@misc{rfc8256,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    8256,
    howpublished =  {RFC 8256},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC8256},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8256},
    author =    {Alessandro D'Alessandro and Loa Andersson and Satoshi Ueno and Kaoru Arai and Yoshinori Koike},
    title =     {{Requirements for Hitless MPLS Path Segment Monitoring}},
    pagetotal = 16,
    year =      2017,
    month =     oct,
    abstract =  {One of the most important Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities for transport-network operation is fault localization. An in-service, on-demand path segment monitoring function of a transport path is indispensable, particularly when the service monitoring function is activated only between endpoints. However, the current segment monitoring approach defined for MPLS (including the MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)) in RFC 6371 "Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-Based Transport Networks" has drawbacks. This document provides an analysis of the existing MPLS-TP OAM mechanisms for the path segment monitoring and provides requirements to guide the development of new OAM tools to support Hitless Path Segment Monitoring (HPSM).},
}