Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Parameters

Created

  • 2006-01-23

Last Updated

  • 2026-08-10

Available Formats


Attributes TLV Space

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 5420: Encoding of Attributes for MPLS LSP Establishment Using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
  • RFC 7570: Label Switched Path (LSP) Attribute in the Explicit Route Object (ERO)

Available Formats

Type Name Allowed on LSP_ATTRIBUTES Allowed on LSP_REQUIRED_ATTRIBUTES Allowed on LSP Hop Attributes Reference
1 Attribute Flags Yes Yes Yes RFC 5420; RFC 7570
2 Service ID TLV Yes No No RFC 6060; RFC 7570
3 OAM Configuration TLV Yes Yes No RFC 7260; RFC 7570
4 WSON Processing Hop Attribute TLV No No Yes RFC 7689
5 RTM_SET sub-object Yes No No RFC 8169
6 ETLD No No Yes RFC 8577, Section 9.7

Attribute Flags

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 5420: Encoding of Attributes for MPLS LSP Establishment Using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
  • RFC 7570: Label Switched Path (LSP) Attribute in the Explicit Route Object (ERO)

Available Formats

Bit No Name Attribute Flags Path Attribute Flags Resv RRO ERO Reference
0 End-to-end re-routing Yes No No No RFC 4920; RFC 5420; RFC 7570
1 Boundary re-routing Yes No No No RFC 4920; RFC 5420; RFC 7570
2 Segment-based re-routing Yes No No No RFC 4920; RFC 5420; RFC 7570
3 LSP Integrity Required Yes No No No RFC 4875; RFC 7570
4 Contiguous LSP Yes No Yes No RFC 5151; RFC 7570
5 LSP stitching desired Yes No Yes No RFC 5150; RFC 7570
6 Pre-Planned LSP Flag Yes No No No RFC 6001; RFC 7570
7 Non-PHP behavior flag Yes No Yes No RFC 6511; RFC 7570
8 OOB mapping flag Yes No Yes No RFC 6511; RFC 7570
9 Entropy Label Capability Yes Yes No No RFC 6790; RFC 7570
10 OAM MEP entities desired Yes Yes Yes No RFC 7260; RFC 7570
11 OAM MIP entities desired Yes Yes Yes No RFC 7260; RFC 7570
12 SRLG Collection Flag Yes No Yes No RFC 8001; RFC 7570
13 Loopback Yes No Yes Yes RFC 7571
14 P2MP-TE Tree Re-evaluation Request Yes No No No RFC 8149
15 RTM_SET Yes Yes No No RFC 8169
16 TE Link Label Yes No No No RFC 8577, Section 9.2
17 LSI-D Yes No No Yes RFC 8577, Section 9.4
18 LSI-D-S2E Yes No No No RFC 8577, Section 9.6

Session Attribute Object Flags

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

  • RFC 4859: Codepoint Registry for the Flags Field in the Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Session Attribute Object

Available Formats

Bit Flag Name Reference
0x01 Local protection desired RFC 3209
0x02 Label recording desired RFC 3209
0x04 SE Style desired RFC 3209
0x08 Bandwidth protection desired RFC 4090
0x10 Node protection desired RFC 4090
0x20 Path re-evaluation request RFC 4736
0x40 Soft Preemption Desired RFC 5712

Record Route Object Sub-object Flags

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Standards Action

Reference

  • RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels

Available Formats

Flag Name Reference
0x01 Local protection available RFC 3209
0x02 Local protection in use RFC 3209
0x04 Bandwidth protection RFC 4090
0x08 Node protection RFC 4090
0x10 Unassigned
0x20 Node-id RFC 4561
0x40 Unassigned
0x80 Unassigned

Label Sub-object Flags

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Standards Action

Reference

Available Formats

Flag Name Reference
0x01 Global Label RFC 3209
0x02 TE Link Label RFC 8577, Section 9.3
0x04 Delegation Label RFC 8577, Section 9.5
0x08 Unassigned
0x10 Unassigned
0x20 Unassigned
0x40 Unassigned
0x80 Unassigned

Sub-TLV Types for WSON Processing Hop Attribute TLV

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Standards Action or Specification Required

Expert(s)

  • Unassigned

Reference

  • RFC 7689: Signaling Extensions for Wavelength Switched Optical Networks

Available Formats

Value Meaning Reference
0 Reserved RFC 7689
1 ResourceBlockInfo RFC 7689
2 WavelengthSelection RFC 7689

Values for Wavelength Assignment Method field in WavelengthSelection Sub-TLV

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Standards Action or Specification Required

Expert(s)

  • Unassigned

Reference

  • RFC 7689: Signaling Extensions for Wavelength Switched Optical Networks

Available Formats

Value Meaning Reference
0 unspecified RFC 7689
1 First-Fit RFC 7689
2 Random RFC 7689
3 Least-Loaded (multi-fiber) RFC 7689
4-127 Unassigned

RTM_SET Object Sub-Object Types

Reference

  • RFC 8169: Residence Time Measurement in MPLS Networks

Available Formats

Range Registration Procedures
0-127 IETF Review
128-191 First Come First Served
Value Meaning Reference
0 Reserved RFC 8169
1 IPv4 address RFC 8169
2 IPv6 address RFC 8169
3 Unnumbered interface RFC 8169
4-191 Unassigned
192-254 Reserved for Private Use RFC 8169
255 Reserved RFC 8169