RFC 9961 - Ping per policy MPLS Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP)

• Status: Proposed Standard
• Published: April 2026
• Stream: IETF
• New Sub-TLV: SR MPLS P2MP Policy Tree Instance, Sub-Type 41

Abstract

This document defines ping and traceroute OAM extensions for SR P2MP Policies with MPLS encapsulation, enabling operators to verify connectivity, diagnose failures, and troubleshoot forwarding in SR P2MP Policy multicast trees.

Contents

• 1. Introduzione
• 2. Convenzioni
• 3. Motivazione
• 4. Considerazioni IANA
• 5. Considerazioni di sicurezza
• 6. Riferimenti

Related Resources

• Official Text: RFC 9961
• Official Page: RFC 9961 DataTracker
• Errata: RFC Editor Errata