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ODC010002 LDP Principle

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 MPLS LDP protocol is one of important
MPLS signal protocols used to set up
MPLS LSP.

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 Learning Guide

RFC 3036

VRP Operation Manual－MPLS

chapter

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 Upon completion of this course, you will
be able to:

Understand MPLS LDP Principle

Understand LDP Working Process

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 Chapter 1 LDP Basic Principle

Chapter 2 LDP Protocol Features

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 Basic Concepts of LDP

LDP is a MPLS control and signal protocol

Main functions:

Release Label-FEC mapping

Create and maintain label switching path

LDP serves to distribute and maintain label mapping messages
between peers in form of message

LDP uses the TCP transmission service

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 LDP Messages
20 18 10 v octets
General
Format IP TCP LDP Header LDP Message
Well-known port 646
Some message types use UDP for multicast
2 2 6 octets
LDP Version PDU Length LDP Identifier
Header
Currently Excludes length Router ID (IP address)
1 and version and Label Space ID

2 2 6 octets
LDP Type Length ID Parameters
Message
Excludes Type Sequence Mandatory
Address and Length number and optional
Address withdraw Label Request
Hello Label Abort Request
Initialization Label Withdraw
KeepAlive Label Release
Label Mapping Notification

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 LDP Message Types

Discovery message: Used to discover LDP adjacencies in the

network

Session message: Used to set up, maintain and terminate a
session between LDP peers

Distribution message: Used to create, change and delete label
mappings related to FEC

Notification message: Used to provide recommendation or
error notification information

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 Detailed LDP Message
Message Type Description
Notification Reports an error condition

Hello LDP keep-alive, sent periodically based on hold timer

Initialization Sets up an LDP session and negotiate parameters

KeepAlive Monitors Integrity of TCP connection supporting a session

Address Advertises a list of interface addresses

Address Withdraw “Undoes” the address message

Label Mapping Advertises FEC / Label bindings to neighbors

Label Request Requests a label binding for a given FEC

Label Abort Request Aborts an outstanding label request message

Label Withdraw Deletes FEC / Label binding when FEC no longer supported

Label Release Deletes FEC / Label binding due to route change

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 LDP Message Switching
UDP-Hello
Discovery stage

UDP-Hello
TCP connection establishment

Session creation
and maintenance
Session initialization

Label request
LSP creation and FEC
maintenance
Label
Label mapping

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 Chapter 1 LDP Basic Principle

Chapter 2 LDP Protocol Features

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 LDP Supported Features

LDP is an important MPLS signal protocol.

Modes
− Distribution: Downstream Unsolicited / Downstream On-demand.
− Control: Ordered / Independent
− Label Retention: Liberal / Conservative

Optional features
− Loop detection
− TCP Message Digest 5 signature option
−...

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 LDP Supported Features (cont.)

LDP Discovery (Hello message) with support for basic (link)

and extended (targeted) discovery.

LDP Error Handling with support for Notification message and
Status TLV

LDP Session Establishment and Maintenance with support for
Initialization, Address, and Address Withdraw messages

Support for LDP vendor-private and experimental features

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 Remote LDP

In general, LDP neighbor should be established between

directed links.

In some case, we require to set up remote LDP neighbor
relationship for:

MPLS L2 VPN (Martini mode)

LDP over MPLS TE

…….
Remote LDP

R1 R2 R3

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 LDP and TDP—Overview

Functionally, TDP is a subset of LDP

TDP is Cisco private protocol

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 Summary

LDP message type:

Discovery message

Session message

Distribution message

Notification message

LDP important features

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