Lightweight control-plane signaling for aggregation devices in a network

摘要

Providing a label is disclosed. A first message is transmitted to an access device where the first message includes a set of available labels. A second message is received from the access device where the second message includes a label from the set of available labels selected to be used by the access device. The set of available labels is updated to account for the label selected by the access device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an access device comprising a processor, a first message from an aggregation device, wherein the first message identifies a set of available labels; selecting, by the access device, a label of the set of available labels for a flow; and initiating, by the access device, sending of a second message to the aggregation device, wherein the second message comprises at least a first field identifying the label, a second field comprising information associated with a quality of service for the flow, and a third field identifying a status of a device associated with the access device.