RFC3272

Network Working Group D. Awduche Request for Comments: 3272 Movaz Networks Category: Informational A. Chiu

                                                     Celion Networks
                                                          A. Elwalid
                                                          I. Widjaja
                                                 Lucent Technologies
                                                             X. Xiao
                                                    Redback Networks
                                                            May 2002

    Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering

Status of this Memo

This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This memo describes the principles of Traffic Engineering (TE) in the Internet. The document is intended to promote better understanding of the issues surrounding traffic engineering in IP networks, and to provide a common basis for the development of traffic engineering capabilities for the Internet. The principles, architectures, and methodologies for performance evaluation and performance optimization of operational IP networks are discussed throughout this document.