The MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) supports static provisioning of
transport paths via a Network Management System (NMS), and dynamic
provisioning of transport paths via a control plane. This document
provides the framework for MPLS-TP dynamic provisioning, and covers
control plane addressing, routing, path computation, signaling,
traffic engineering, and path recovery. MPLS-TP uses GMPLS as the
control plane for MPLS-TP LSPs. MPLS-TP also uses the Pseudowire (PW)
control plane for Pseudowires (PWs). Management plane functions are
out of scope of this document. This document is a product of a joint
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) / International
Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T) effort to include an MPLS Transport Profile within the IETF
MPLS and Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) architectures to
support the capabilities and functionalities of a packet transport
network as defined by the ITU-T. This Informational Internet-Draft is
aimed at achieving IETF Consensus before publication as an RFC and
will be subject to an IETF Last Call. [RFC Editor, please remove this
note before publication as an RFC and insert the correct Streams
Boilerplate to indicate that the published RFC has IETF consensus.]