Multi-purpose Special Purpose Label for Forwarding Actions
2021
A Slice Selector is packet metadata that dictates the packet's
forwarding handling in order to conform to its slice requirements.
There are multiple proposals for carrying slice selectors in MPLS
networks. One of the more practical proposals is the "Global
Identifier for Slice Selector" (GISS). Global uniqueness requires the
GISS label be identified as such, via a special purpose label (ideally
a base special purpose label (bSPL)). However, bSPLs are a precious
commodity, and there are many requests for them. This document serves
two purposes: to define a bSPL for carrying a GISS, and to show how
this bSPL can consolidate many current requests for special purpose
labels while carrying associated data compactly and efficiently.
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