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

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     JP Vasseur  <jpv@cisco.com>
     Julien Meuric  <julien.meuric@orange-ftgroup.com>

 Routing Area Director(s):
     Ross Callon  <rcallon@juniper.net>
     Adrian Farrel  <adrian.farrel@huawei.com>

 Routing Area Advisor:
     Adrian Farrel  <adrian.farrel@huawei.com>

 Secretary(ies):
     Daniel King  <daniel@olddog.co.uk>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:pce@ietf.org
     To Subscribe:      pce-request@ietf.org
         In Body:       subscribe pce
     Archive:           http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/pce/

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

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-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) 

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) 

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 Sep 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-pcep-svec-list-03.txt>
                The use of SVEC (Synchronization VECtor) list for Synchronized 
                dependent path computations 

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

Sep 2009 Sep 2009   <draft-ietf-pce-wson-routing-wavelength-00.txt>
                PCEP Requirements for WSON Routing and Wavelength Assignment 

 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 

RFC5623 I    Sep 2009    Framework for PCE-Based Inter-Layer MPLS and GMPLS 
                       Traffic Engineering