PCC-Controlled LSPs

All MBB types are supported for PCC-controlled LSPs. The LSP MBB procedures for a PCC-controlled LSP (pce-computation and pce-control disabled) are as follows.

  1. MPLS submits a path request, including the updated path constraints, to the local CSPF.

  2. If the local CSPF returns a path, the PCC signals the LSP with the RSVP control plane and moves traffic to the new MBB path. If pce-report is enabled for this LSP, the PCC sends a PCRpt message with the delegation bit clear to retain control and containing the RRO and LSP objects, with the LSP-IDENTIFIERS TLV containing the LSP-ID of the new MBB path. The message includes the metric, LSPA, and bandwidth objects where the P-flag is clear, which indicates the operational values of these parameters. Unless the user disables the report-path-constraints option under the pcc context, the PCC also includes a second set of metric, LSPA, and bandwidth objects with the P-flag set to convey to the PCE the constraints of the path.

  3. If the CSPF returns no path or the RSVP-TE signaling of the returned path fails, MPLS puts the LSP into retry mode and sends a request to the local CSPF every retry-timer seconds and up to the value of retry-count.

  4. When pce-report is enabled for the LSP and the FRR global revertive MBB is triggered following a bypass LSP activation by a PLR in the network, the PCC issues an updated PCRpt message with the new RRO reflecting the PLR and RRO hops. The PCE releases the bandwidth on the links that are no longer used by the LSP path.