RFC 8786: Updated Rules for Processing Stateful PCE Request Parameters Flags
Recent RFCs 2020-05-31
Summary:
Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol
(PCEP) to support stateful Path Computation Elements (PCEs) are
defined in RFC 8231. One of the extensions is the Stateful PCE
Request Parameters (SRP) object. That object includes a Flags field
that is a set of 32 bit flags, and RFC 8281 defines an IANA registry
for tracking assigned flags. However, RFC 8231 does not explain how
an implementation should set unassigned flags in transmitted
messages, nor how an implementation should process unassigned,
unknown, or unsupported flags in received messages.
This document updates RFC 8231 by defining the correct behaviors.