   set of threshold values and associated metrics.

4.1.3.  ISIS FAD constraint sub-TLVs for automatic metric calculation

4.1.3.1.  Reference Bandwidth sub-TLV

   This section provides FAD constraint advertisement details for the
   reference bandwidth method of metric calculation as described in
   Section 4.1.2.1.  The Flexible Algorithm Definition Reference
   Bandwidth Sub-TLV (FADRB Sub-TLV) is a Sub-TLV of the ISIS FAD sub-
   TLV.  It has the following format:














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    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type     |    Length     |     Flags     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Reference Bandwidth                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Granularity Bandwidth                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   where:

      Type: TBD

      Length: 9 octets.
      Reference Bandwidth: Bandwidth encoded in 32 bits in IEEE floating point
                           format. The units are in bytes per second.
      Granularity Bandwidth: Bandwidth encoded in 32 bits in IEEE floating point
                           format. The units are in bytes per second.

   Flags:

                 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                |G| | |          |
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         G-flag: when set, interface group Mode MUST be used to derive total link bandwidth.

         Metric calculation: (Reference_bandwidth) /
                              (Total_link_bandwidth -
                              (Modulus of(Total_link_bandwidth,granularity_bw)))



                       Figure 8: ISIS FADRB sub-TLV

   Granularity Bandwidth value ensures that the metric does not change
   when there is a small change in the link bandwidth.  The ISIS FADRB
   Sub-TLV MUST NOT appear more than once in an ISIS FAD sub-TLV.  If it
   appears more than once, the ISIS FAD sub-TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.  If a Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is
   advertised for a link, the Flex-Algorithm calculation MUST use the
   advertised Bandwidth Metric, and MUST NOT use the automatically
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4.1.3.2.  Bandwidth Thresholds sub-TLV

   This section provides FAD constraint advertisement details for the
   Bandwidth Thresholds method of metric calculation as described in
   Section 4.1.2.2.  The Flexible Algorithm Definition Bandwidth
   Threshold Sub-TLV (FADBT Sub-TLV) is a Sub-TLV of the ISIS FAD sub-
   TLV.  It has the following format:


    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type     |    Length     |       Flags   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 1                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric 1        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 1                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric 2        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 2                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                  .....
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric n-1      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold n-1                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric n        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   where:

      Type: TBD

      Length: 1 + n*7 octets. Here n is equal to number of Threshold Metrics specified.
              n MUST be greater than or equal to 1.

      Flags:

                 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                |G| | |         |
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+




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         G-flag: when set, interface group Mode MUST be used to derive total link bandwidth.

         Staircase bandwidth threshold and associated metric values.
         Bandwidth Threshold 1: Minimum Link Bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
                           floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.
         Bandwidth Threshold 2: Maximum Link Bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
                           floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.
         Threshold Metric 1 : metric value range (1 - 4,261,412,864)


                       Figure 9: ISIS FADBT sub-TLV

   When G-flag is set, the cumulative bandwidth of the parallel links is
   computed as described in section Section 4.1.1.2.  If G-flag is not
   set, the advertised Maximum Link Bandwidth is used.

   When the computed link bandwidth is less than Bandwidth Threshold 1,
   the MAX_METRIC value of 4,261,412,864 MUST be assigned as the
   Bandwidth Metric on the link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   When the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal to
   Bandwidth Threshold 1 and less than Bandwidth Threshold 1, Threshold
   Metric 1 MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the link during
   Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   Similarly, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal
   to Bandwidth Threshold 1 and less than Bandwidth Threshold 2,
   Threshold Metric 2 MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the
   link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   In general, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal
   to Bandwidth Threshold X AND less than Bandwidth Threshold X+1,
   Threshold Metric X MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the
   link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   Finally, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal to
   Bandwidth Threshold n, then Threshold Metric n MUST be assigned as
   the Bandwidth Metric on the link during Flex-Algorithm SPF
   calculation.

   The ISIS FADBT Sub-TLV MUST NOT appear more than once in an ISIS FAD
   sub-TLV.  If it appears more than once, the ISIS FAD sub-TLV MUST
   MUST stop participating in such flex-algorithm.

   A FAD MUST NOT contain both FADBT sub-TLV and FADRB sub-TLV.  If both
   these sub-TLVs are advertised in the same FAD for a Flexible
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   If a Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is advertised
   for a link, the Flex-Algorithm calculation MUST use the Bandwidth
   Metric advertised on the link, and MUST NOT use the automatically
   derived metric for that link.

4.1.4.  OSPF FAD constraint sub-TLVs for automatic metric calculation

4.1.4.1.  Reference Bandwidth sub-TLV

   The Flexible Algorithm Definition Reference Bandwidth Sub-TLV (FADRB
   Sub-TLV) is a Sub-TLV of the OSPF FAD TLV.  It has the following
   format:







































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    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type                     |    Length                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Flags   |     Reserved                                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Reference Bandwidth                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Granularity Bandwidth                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   where:

      Type: TBD

      Length: 14 octets.
      Reference Bandwidth: Bandwidth encoded in 32 bits in IEEE floating point
                           format. The units are in bytes per second.
      Granularity Bandwidth: Bandwidth encoded in 32 bits in IEEE floating point
                           format. The units are in bytes per second.

   Flags:

                 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                |G| | |         |
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         G-flag: when set, interface group Mode MUST be used
                 to derive total link bandwidth.

         Metric calculation: (Reference_bandwidth) /
                              (Total_link_bandwidth -
                              (Modulus of(Total_link_bandwidth, Granularity_bw)))



                       Figure 10: OSPF FADRB sub-TLV

   Granularity Bandwidth value is used to ensure that the metric does
   not change when there is a small change in the link bandwidth.  The
   OSPF FADRB Sub-TLV MUST NOT appear more than once in an OSPF FAD TLV.
   If it appears more than once, the OSPF FAD TLV MUST be ignored by the
   receiver.  If a Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is
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   advertised Bandwidth Metric on the link, and MUST NOT use the
   automatically derived metric for that link.

4.1.4.2.  Bandwidth Threshold sub-TLV

   The Flexible Algorithm Definition Bandwidth Thresholds Sub-TLV (FADBT
   Sub-TLV) is a Sub-TLV of the OSPF FAD TLV.  It has the following
   format:


    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type                     |    Length                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Flags   | Reserved                                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 1                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric 1                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 2                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric 2                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold 3                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                  .....
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric n-1                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Bandwidth Threshold n                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Threshold Metric n                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   where:

      Type: TBD

      Length: 2 + n*8 octets. Here n is equal to number of
          Threshold Metrics specified.
              n MUST be greater than or equal to 1.



      Flags:



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                 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                |G| | |         |
                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         G-flag: when set, interface group Mode MUST be used to derive total link bandwidth.

         Staircase bandwidth threshold and associated metric values.
         Bandwidth Threshold 1: Minimum Link Bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
                           floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.
         Bandwidth Threshold 2: Maximum Link Bandwidth is encoded in 32 bits in IEEE
                           floating point format.  The units are bytes per second.
         Threshold Metric 1 : metric value range (1 - 4,294,967,296)


                       Figure 11: OSPF FADBT sub-TLV

   When G-flag is set, the cumulative bandwidth of the parallel links is
   computed as described in section Section 4.1.1.2.  If G-flag is not
   set, the advertised Maximum Link Bandwidth is used.

   When the computed link bandwidth is less than Bandwidth Threshold 1 ,
   the MAX_METRIC value of 4,294,967,296 MUST be assigned as the
   Bandwidth Metric on the link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   When the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal to
   Bandwidth Threshold 1 and less than Bandwidth Threshold 1, Threshold
   Metric 1 MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the link during
   Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   Similarly, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal
   to Bandwidth Threshold 1 and less than Bandwidth Threshold 2,
   Threshold Metric 2 MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the
   link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   In general, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal
   to Bandwidth Threshold X AND less than Bandwidth Threshold X+1,
   Threshold Metric X MUST be assigned as the Bandwidth Metric on the
   link during Flex-Algorithm SPF calculation.

   Finally, when the computed link bandwidth is greater than or equal to
   Bandwidth Threshold n, then Threshold Metric n MUST be assigned as
   the Bandwidth Metric on the link during Flex-Algorithm SPF
   calculation.

   The ISIS FADBT Sub-TLV MUST NOT appear more than once in an ISIS FAD
   sub-TLV.  If it appears more than once, the ISIS FAD sub-TLV MUST
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   A FAD MUST NOT contain both FADBT sub-TLV and FADRB sub-TLV.  If both
   these sub-TLVs are advertised in the same FAD for a Flexible
   Algorithm, the FAD MUST be ignored by the receiver.

   If a Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is advertised
   for a link, the Flex-Algorithm calculation MUST use the Bandwidth
   Metric advertised on the link, and MUST NOT use the automatically
   derived metric for that link.

5.  Bandwidth metric considerations

   This section specifies the rules of deriving the Bandwidth Metric if
   and only if the winning FAD for the Flex-Algorithm specifies the
   metric-type as "Bandwidth Metric".

      1.  If the the Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type
      is advertised for the link as described in Section 4, it MUST be
      used during the Flex-Algorithm calculation.

      2.  If the Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is
      not advertised for the link and the winning FAD for the Flex-
      Algorithm does not specify the automatic bandwidth metric
      calculation (as defined in Section 4.1 ), the Bandwidth Metric is
      considered as not being advertised for the link.

      3.  If the Generic Metric sub-TLV with Bandwidth metric type is
      not advertised for the link and the winning FAD for the Flex-
      Algorithm specifies the automatic bandwidth metric calculation (as
      defined in Section 4.1), the Bandwidth Metric metric MUST be
      automatically calculated as per the procedures defined in
      Section 4.1.  If the Bandwidth Metric can not be calculated due to
      lack of Flex-Algorithm specific ASLA advertisement of sub-sub-TLV
      9 [RFC 8919], or in case of IS-IS, in presence of the L-Flag in
      the Flex-Algorithm specific ASLA advertisement the lack of sub-TLV
      9 in the TLV 22/222/23/223/141 [RFC 5305], the Bandwidth Metric is
      considered as not being advertised for the link.

6.  Calculation of Flex-Algorithm paths

   Two new additional rules are added to the existing rules in the Flex-
   rules specified in sec 13 of [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo].

      6.  Check if any exclude FAEMB rule is part of the Flex-Algorithm
      definition.  If such exclude rule exists and the link has Maximum
      Link Bandwidth advertised, check if the link bandwidth satisfies
      the FAEMB rule.  If the link does not satisfy the FAEMB rule, the
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      7.  Check if any exclude FAEMD rule is part of the Flex-Algorithm
      definition.  If such exclude rule exists and the link has Min
      Unidirectional link delay advertised, check if the link delay
      satisfies the FAEMD rule.  If the link does not satisfy the FAEMD
      rule, the link MUST be pruned from the computation.

7.  Backward Compatibility

8.  Security Considerations

   TBD

9.  IANA Considerations

9.1.  IGP Metric-Type Registry

   Type: Suggested 3 (TBA)

   Description: Bandwidth metric

   Reference: This document

   Type: 128 to 255(TBA)

   Description: User defned metric

   Reference: This document

9.2.  ISIS Sub-Sub-TLVs for Flexible Algorithm Definition Sub-TLV

   Type: Suggested 6 (TBA)

   Description: ISIS Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 3.1.1

   Type: Suggested 7 (TBA)

   Description: ISIS Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 3.1.2

   Type: Suggested 8 (TBA)

   Description: ISIS Reference Bandwidth sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 4.1.3.1




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   Type: Suggested 9 (TBA)

   Description: ISIS Threshold Metric sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 4.1.3.2

9.3.  OSPF Sub-TLVs for Flexible Algorithm Definition Sub-TLV

   Type: Suggested 6 (TBA)

   Description: OSPF Exclude Minimum Bandwidth sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 3.2.1

   Type: Suggested 7 (TBA)

   Description: OSPF Exclude Maximum Delay sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 3.2.2

   Type: Suggested 8 (TBA)

   Description: OSPF Reference Bandwidth sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 4.1.4.1

   Type: Suggested 9 (TBA)

   Description: OSPF Threshold Metric sub-TLV

   Reference: This document Section 4.1.4.2

9.4.  Sub-TLVs for TLVs 22, 23, 25, 141, 222, and 223

   Type: Suggested 45 (TBA)

   Description: Generic metric

   Reference: This document Section 2.1

9.5.  OSPFv2 Extended Link TLV Sub-TLVs

   Type: Suggested 45 (TBA)

   Description: Generic metric

   Reference: This document Section 2.2




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9.6.  Types for sub-TLVs of TE Link TLV (Value 2)

   Type: Suggested 45 (TBA)

   Description: Generic metric

   Reference: This document Section 2.2

9.7.  OSPFv3 Extended-LSA Sub-TLVs

   Type: Suggested 45 (TBA)

   Description: Generic metric

   Reference: This document Section 2.2

10.  Acknowledgements

   Many thanks to Chris Bowers, Krzysztof Szarcowitz, Julian Lucek, Ram
   Santhanakrishnan, Ketan Talaulikar for discussions and inputs.

11.  Contributors

   1.  Salih K A

   Juniper Networks

   salih@juniper.net

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-lsr-flex-algo]
              Psenak, P., Hegde, S., Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., and
              A. Gulko, "IGP Flexible Algorithm", draft-ietf-lsr-flex-
              algo-15 (work in progress), April 2021.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.




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   [RFC5305]  Li, T. and H. Smit, "IS-IS Extensions for Traffic
              Engineering", RFC 5305, DOI 10.17487/RFC5305, October
              2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5305>.

   [RFC7684]  Psenak, P., Gredler, H., Shakir, R., Henderickx, W.,
              Tantsura, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPFv2 Prefix/Link Attribute
              Advertisement", RFC 7684, DOI 10.17487/RFC7684, November
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7684>.

12.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop]
              Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C., Litkowski, S., Decraene, B.,
              Francois, P., and P. Psenak, "Loop avoidance using Segment
              Routing", draft-bashandy-rtgwg-segment-routing-uloop-10
              (work in progress), December 2020.

   [RFC5120]  Przygienda, T., Shen, N., and N. Sheth, "M-ISIS: Multi
              Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to
              Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)", RFC 5120,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5120, February 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5120>.

   [RFC5311]  McPherson, D., Ed., Ginsberg, L., Previdi, S., and M.
              Shand, "Simplified Extension of Link State PDU (LSP) Space
              for IS-IS", RFC 5311, DOI 10.17487/RFC5311, February 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5311>.

   [RFC5316]  Chen, M., Zhang, R., and X. Duan, "ISIS Extensions in
              Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS
              Traffic Engineering", RFC 5316, DOI 10.17487/RFC5316,
              December 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5316>.

   [RFC7471]  Giacalone, S., Ward, D., Drake, J., Atlas, A., and S.
              Previdi, "OSPF Traffic Engineering (TE) Metric
              Extensions", RFC 7471, DOI 10.17487/RFC7471, March 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7471>.

   [RFC8570]  Ginsberg, L., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Giacalone, S., Ward,
              D., Drake, J., and Q. Wu, "IS-IS Traffic Engineering (TE)
              Metric Extensions", RFC 8570, DOI 10.17487/RFC8570, March
              2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8570>.

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   Shraddha Hegde
   Juniper Networks Inc.
   Exora Business Park
   Bangalore, KA  560103
   India

   Email: shraddha@juniper.net


   William Britto A J
   Juniper Networks Inc.

   Email: bwilliam@juniper.net


   Rajesh Shetty
   Juniper Networks Inc.

   Email: mrajesh@juniper.net


   Bruno Decraene
   Orange

   Email: bruno.decraene@orange.com


   Peter Psenak
   Cisco Systems

   Email: ppsenak@cisco.com


   Tony Li
   Arista Networks

   Email: tony.li@tony.li














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