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Segment Routing Policy Extension for Network Resource Partition
draft-jiang-spring-sr-policy-nrp-05

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Authors Shengnan Yue , Ran Chen , Jie Dong , Changwang Lin , Jiang Wenying
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draft-jiang-spring-sr-policy-nrp-05
SPRING                                                            S. Yue
Internet-Draft                                              China Mobile
Intended status: Standards Track                                 R. Chen
Expires: 21 June 2026                                    ZTE Corporation
                                                                 J. Dong
                                                     Huawei Technologies
                                                                  C. Lin
                                                    New H3C Technologies
                                                                W. Jiang
                                                            China Mobile
                                                        18 December 2025

    Segment Routing Policy Extension for Network Resource Partition
                  draft-jiang-spring-sr-policy-nrp-05

Abstract

   Segment Routing (SR) Policy is a set of candidate paths, each
   consisting of one or more segment lists and the associated
   information.  A Network Resource Partition (NRP), is a subset of the
   resources and associated policies in the underlay network.  In SR
   networks with multiple NRPs, an SR Policy can be associated with a
   particular NRP.  In that case, SR Policy can be used for steering and
   forwarding traffic which is mapped to the NRP, so that the packets
   can be processed with the subset of network resources and policy of
   the NRP for guaranteed performance.  Thus the association between SR
   Policy and NRP needs to be specified.

   This document defines extensions to the SR Policy Architecture to
   allow the association of the SR Policy candidate paths with NRPs.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Use Case  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  SR Policy Extension for NRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  NRP Selector ID of a Candidate Path . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Candidate Path Validity Verification  . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Steering into an SR Policy with NRP . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Operational Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   A Segment Routing Policy (SR Policy) [RFC9256] is a set of candidate
   paths, each consisting of one or more segment lists and the
   associated information.  The headend node is said to steer a flow
   into an SR Policy.  The packets steered into an SR Policy have an
   ordered list of segments associated with that SR Policy written into
   them.  [RFC8660] describes the representation and processing of this
   ordered list of segments as an MPLS label stack for SR-MPLS, while
   [RFC8754] and [RFC8986] describe the same for Segment Routing over
   IPv6 (SRv6) with the use of the Segment Routing Header (SRH).

   [RFC9543] provides the definition of IETF network slice for use
   within the IETF and discusses the general framework for requesting
   and operating IETF Network Slices, their characteristics, and the

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   necessary system components and interfaces.  It also introduces the
   concept Network Resource Partition (NRP), which is a subset of the
   resources and associated policies in the underlay network.

   In SR networks, an NRP can be realized using NRP-specific resource-
   aware segments as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-resource-aware-segments].  With this approach, for
   each NRP, a separate set of resource-aware SIDs need to be assigned,
   thus the amount of SR SIDs would be proportional to the number of
   NRPs.

   As described in [I-D.ietf-teas-nrp-scalability], one scalable data
   plane approach to support network slicing is to carry a dedicated NRP
   Selector ID in the data packet to identify the NRP the packet belongs
   to, so that the packet can be processed and forwarded using the
   subset of network resources allocated to the NRP.

   In SR networks with multiple NRPs, an SR Policy can be associated
   with a particular NRP.  In that case, SR Policy can be used for
   steering and forwarding traffic which is mapped to the NRP, so that
   the packets can be processed with the subset of network resources and
   policy of the NRP for guaranteed performance.  Thus the association
   between SR Policy and NRP needs to be specified.

   This document defines extensions to the SR Policy Architecture for
   associating SR Policy with NRP.

1.1.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.  Use Case

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              ----------------------------------------
             ( |PE|.............|PE|.............|PE| )
             (  --   SR Policy-1  --  SR Policy-1 --  )<---------+
              ----------------------------------------           |
               SR Policy-1 with NRP 1                            |
                                                                 |
              ----------------------------------------           |
             ( |PE|..............................|PE| )          |
             (  --           SR Policy-2            --  )<-------+
              ----------------------------------------           |
               SR Policy-2 with NRP 2                            |
                                                                 |
              ----------------------------------------------     |
             ( |PE|.....-.....|PE|......    |PE|.......|PE| )    |
            (   --     |P|     --      :-...:--     -..:--   )   |
           (    :       -:.............|P|.........|P|        )--+
           (    -......................:-:..-       -         )
            (  |P|.........................|P|......:        )
             (  -                           -               )
              ----------------------------------------------
               Underlay Network

                                  Figure 1

   In each NRP for network slices, the connectivity among PEs is
   achieved by SR Policies.  The segment lists of these SR Policies
   composed with segments associated with the dedicated data plane NRP
   Selector ID.  Traffics are steered into the SR Policies, so that the
   resources allocated to the corresponding NRPs will be used for
   forwarding.

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                                Physical Interface 1
                  +---------------------------------------+
                  |                                       |
                  |  Layer-3 Sub-interface 1-1: 1Gbps     |
                  |=======================================|
                  |>>>>>> Queue 1-1: NRP-1, 100Mbps >>>>>>|
                  |>>>>>> Queue 1-2: NRP-2, 200Mbps >>>>>>|
                  |>>>>>>              ...          >>>>>>|
                  |=======================================|
                  |                                       |
                  |  Layer-3 Sub-interface 1-2: 2Gbps     |
                  |====================================== |
                  |>>>>>> Queue 1-1: NRP-1, 100Mbps >>>>>>|
                  |>>>>>> Queue 1-2: NRP-2, 200Mbps >>>>>>|
                  |>>>>>>              ...          >>>>>>|
                  |=======================================|
                  |                                       |
                  +---------------------------------------+
                      Underlay Network

                                  Figure 2

   As shown in the example in Figure 2, the bandwidth resource of a
   physical interface is partitioned in two NRPs.

   The NRPs are sliced by HQoS queues with dedicated bandwidth under the
   layer-3 sub-interface.  NRP needs to be identified by using an extra
   dimension.  On both MPLS-SR and SRv6 data plane, there are several
   options for realizing NRP Selector ID, such as
   [I-D.ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id],
   [I-D.cheng-spring-srv6-encoding-network-sliceid], and
   [I-D.li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id].  As mentioned above, the traffics
   of network slice are forwarded according to the segment list of SR
   Policy.  Firstly, the outgoing interface associated segment will be
   the layer-3 sub-interface.  Then, the HQoS queue will be selected
   according to the NRP Selector ID carried in the packets, and the
   bandwidth resource of NRP will be used.

3.  SR Policy Extension for NRP

   As defined in [RFC9256], an SR Policy is associated with one or more
   candidate paths.  A candidate path is the unit for signaling of an SR
   Policy to a headend via protocol extensions like the Path Computation
   Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) [RFC8664]
   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp] or BGP SR Policy [RFC9830].
   A candidate path consists of one or multiple segment lists.  The
   segment lists are used for load balancing purpose.  When an SR Policy
   is associated with an NRP, the SR Policy is instantiated using

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   candidate paths which are built within a particular NRP.  Hence the
   association between SR Policy and NRP is specified at the candidate
   path level.  All the segment lists of the candidate path are
   associated with the same NRP and share the set of resources of the
   NRP.

   The candidate paths of an SR Policy determine the path that packets
   will traverse, while NRP reserves resources along the candidate path
   designated by the SR Policy.  Through the integration of SR Policy
   and NRP, it ensures both the forwarding path and resource reservation
   along the candidate path.

3.1.  NRP Selector ID of a Candidate Path

   The NRP Selector ID of a candidate path is utilized to identify the
   resources corresponding to the forwarding paths of all segment lists
   within an SR Policy.  It is a 32-bit value serving as an identifier
   for the Network Resource Partition.  The NRP Selector ID associated
   with a candidate path of an SR Policy from a specific Protocol-Origin
   as specified below:

   *  When provisioning is via configuration, it is specific to the
      implementation's configuration model.

   *  When signaling is via PCEP, the method to uniquely signal an
      individual candidate path along with its NRP Selector ID is
      described in [I-D.ietf-pce-pcep-nrp].

   *  When signaling is via BGP SR Policy, the method to uniquely signal
      an individual candidate path along with its NRP Selector ID is
      described in [I-D.ietf-idr-sr-policy-nrp].  It can be collected
      via BGP-LS [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-nrp].

   Under the same Candidate Path, all segment lists must share the same
   NRP Selector ID.  When a candidate path of an SR Policy is
   instantiated within an NRP, a network-wide data plane NRP Selector ID
   is used to identify the resources of the NRP.  While different
   candidate paths can share the same NRP Selector IDs, the proposed
   mechanism allows for different candidate paths within a single SR
   Policy to be associated with different NRPs.  However, in typical
   network scenarios, it is generally expected that the association
   between an SR Policy and an NRP remains consistent.  In such cases,
   all candidate paths of a single SR Policy SHOULD be associated with
   the same NRP.

   By associating NRP Selector IDs with Candidate Paths, the assurance
   of both the SR Policy's path and its resources is achieved.  The
   process involves the following steps:

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   *  Planning the network topology resources and assigning NRP Selector
      IDs.

   *  At the headend node, performing path arrangement.  During the path
      planning process of the SR Policy, resources are considered for
      different candidate paths, and NRP Selector IDs are configured
      under each Candidate path to establish the association between the
      path and resources.

3.2.  Candidate Path Validity Verification

   A candidate path is considered usable when it is valid, with the
   validation rules outlined in Section 5 of [RFC9256].  When a
   Candidate Path contains an NRP Selector ID, a segment list of a
   candidate path may be declared invalid if the resources corresponding
   to the NRP Selector ID on the segment list path do not exist.  The
   successful reservation of NRP resources along the entire path can be
   verified through OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance)
   detection mechanisms.  Additionally, if the head-end is unable to
   perform path resolution for the first SID into one or more outgoing
   interfaces and next-hops, along with the corresponding NRP Selector
   ID resources, the status of that segment list is set to invalid.

   When running fast detection protocols, such as Bidirectional
   Forwarding Detection (BFD), the headend may compute and validate
   backup candidate paths and provision them into the forwarding plane
   as a backup for the active path.  In such cases, it is necessary to
   include NRP encapsulation to detect the NRP resources along the path,
   ensuring the availability of both the path and resources.

3.3.  Summary

   For an SR Policy associated with an NRP, each of its candidate paths
   must be associated with an NRP.  The NRP Selector ID linked to each
   candidate path can be the same or different.  All segment lists of
   the candidate path are associated with the same NRP and share the set
   of resources allocated to that NRP.

   In summary, the information model is the following:

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   SR Policy POL1
   Candidate Path CP1
   Preference 200
   NRP Selector ID 100
   Segment List 1 <SID11...SID1i>, Weight 1
   Segment List 2 <SID21...SID2j>, Weight 1
   Segment List 3 <SID31...SID3k>, Weight 1
   Candidate Path CP2
   Preference 100
   NRP Selector ID 200
   Segment List 4 <SID41...SID4i>, Weight 1
   Segment List 5 <SID51...SID5j>, Weight 1
   Segment List 6 <SID61...SID6k>, Weight 1

   SR Policy POL1 has two Candidate Paths, CP1 and CP2.  CP1 is the
   active candidate path (valid and with the highest Preference).  NRP
   Selector ID 100 is configured under CP1, while NRP Selector ID 200 is
   configured under CP2.  The three segment lists of CP1 with NRP
   Selector ID 100 are installed as the forwarding instantiation of SR
   Policy POL1.  NRP Selector ID 100 needs to be configured and
   resources reserved on the paths traversed by segment list 1, segment
   list 2, and segment list 3.  When traffic is steered on POL1 and
   flow-based hashed on segment list [SID11...SID1i], NRP-100 is added
   into the data packet, and forwarding is based on the resources
   pointed to by NRP-100.

4.  Steering into an SR Policy with NRP

   The method of traffic steering aligns with the description in
   Section 8 of [RFC9256].  If the SR Policy candidate path selected as
   the best candidate path is associated with an NRP, the headend node
   of the SR Policy SHOULD encapsulate both the segment list and the
   data plane identifier of the associated NRP Selector ID to the header
   of packets steered to the SR Policy.  The segment list is used to
   instruct the path the packets need to traverse, and the NRP Selector
   ID is used by each node along the path to identify the set of local
   network resources allocated to the NRP for the processing of the
   packet.  When an SR policy's active path contains an NRP Selector ID,
   specific handling is necessary, as follows:

   *  When steering traffic to the SR policy through Per-Destination
      Steering or Policy-Based Routing, after adding the corresponding
      segment list encapsulation for the SR policy, NRP encapsulation is
      also required.  The specific NRP encapsulation details are outside
      the scope of this document.

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   *  Similarly, When steering traffic to the SR policy via the
      BindingSID, after adding the segment list encapsulation for the SR
      policy, NRP encapsulation is required.  The specific NRP
      encapsulation details are outside the scope of this document.

5.  Operational Considerations

   Operators can choose to deploy network slices at varying scales.  The
   use of either base NRP Selector ID or resource-aware SR segments for
   specific service is based on operators' local policy.

   Resource-aware segments require to introduce additional SR-MPLS SIDs
   or SRv6 Locators/SIDs for different subsets of network resources.
   This would increase the amount of SR SIDs to be managed, and would
   also increase the amount of state to be maintained by network nodes.
   Althougth with the SR paradigmn, per-path state can be avoided in the
   network, operators need to be aware of the additional cost of
   introducing resource-aware segments, and provide careful planning of
   the resource groups, so that the resource-aware segments can meet the
   service requirements without introducing unacceptable complexity to
   network operation and management.

   As the number of required network slice services increases, more NRPs
   may be needed, and when data plane scalability is a primary concern,
   a dedicated NRP Selector ID can be introduced in the data packet to
   decouple the resource-specific identifiers from the topology and
   path-specific identifiers in the data plane, thereby reducing the
   number of IP addresses or SR SIDs needed to support a large number of
   NRPs.

6.  Security Considerations

   By default, SR operates within a trusted domain.  The security
   considerations described in [RFC8402] and [RFC9256] apply to this
   document.

   The NRP to which an SR Policy is associated with is critical for
   network resource isolation.  Misconfiguration or error in setting the
   NRP ID of an SR Policy can result in the forwarding of packets in an
   undesired NRP, which may lead to the compromise in network resource
   isolation.

   When the NRP related information is advertised via the control plane
   (e.g., in BGP, BGP-LS, or PCEP), it is important to make sure the NRP
   information is not exposed to unwanted entities, otherwise it could
   lead to attacks that compromise network resource isolation and may
   impact the services carried using the SR Policy associated with the
   NRP.

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7.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no IANA actions.

8.  Contributors

   The following people have contributed to this document:

        Ran Pang
        China Unicom
        Beijing
        China
        Email: [email protected]

        Ka Zhang
        Huawei Technologies
        Beijing
        China
        Email: [email protected]

        Wei Gao
        CAICT
        Beijing
        China
        Email: [email protected]

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8402]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
              Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
              Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
              July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.

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   [RFC8660]  Bashandy, A., Ed., Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S.,
              Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
              Routing with the MPLS Data Plane", RFC 8660,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8660, December 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8660>.

   [RFC8664]  Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Tantsura, J., Henderickx, W.,
              and J. Hardwick, "Path Computation Element Communication
              Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment Routing", RFC 8664,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8664, December 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8664>.

   [RFC8754]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Dukes, D., Ed., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
              Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
              (SRH)", RFC 8754, DOI 10.17487/RFC8754, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8754>.

   [RFC8986]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Camarillo, P., Ed., Leddy, J., Voyer,
              D., Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
              (SRv6) Network Programming", RFC 8986,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8986, February 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8986>.

   [RFC9256]  Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Ed., Voyer, D., Bogdanov,
              A., and P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture",
              RFC 9256, DOI 10.17487/RFC9256, July 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9256>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.cheng-spring-srv6-encoding-network-sliceid]
              Cheng, W., Ma, P., Ren, F., Lin, C., Gong, L., Zadok, S.,
              Wu, M., and X. wang, "Encoding Network Slice
              Identification for SRv6", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-cheng-spring-srv6-encoding-network-sliceid-
              11, 7 July 2025, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-cheng-spring-srv6-encoding-network-sliceid-11>.

   [I-D.ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id]
              Dong, J., Li, Z., Xie, C., Ma, C., and G. S. Mishra,
              "Carrying Network Resource (NR) related Information in
              IPv6 Extension Header", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-13, 20 October 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-6man-
              enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-13>.

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   [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-nrp]
              Chen, R., Dong, J., Zhao, D., Gong, L., Zhu, Y., and R.
              Pang, "SR Policies Extensions for Network Resource
              Partition in BGP-LS", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-nrp-02, 3 September 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-
              ls-sr-policy-nrp-02>.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-sr-policy-nrp]
              Dong, J., Hu, Z., and R. Pang, "BGP SR Policy Extensions
              for Network Resource Partition", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-idr-sr-policy-nrp-04, 13
              October 2025, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-idr-sr-policy-nrp-04>.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-pcep-nrp]
              Dong, J., Fang, S., Xiong, Q., Peng, S., Han, L., Wang,
              M., Beeram, V. P., and T. Saad, "Path Computation Element
              Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Network
              Resource Partition (NRP)", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-pce-pcep-nrp-00, 6 November 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-pce-
              pcep-nrp-00>.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp]
              Koldychev, M., Sivabalan, S., Sidor, S., Barth, C., Peng,
              S., and H. Bidgoli, "Path Computation Element
              Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Segment
              Routing (SR) Policy Candidate Paths", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp-
              27, 4 April 2025, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp-27>.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-resource-aware-segments]
              Dong, J., Miyasaka, T., Zhu, Y., Qin, F., and Z. Li,
              "Introducing Resource Awareness to SR Segments", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-spring-resource-
              aware-segments-16, 20 November 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-spring-
              resource-aware-segments-16>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-nrp-scalability]
              Dong, J., Li, Z., Gong, L., Yang, G., and G. S. Mishra,
              "Scalability Considerations for Network Resource
              Partition", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              teas-nrp-scalability-08, 20 October 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-
              nrp-scalability-08>.

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   [I-D.li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id]
              Li, Z. and J. Dong, "Carrying NRP related Information in
              MPLS Packets", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-li-
              mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-06, 7 July 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-li-mpls-
              enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-06>.

   [RFC9543]  Farrel, A., Ed., Drake, J., Ed., Rokui, R., Homma, S.,
              Makhijani, K., Contreras, L., and J. Tantsura, "A
              Framework for Network Slices in Networks Built from IETF
              Technologies", RFC 9543, DOI 10.17487/RFC9543, March 2024,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9543>.

   [RFC9830]  Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Ed., Mattes,
              P., and D. Jain, "Advertising Segment Routing Policies in
              BGP", RFC 9830, DOI 10.17487/RFC9830, September 2025,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9830>.

Authors' Addresses

   Shengnan Yue
   China Mobile
   China
   Email: [email protected]

   Ran Chen
   ZTE Corporation
   China
   Email: [email protected]

   Jie Dong
   Huawei Technologies
   Beijing
   China
   Email: [email protected]

   Changwang Lin
   New H3C Technologies
   Beijing
   China
   Email: [email protected]

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   Wenying Jiang
   China Mobile
   Beijing
   China
   Email: [email protected]

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