I-D ACTION:draft-thomas-mpls-ldp-dod-restart-00.txt

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        Title           : LDP DoD Graceful Restart
        Author(s)       : B. Thomas, A. Raj
        Filename        : draft-thomas-mpls-ldp-dod-restart-00.txt
        Pages           : 21
        Date            : 2003-2-27
        
LDP graceful restart is a mechanism that helps reduce the negative
effects on MPLS traffic caused by the restart of a Label Switching
Router's (LSR's) control plane, specifically by the restart of its
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) component [RFC3036], on LSRs that
are capable of preserving MPLS forwarding state across the restart.
[RFC3478] defines procedures for LDP graceful restart for downstream
unsolicited label distribution but leaves procedures for downstream
on demand label distribution a subject for future study.  This
document defines graceful restart procedures for downstream on demand
label distribution.

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