CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Conventions
 6     Transport functional architecture of MPLS networks
        6.1     General
        6.2     MPLS network layered structure
 7     MPLS shim header functional architecture description based on ITU-T Rec. G.809
        7.1     MPLS layer network
        7.2     MPLS layer network partitioning
        7.3     MPLS label behaviour
        7.4     Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP)
        7.5     LSP Tunnels
 8     MPLS shim header based functional architecture based on ITU-T Rec. G.805
        8.1     MPLS Layer network
        8.2     MPLS layer network partitioning
        8.3     MPLS subnetwork behaviour
        8.4     Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP)
        8.5     LSP tunnels
 9     MPLS hierarchies
        9.1     G.809 MPLS hierarchies
        9.2     G.805 MPLS hierarchies
        9.3     Heterogeneous MPLS hierarchies
10     Server/client associations
       10.1     MPLS/client adaptation
       10.2     Non-MPLS Server/MPLS adaptation
11     MPLS network control
12     MPLS survivability techniques
       12.1     Protection techniques
       12.2     Network restoration
13     MPLS and support of the Diff-Serv architecture
       13.1     Reference diagrams for uniform, pipe and short pipe models
       13.2     MPLS TTL behaviour
       13.3     MPLS EXP behaviour
       13.4     LSP merging and Diff-Serv support
Annex A – Functional model for fragmentation of packets in an MPLS network
Annex B – Reserved label processing
Annex C – G.809 to G.805 translation
Annex D – MPLS and IP multiplexing
Appendix I – Functional model for describing the use of ECMP in MPLS networks