Path Computation Element (pce)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2009-06-01

Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
    JP Vasseur  <[email protected]>
    Julien Meuric  <[email protected]>

Routing Area Director(s):
    Ross Callon  <[email protected]>
    Adrian Farrel  <[email protected]>

Routing Area Advisor:
    Adrian Farrel  <[email protected]>

Secretary(ies):
    Daniel King  <[email protected]>

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Description of Working Group:

No description available


Goals and Milestones:

  Done         Submit first draft of PCE architecture document

  Done         Submit first draft of PCE discovery requirements and protocol
               extensions documents

  Done         Submit first draft of the PCE communication protocol
               requirements

  Done         Submit first draft of the definition of objective metrics

  Done         Submit first draft of the PCE communication protocol
               specification

  Done         Submit PCE architecture specification to the IESG to be
               considered as Informational RFC

  Done         Submit first draft of the MIB module for the PCE protocol

  Done         Submit PCE communication protocol requirements to the IESG to
               be considered as an Informational RFC

  Done         Submit PCE discovery protocol extensions specifications to the
               IESG to be considered as a Proposed Standard

  Done         Submit PCE communication protocol specification to the IESG to
               be considered as a Proposed Standard

  Jun 2008       Submit first draft of applicability statement (describing the
               processes and procedures for the use of the PCE architecture,
               protocols and protocol extensions for inter-area MPLS and GMPLS
               Traffic Engineering)

  Done         Submit first draft of the PCE P2MP communication requirements

  Done         Submit first draft of the PCE P2MP PCEP protocol extensions

  Sep 2008       Submit PCE P2MP communication requirements to the IESG to be
               considered as an Informational RFC

  Nov 2008       Submit applicability statement to the IESG as informational RFC

  Dec 2008       Submit PCE P2MP PCEP protocol extensions to the IESG to be
               considered as an Proposed Standard RFC

  Feb 2009       Submit the PCE MIB Internet-Draft to the IESG for consideration
               as Proposed Standard

  Done         Submit applicability and metrics documents to the IESG

  Feb 2009       Evaluate WG progress, recharter or close


Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Nov 2005 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-inter-layer-req-10.txt>
               PCC-PCE Communication and PCE Discovery Requirements for
               Inter-Layer Traffic Engineering

Apr 2006 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-inter-layer-frwk-10.txt>
               Framework for PCE-Based Inter-Layer MPLS and GMPLS Traffic
               Engineering

Dec 2006 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-tc-mib-04.txt>
               Definitions of Textual Conventions for Path Computation Element

Jan 2007 Jul 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-manageability-requirements-07.txt>
               Inclusion of Manageability Sections in PCE Working Group Drafts

Sep 2007 Jun 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-monitoring-05.txt>
               A set of monitoring tools for Path Computation Element based
               Architecture

Aug 2008 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-p2mp-req-02.txt>
               PCC-PCE Communication Requirements for Point to Multipoint
               Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE)

Aug 2008 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-p2mp-app-02.txt>
               Applicability of the Path Computation Element (PCE) to
               Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
               and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE)

Sep 2008 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-pcep-p2mp-extensions-04.txt>
               Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication
               Protocol (PCEP) for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering
               Label Switched Paths

Sep 2008 Jul 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req-01.txt>
               Document: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req-01.txt

Sep 2008 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-pcep-svec-list-02.txt>
               The use of SVEC (Synchronization VECtor) list for Synchronized
               dependent path computations

Mar 2009 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-vpn-req-00.txt>
               PCC-PCE Communication Requirements for VPNs

Jul 2009 Jul 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-vendor-constraints-00.txt>
               Conveying Vendor-Specific Constraints in the Path Computation
               Element Protocol

Request For Comments:

 RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC4655 I    Aug 2006    A Path Computation Element (PCE) Based Architecture

RFC4657 I    Sep 2006    Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol
                      Generic Requirements

RFC4674 I    Oct 2006    Requirements for Path Computation Element (PCE)
                      Discovery

RFC4927 I    Jun 2007    PCE Communication Protocol (PCECP) Specific Requirements
                      for Inter-Area Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and
                      Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering

RFC5089 PS   Jan 2008    IS-IS Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element
                      (PCE) Discovery

RFC5088 PS   Jan 2008    OSPF Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element
                      (PCE) Discovery

RFC5376 I    Nov 2008    Inter-AS Requirements for the Path Computation Element
                      Communication Protocol (PCECP)

RFC5394 I    Dec 2008    Policy-Enabled Path Computation Framework

RFC5440 PS   Mar 2009    Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol
                      (PCEP)

RFC5455 PS   Mar 2009    Diff-Serv Aware Class Type Object for Path Computation
                      Element Communication Protocol

RFC5441 PS   Apr 2009    A Backward Recursive PCE-Based Computation (BRPC)
                      Procedure To Compute Shortest Constrained Inter-Domain
                      Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths

RFC5521 PS   Apr 2009    Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication
                      Protocol (PCEP) for Route Exclusions

RFC5520 PS   Apr 2009    Preserving Topology Confidentiality in Inter-Domain Path
                      Computation Using a Path-Key-Based Mechanism

RFC5541 PS   Jun 2009    Encoding of Objective Functions in the Path Computation
                      Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)

RFC5557 PS   Jul 2009    Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
                      Requirements and Protocol Extensions in Support of
                      Global Concurrent Optimization