



TEAS Working Group                                          I. Busi, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                       Huawei Technologies
Intended status: Standards Track                         S. Belotti, Ed.
Expires: 9 August 2026                                             Nokia
                                                     O. Gonzalez de Dios
                                                              Telefonica
                                                               A. Sharma
                                                                  Google
                                                                  Y. Shi
                                                            China Unicom
                                                         5 February 2026


           A YANG Data Model for requesting path computation
                draft-ietf-teas-yang-path-computation-26

Abstract

   There are scenarios, typically in a hierarchical Software-Defined
   Networking (SDN) context, where the topology information provided by
   a Traffic Engineering (TE) network provider may be insufficient for
   its client to perform multi-domain path computation.  In these cases
   the client would need to request the TE network provider to compute
   some intra-domain paths to be used by the client to choose the
   optimal multi-domain paths.

   This document provides a mechanism to request path computation by
   augmenting the Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) defined in RFC YYYY.

   [RFC EDITOR NOTE: Please replace RFC YYYY with the RFC number of
   draft-ietf-teas-yang-te once it has been published.

   Moreover, this document describes some use cases where the path
   computation request, via YANG-based protocols (e.g., NETCONF or
   RESTCONF), can be needed.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.2.  Tree Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.3.  Prefixes in Data Node Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   2.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.1.  Packet/Optical Integration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.2.  Multi-domain TE networks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.3.  Data Center Interconnections  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     2.4.  Backward Recursive Path Computation scenario  . . . . . .  14
     2.5.  Hierarchical PCE scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   3.  Motivations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     3.1.  Motivation for a YANG Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       3.1.1.  Benefits of common data models  . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       3.1.2.  Benefits of a single interface  . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.1.3.  Extensibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     3.2.  Interactions with TE topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.2.1.  TE topology aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.2.2.  TE topology abstraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       3.2.3.  Complementary use of the TE topology  . . . . . . . .  24
     3.3.  Path Computation RPC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       3.3.1.  Temporary reporting of the computed path state  . . .  28
   4.  Path computation and optimization for multiple paths  . . . .  30
   5.  YANG data model for requesting Path Computation . . . . . . .  31
     5.1.  Synchronization of multiple path computation requests . .  32
     5.2.  Returned metric values  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34



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     5.3.  Multiple Paths Requests for the same TE tunnel  . . . . .  35
       5.3.1.  Tunnel attributes specified by value  . . . . . . . .  38
       5.3.2.  Tunnel attributes specified by reference  . . . . . .  38
     5.4.  Multi-Layer Path Computation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
   6.  YANG data model for TE path computation . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     6.1.  Tree diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     6.2.  YANG module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
   Appendix A.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
     A.1.  Basic Path Computation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79
     A.2.  Path Computation with transient state . . . . . . . . . .  79
     A.3.  Path Computation with Global Path Constraint  . . . . . .  80
     A.4.  Path Computation with Per-tunnel Path Constraint  . . . .  81
     A.5.  Path Computation result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
     A.6.  Path Computation with Primary and Secondary Paths . . . .  83
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  93
   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  93
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94

1.  Introduction

   There are scenarios, typically in a hierarchical Software-Defined
   Networking (SDN) context, where the topology information provided by
   a Traffic Engineering (TE) network provider may be insufficient for
   its client to perform multi-domain path computation.  In these cases
   the client would need to request the TE network provider to compute
   some intra-domain paths that could be used together with its topology
   information to compute the multi-domain path.

   These types of scenarios can be applied to different interfaces in
   different reference architectures:

   *  Application-Based Network Operations (ABNO) control interface
      [RFC7491], in which an Application Service Coordinator can request
      the ABNO controller to take in charge path calculation (see
      Figure 1 in [RFC7491]).











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   *  Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN) [RFC8453], where a
      controller hierarchy is defined.  In the ACTN context, path
      computation is needed on the interface between Customer Network
      Controller (CNC) and Multi-Domain Service Coordinator (MDSC),
      called CNC-MDSC Interface (CMI), and on the interface between MSDC
      and Provisioning Network Controller (PNC), called MDSC-PNC
      Interface (MPI).  [RFC8454] describes an information model for the
      Path Computation request.

      Multiple protocol solutions can be used for communication between
      different controller hierarchical levels.  This document assumes
      that the controllers are communicating using YANG-based protocols
      (e.g., NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]).

      Path Computation Elements (PCEs), controllers and orchestrators
      perform their operations based on Traffic Engineering Databases
      (TED).  Such TEDs can be described, in a technology agnostic way,
      with the YANG data model for TE Topologies [RFC8795].
      Furthermore, the technology specific details of the TED are
      modelled in the technology specific topology models, e.g., the
      [I-D.ietf-ccamp-otn-topo-yang] for Optical Transport Network (OTN)
      Optical Data Unit (ODU) technologies, which augment the common TE
      topology model in [RFC8795].

      The availability of such topology models allows the provisioning
      of the TED using YANG-based protocols (e.g., NETCONF or RESTCONF).
      Furthermore, it enables a PCE/controller performing the necessary
      abstractions or modifications and offering this customized
      topology to another PCE/controller or high level orchestrator.

      The tunnels that can be provided over the networks described with
      the topology models can be also set-up, deleted and modified via
      YANG- based protocols (e.g., NETCONF or RESTCONF) using the TE
      tunnel YANG data model [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

      This document defines a YANG data model [RFC7950] that augments
      the RPC defined in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].  The use of this RPC
      is complimentary to the configuration of a TE tunnel path in
      "compute-only" mode, as described in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

      The YANG data model definition does not make any assumption about
      whether that the client or the server implement a "PCE"
      functionality, as defined in [RFC4655], and the Path Computation
      Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) protocol, as defined in
      [RFC5440].






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      Moreover, this document describes some use cases where a path
      computation request, via YANG-based protocols (e.g., NETCONF or
      RESTCONF), can be needed.

      The YANG data model defined in this document conforms to the
      Network Management Datastore Architecture [RFC8342].

1.1.  Terminology

   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.

   TED:

      The traffic engineering database is a collection of all TE
      information about all TE nodes and TE links in a given network.

   PCE:

      A Path Computation Element (PCE) is an entity that is capable of
      computing a network path or route based on a network graph, and of
      applying computational constraints during the computation.  The
      PCE entity is an application that can be located within a network
      node or component, on an out-of-network server, etc.  For example,
      a PCE would be able to compute the path of a TE Label Switched
      Path (LSP) by operating on the TED and considering bandwidth and
      other constraints applicable to the TE LSP service request.
      [RFC4655].

   Domain:

      TE information is the data relating to nodes and TE links that is
      used in the process of selecting a TE path.  TE information is
      usually only available within a network.  We call such a zone of
      visibility of TE information a domain.  An example of a domain may
      be an IGP area or an Autonomous System.  [RFC7926]

   The terminology for describing YANG data models is found in
   [RFC7950].

1.2.  Tree Diagram

   Tree diagrams used in this document follow the notation defined in
   [RFC8340].




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1.3.  Prefixes in Data Node Names

   In this document, names of data nodes and other data model objects
   are prefixed using the standard prefix associated with the
   corresponding YANG imported modules, as shown in Table 1.

            +==========+==========================+===========+
            | Prefix   | YANG module              | Reference |
            +==========+==========================+===========+
            | te-types | ietf-te-types            | [RFCZZZZ] |
            +----------+--------------------------+-----------+
            | te       | ietf-te                  | [RFCYYYY] |
            +----------+--------------------------+-----------+
            | te-pc    | ietf-te-path-computation | RFCXXXX   |
            +----------+--------------------------+-----------+

              Table 1: Prefixes and corresponding YANG modules

   RFC Editor Note: Please replace XXXX with the RFC number assigned to
   this document.  Please replace YYYY with the RFC number of
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te] once it has been published.  Please replace
   ZZZZ with the RFC number of [I-D.ietf-teas-rfc8776-update] once it
   has been published.  Please remove this note.

2.  Use Cases

   This section presents some use cases, where a client needs to request
   underlying SDN controllers for path computation.

   The use of the YANG data model defined in this document is not
   restricted to these use cases but can be used in any other use case
   when deemed useful.

   The presented uses cases have been grouped, depending on the
   different underlying topologies: Packet/Optical Integration
   (Section 2.1); multi-domain Traffic Engineered (TE) Networks
   (Section 2.2); and Data Center Interconnections (Section 2.3).  Use
   cases in Section 2.4 and Section 2.5 respectively present how to
   apply this YANG data model for standard multi-domain PCE i.e.
   Backward Recursive Path Computation [RFC5441] and Hierarchical PCE
   [RFC6805].

2.1.  Packet/Optical Integration

   In this use case, an optical domain is used to provide connectivity
   to some nodes of a packet domain (see Figure 1).





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                                   +----------------+
                                   |                |
                                   | Packet/Optical |
                                   |  Coordinator   |
                                   |                |
                                   +---+------+-----+
                                       |      |
                          +------------+      |
                          |                   +-----------+
                   +------V-----+                         |
                   |            |                  +------V-----+
                   | Packet     |                  |            |
                   | Domain     |                  | Optical    |
                   | Controller |                  | Domain     |
                   |            |                  | Controller |
                   +------+-----+                  +-------+----+
                          |                                |
                 .........V.........................       |
                 :          packet domain          :       |
             +----+                               +----+   |
             | R1 |= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =| R2 |   |
             +-+--+                               +--+-+   |
               | :                                 : |     |
               | :................................ : |     |
               |                                     |     |
               |               +-----+               |     |
               |    ...........| Opt |...........    |     |
               |    :          |  C  |          :    |     |
               |    :         /+--+--+\         :    |     |
               |    :        /    |    \        :    |     |
               |    :       /     |     \       :    |     |
               |   +-----+ /   +--+--+   \ +-----+   |     |
               |   | Opt |/    | Opt |    \| Opt |   |     |
               +---|  A  |     |  D  |     |  B  |---+     |
                   +-----+\    +--+--+    /+-----+         |
                    :      \      |      /      :          |
                    :       \     |     /       :          |
                    :        \ +--+--+  / optical<---------+
                    :         \| Opt |/  domain :
                    :..........|  E  |..........:
                               +-----+

               Figure 1: Packet/Optical Integration use case

   Figure 1 as well as Figure 2 describe two different examples of
   packet/optical topologies and only show a partial view of the packet
   network connectivity, before additional packet connectivity is
   provided by the optical network.



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   It is assumed that the Optical Domain Controller provides to the
   Packet/Optical Coordinator an abstracted view of the optical network.
   A possible abstraction could be to represent the whole optical
   network as one "virtual node" with "virtual ports" connected to the
   access links, as shown in Figure 2.

   It is also assumed that Packet Domain Controller can provide the
   Packet/Optical Coordinator the information it needs to set up
   connectivity between packet nodes through the optical network (e.g.,
   the access links).

   The path computation request helps the Packet/Optical Coordinator to
   know the real connections that can be provided by the optical
   network.

                          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.
                         ,  Packet/Optical Coordinator view          ,
                        ,                              +----+       , .
                       ,                               |    |      ,
                      ,                                | R2 |     ,   .
                     ,  +----+  +------------ +       /+----+    ,
                    ,   |    |  |             |/-----/ / /      ,     .
                   ,    | R1 |--O VP1     VP4 O       / /      ,
                  ,     |    |\ |             | /----/ /      ,       .
                 ,      +----+ \|             |/      /      ,
                ,        /      O VP2     VP5 O      /      ,         .
               ,        /       |             |  +----+    ,
              ,        /        |             |  |    |   ,           .
             ,        /         O VP3     VP6 O--| R4 |  ,
            ,     +----+ /-----/|_____________|  +----+ ,             .
           ,      |    |/       +------------ +        ,
          ,       | R3 |                              ,               .
         ,        +----+                             ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
        ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,                ,.
        . Packet Domain Controller view                +----+       ,
          only packet nodes and packet links           |    |      ,  .
        . with access links to the optical network     | R2 |     ,
                     ,  +----+                        /+----+    ,    .
        .           ,   |    |                 /-----/ / /      ,
                   ,    | R1 |---                     / /      ,      .
        .         ,     +----+\                 /----/ /      ,
                 ,        /    \               /      /      ,        .
        .       ,        /                           /      ,
               ,        /                        +----+    ,          .
        .     ,        /                         |    |   ,
             ,        /                       ---| R4 |  ,            .
        .   ,     +----+ /-----/                 +----+ ,
           ,      |    |/                              ,              .



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        . ,       | R3 |                              ,
         ,        +----+                             ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.
        .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,                ,
          Optical Domain Controller view                            , .
        . only optical nodes,        +--+                          ,
          optical links and         /|OF|                         ,   .
        . access links from the  +--++--+             /          ,
          packet network         |OA|    \     /-----/ /        ,     .
        .          ,          ---+--+--\  +--+/       /        ,
                  ,           \   |  \  \-|OE|-------/        ,       .
        .        ,             \  |   \ /-+--+               ,
                ,               \+--+  X    |               ,         .
        .      ,                 |OB|-/ \   |              ,
              ,                  +--+-\  \+--+            ,           .
        .    ,                  /   \  \--|OD|---        ,
            ,            /-----/     +--+ +--+          ,             .
        .  ,            /            |OC|/             ,
          ,                          +--+             ,               .
        .,                                           ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
         ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,                ,
        . Actual Physical View                         +----+       ,
                       ,             +--+              |    |      ,
        .             ,             /|OF|              | R2 |     ,
                     ,  +----+   +--++--+             /+----+    ,
        .           ,   |    |   |OA|    \     /-----/ / /      ,
                   ,    | R1 |---+--+--\  +--+/       / /      ,
        .         ,     +----+\   |  \  \-|OE|-------/ /      ,
                 ,        /    \  |   \ /-+--+        /      ,
        .       ,        /      \+--+  X    |        /      ,
               ,        /        |OB|-/ \   |    +----+    ,
        .     ,        /         +--+-\  \+--+   |    |   ,
             ,        /         /   \  \--|OD|---| R4 |  ,
        .   ,     +----+ /-----/     +--+ +--+   +----+ ,
           ,      |    |/            |OC|/             ,
        . ,       | R3 |             +--+             ,
         ,        +----+                             ,
        .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

             Figure 2: Packet and Optical Topology Abstractions

   In this use case, the Packet/Optical Coordinator needs to set up an
   optimal underlying path for an IP link between R1 and R2.









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   As depicted in Figure 2, the Packet/Optical Coordinator has only an
   "abstracted view" of the physical network, and it does not know the
   feasibility or the cost of the possible optical paths (e.g., VP1-VP4
   and VP2-VP5), which depend on the current status of the physical
   resources within the optical network and on vendor-specific optical
   attributes.

   The Packet/Optical Coordinator can request the underlying Optical
   Domain Controller to compute a set of potential optimal paths, taking
   into account optical constraints.  Then, based on its own
   constraints, policy and knowledge (e.g. cost of the access links), it
   can choose which one of these potential paths to use to set up the
   optimal end- to-end path crossing optical network.

                       ............................
                       :                          :
                       O VP1                  VP4 O
              cost=10 /:\                        /:\ cost=10
                     / : \----------------------/ : \
             +----+ /  :         cost=50          :  \ +----+
             |    |/   :                          :   \|    |
             | R1 |    :                          :    | R2 |
             |    |\   :                          :   /|    |
             +----+ \  :  /--------------------\  :  / +----+
                     \ : /       cost=55        \ : /
               cost=5 \:/                        \:/ cost=5
                       O VP2                  VP5 O
                       :                          :
                       :..........................:

       Figure 3: Packet/Optical Integration path computation example

   For example, in Figure 3, the Packet/Optical Coordinator can request
   the Optical Domain Controller to compute the paths between VP1-VP4
   and VP2-VP5 and then decide to set up the optimal end-to-end path
   using the VP2-VP5 optical path even if this is not the optimal path
   from the optical domain perspective.

   Considering the dynamicity of the connectivity constraints of an
   optical domain, it is possible that a path computed by the Optical
   Domain Controller when requested by the Packet/Optical Coordinator is
   no longer valid/available when the Packet/Optical Coordinator
   requests it to be set up.  This is further discussed in Section 3.3.

2.2.  Multi-domain TE networks

   In this use case there are two TE domains which are interconnected
   together by multiple inter-domains links.



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   A possible example could be a multi-domain optical network.

                               +--------------+
                               | Multi-Domain |
                               | Controller   |
                               +---+------+---+
                                   |      |
                      +------------+      |
                      |                   +-----------+
               +------V-----+                         |
               |            |                         |
               | TE Domain  |                  +------V-----+
               | Controller |                  |            |
               |      1     |                  | TE Domain  |
               +------+-----+                  | Controller |
                      |                        |      2     |
                      |                        +------+-----+
             .........V..........                     |
             :                  :                     |
            +-----+             :                     |
            |     |             :            .........V..........
            |  X  |             :            :                  :
            |     |          +-----+      +-----+                :
            +-----+          |     |      |     |               :
             :               |  C  |------|  E  |               :
         +-----+    +-----+ /|     |      |     |\ +-----+    +-----+
         |     |    |     |/ +-----+      +-----+ \|     |    |     |
         |  A  |----|  B  |     :            :     |  G  |----|  H  |
         |     |    |     |\    :            :    /|     |    |     |
         +-----+    +-----+ \+-----+      +-----+/ +-----+    +-----+
             :               |     |      |     |               :
             :               |  D  |------|  F  |               :
             :               |     |      |     |          +-----+
             :               +-----+      +-----+          |     |
             :                  :            :             |  Y  |
             :                  :            :             |     |
             :   TE domain 1    :            : TE domain 2 +-----+
             :..................:            :.................:

             Figure 4: Multi-domain multi-link interconnection











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   In order to set up an end-to-end multi-domain TE path (e.g., between
   nodes A and H), the Multi-Domain Controller needs to know the
   feasibility or the cost of the possible TE paths within the two TE
   domains, which depend on the current status of the physical resources
   within each TE domain.  This is more challenging in case of optical
   networks because the optimal paths depend also on vendor-specific
   optical attributes (which may be different in the two domains if they
   are provided by different vendors).

   In order to set up a multi-domain TE path (e.g., between nodes A and
   H), the Multi-Domain Controller can request the TE Domain Controllers
   to compute a set of intra-domain optimal paths and take decisions
   based on the information received.  For example:

   *  The Multi-Domain Controller asks TE Domain Controllers to provide
      set of paths between A-C, A-D, E-H and F-H

   *  TE Domain Controllers return a set of feasible paths with the
      associated costs: the path A-C is not part of this set (in optical
      networks, it is typical to have some paths not being feasible due
      to optical constraints that are known only by the Optical Domain
      Controller)

   *  The Multi-Domain Controller will select the path A-D-F-H since it
      is the only feasible multi-domain path and then request the TE
      Domain Controllers to set up the A-D and F-H intra-domain paths

   *  If there are multiple feasible paths, the Multi-Domain Controller
      can select the optimal path knowing the cost of the intra-domain
      paths (provided by the TE domain controllers) and the cost of the
      inter-domain links (known by the Multi-Domain Controller)

      This approach may have some scalability issues when the number of
      TE domains is quite big (e.g. 20).

      In this case, it would be worthwhile using the abstract TE
      topology information provided by the TE Domain Controllers to
      limit the number of potential optimal end-to-end paths and then
      request path computation from fewer TE Domain Controllers in order
      to decide what the optimal path within this limited set is.

      For more details, see Section 3.2.3.

2.3.  Data Center Interconnections

   In these use case, there is a TE domain which is used to provide
   connectivity between Data Centers which are connected with the TE
   domain using access links.



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                           +--------------+
                           | Cloud Network|
                           | Orchestrator |
                           +--------------+
                             |  |  |  |
               +-------------+  |  |  +------------------------+
               |                |  +------------------+        |
               |       +--------V---+                 |        |
               |       |            |                 |        |
               |       | TE Network |                 |        |
        +------V-----+ | Controller |          +------V-----+  |
        | DC         | +------------+          | DC         |  |
        | Controller |     |                   | Controller |  |
        +------------+     |   +-----+         +------------+  |
             |         ....V...|     |........         |       |
             |         :       |  P  |       :         |       |
        .....V.....    :      /+-----+\      :    .....V.....  |
        :         :  +-----+ /    |    \ +-----+  :         :  |
        :  DC1 || :  |     |/     |     \|     |  :  DC2 || :  |
        :    ||||----| PE1 |      |      | PE2 |----   |||| :  |
        : _|||||| :  |     |\     |     /|     |  : _|||||| :  |
        :         :  +-----+ \ +-----+ / +-----+  :         :  |
        :.........:    :      \|     |/      :    :.........:  |
                       :.......| PE3 |.......:                 |
                               |     |                         |
                               +-----+               +---------V--+
                             .....|.....             | DC         |
                             :         :             | Controller |
                             :  DC3 || :             +------------+
                             :    |||| :                  |
                             : _|||||| <------------------+
                             :         :
                             :.........:

               Figure 5: Data Center Interconnection use case

   In this use case, there is the need to transfer data from Data Center
   1 (DC1) to either DC2 or DC3 (e.g. workload migration).

   The optimal decision depends both on the cost of the TE path (DC1-DC2
   or DC1-DC3) and of the Data Center resources within DC2 or DC3.

   The Cloud Network Orchestrator needs to make a decision for optimal
   connection based on TE network constraints and Data Center resources.

   It may not be able to make this decision because it has only an
   abstract view of the TE network (as in Section 2.1).




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   The Cloud Network Orchestrator can request to the TE Network
   Controller to compute the cost of the possible TE paths (e.g., DC1-
   DC2 and DC1-DC3) and to the DC Controller to provide the information
   it needs about the required Data Center resources within DC2 and DC3
   and then it can take the decision about the optimal solution based on
   this information and its policy.

2.4.  Backward Recursive Path Computation scenario

   [RFC5441] has defined the Virtual Source Path Tree (VSPT) flag within
   the RP (Request Parameters) object in order to compute inter-domain
   paths following a "Backward Recursive Path Computation" (BRPC)
   method.  The main principle is to forward the PCReq message up to the
   destination domain.  Then, each PCE involved in the computation will
   compute its part of the path and send it back to the requester
   through PCE Response message.  The resulting computation is spread
   from destination PCE to source PCE.  Each PCE is in charge of merging
   the path it received with the one it calculated.  At the end, the
   source PCE merges its local part of the path with the received one to
   achieve the end-to-end path.

   Figure 6 below show a typical BRPC scenario where 3 PCEs cooperate to
   compute inter-domain paths.

                      +----------------+          +----------------+
                      |  Domain (B)    |          |  Domain (C)    |
                      |                |          |                |
                      |        /-------|---PCEP---|--------\       |
                      |       /        |          |         \      |
                      |   (PCE)        |          |   -    (PCE)   |
                      |    /           <---------->  |D|           |
                      |   /            |  Inter   |   -            |
                      +---|----^-------+  Domain  +----------------+
                          |    |          Link
                        PCEP   |
                          |    | Inter-domain Link
                          |    |
                      +---|----v-------+
                      |   |            |
                      |   | Domain (A) |
                      |   \            |
                      |  (PCE)    -    |
                      |          |S|   |
                      |           -    |
                      +----------------+

                          Figure 6: BRPC Scenario




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   In this use case, a client can use the YANG data model defined in
   this document to request path computation from the PCE that controls
   the source of the tunnel.  For example, a client can request to the
   PCE of domain A to compute a path from a source S, within domain A,
   to a destination D, within domain C.  Then PCE of domain A will use
   PCEP protocol, as per [RFC5441], to compute the path from S to D and
   in turn gives the final answer to the requester.

2.5.  Hierarchical PCE scenario

   [RFC6805] has defined an architecture and extensions to the PCE
   standard to compute inter-domain path following a hierarchical
   method.  Two new roles have been defined: parent PCE and child PCE.
   The parent PCE is in charge to coordinate the end-to-end path
   computation.  For that purpose it sends to each child PCE involved in
   the multi-domain path computation a PCE Request message to obtain the
   local part of the path.  Once received all answer through PCE
   Response message, the parent PCE will merge the different local parts
   of the path to achieve the end-to-end path.

   Figure 7 below shows a typical hierarchical scenario where a parent
   PCE request end-to-end path to the different child PCE.  Note that a
   PCE could take independently the role of child or parent PCE
   depending of which PCE will request the path.



























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     |   Domain 5                                                      |
     |                              -----                              |
     |                             |PCE 5|                             |
     |                              -----                              |
     |                                                                 |
     |    ----------------     ----------------     ----------------   |
     |   | Domain 1       |   | Domain 2       |   | Domain 3       |  |
     |   |                |   |                |   |                |  |
     |   |        -----   |   |        -----   |   |        -----   |  |
     |   |       |PCE 1|  |   |       |PCE 2|  |   |       |PCE 3|  |  |
     |   |        -----   |   |        -----   |   |        -----   |  |
     |   |                |   |                |   |                |  |
     |   |            ----|   |----        ----|   |----            |  |
     |   |           |BN11+---+BN21|      |BN23+---+BN31|           |  |
     |   |   -        ----|   |----        ----|   |----        -   |  |
     |   |  |S|           |   |                |   |           |D|  |  |
     |   |   -        ----|   |----        ----|   |----        -   |  |
     |   |           |BN12+---+BN22|      |BN24+---+BN32|           |  |
     |   |            ----|   |----        ----|   |----            |  |
     |   |                |   |                |   |                |  |
     |   |         ----   |   |                |   |   ----         |  |
     |   |        |BN13|  |   |                |   |  |BN33|        |  |
     |    -----------+----     ----------------     ----+-----------   |
     |                \                                /               |
     |                 \       ----------------       /                |
     |                  \     |                |     /                 |
     |                   \    |----        ----|    /                  |
     |                    ----+BN41|      |BN42+----                   |
     |                        |----        ----|                       |
     |                        |                |                       |
     |                        |        -----   |                       |
     |                        |       |PCE 4|  |                       |
     |                        |        -----   |                       |
     |                        |                |                       |
     |                        | Domain 4       |                       |
     |                         ----------------                        |
     |                                                                 |
      -----------------------------------------------------------------

          Figure 7: Hierarchical domain topology from RFC6805

   In this use case, a client can use the YANG data model defined in
   this document to request to the parent PCE a path from a source S to
   a destination D.  The parent PCE will in turn contact the child PCEs
   through PCEP protocol to compute the end-to-end path and then return
   the computed path to the client, using the YANG data model defined in
   this document.  For example the YANG data model can be used to



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   request to PCE5 acting as parent PCE to compute a path from source S,
   within domain 1, to destination D, within domain 3.  PCE5 will
   contact child PCEs of domain 1, 2 and 3 to obtain local part of the
   end-to-end path through the PCEP protocol.  Once received the PCRep
   message, it merges the answers to compute the end-to-end path and
   send it back to the client.

3.  Motivations

   This section provides the motivation for the YANG data model defined
   in this document.

   Section 3.1 describes the motivation for a YANG data model to request
   path computation.

   Section 3.2 describes the motivation for a YANG data model which
   complements the TE topology YANG data model defined in [RFC8795].

   Section 3.3 describes the motivation for a YANG RPC which complements
   the TE tunnel YANG data model defined in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

3.1.  Motivation for a YANG Model

3.1.1.  Benefits of common data models

   The YANG data model for requesting path computation is closely
   aligned with the YANG data models that provide (abstract) TE topology
   information, i.e., [RFC8795] as well as that are used to configure
   and manage TE tunnels, i.e., [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

   There are many benefits in aligning the data model used for path
   computation requests with the YANG data models used for TE topology
   information and for TE tunnels configuration and management:

   *  There is no need for an error-prone mapping or correlation of
      information.

   *  It is possible to use the same endpoint identifiers in path
      computation requests and in the topology modeling.

   *  The attributes used for path computation constraints are the same
      as those used when setting up a TE tunnel.









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3.1.2.  Benefits of a single interface

   The system integration effort is typically lower if a single,
   consistent interface is used by controllers, i.e., one data modeling
   language (i.e., YANG) and a common protocol (e.g., NETCONF or
   RESTCONF).

   Practical benefits of using a single, consistent interface include:

   1.  Simple authentication and authorization: The interface between
       different components has to be secured.  If different protocols
       have different security mechanisms, ensuring a common access
       control model may result in overhead.  For instance, there may be
       a need to deal with different security mechanisms, e.g.,
       different credentials or keys.  This can result in increased
       integration effort.

   2.  Consistency: Keeping data consistent over multiple different
       interfaces or protocols is not trivial.  For instance, the
       sequence of actions can matter in certain use cases, or
       transaction semantics could be desired.  While ensuring
       consistency within one protocol can already be challenging, it is
       typically cumbersome to achieve that across different protocols.

   3.  Testing: System integration requires comprehensive testing,
       including corner cases.  The more different technologies are
       involved, the more difficult it is to run comprehensive test
       cases and ensure proper integration.

   4.  Middle-box friendliness: Provider and consumer of path
       computation requests may be located in different networks, and
       middle-boxes such as firewalls, NATs, or load balancers may be
       deployed.  In such environments it is simpler to deploy a single
       protocol.  Also, it may be easier to debug connectivity problems.

   5.  Tooling reuse: Implementers may want to implement path
       computation requests with tools and libraries that already exist
       in controllers and/or orchestrators, e.g., leveraging the rapidly
       growing eco-system for YANG tooling.

3.1.3.  Extensibility

   Path computation is only a subset of the typical functionality of a
   controller.  In many use cases, issuing path computation requests
   comes along with the need to access other functionality on the same
   system.  In addition to obtaining TE topology, for instance also
   configuration of services (set-up/modification/deletion) may be
   required, as well as:



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   1.  Receiving notifications for topology changes as well as
       integration with fault management

   2.  Performance management such as retrieving monitoring and
       telemetry data

   3.  Service assurance, e.g., by triggering OAM functionality

   4.  Other fulfilment and provisioning actions beyond tunnels and
       services, such as changing QoS configurations

       YANG is a very extensible and flexible data modeling language
       that can be used for all these use cases.

3.2.  Interactions with TE topology

   The use cases described in Section 2 have been described assuming
   that the topology view exported by each underlying controller to its
   client is aggregated using the "virtual node model", defined in
   [RFC7926].

   TE topology information, e.g., as provided by [RFC8795], could in
   theory be used by an underlying controller to provide TE information
   to its client thus allowing a PCE available within its client to
   perform multi-domain path computation on its own, without requesting
   path computations to the underlying controllers.

   In case the client does not implement a PCE function, as discussed in
   Section 1, it could not perform path computation based on TE topology
   information and would instead need to request path computation from
   the underlying controllers to get the information it needs to find
   the optimal end-to-end path.

   In case the client implements a PCE function, as discussed in
   Section 1, the TE topology information needs to be complete and
   accurate, which would bring to scalability issues.

   Using TE topology to provide a "virtual link model" aggregation, as
   described in [RFC7926], may be insufficient, unless the aggregation
   provides complete and accurate information, which would still cause
   scalability issues, as described in Section 3.2.1 below.

   Using TE topology abstraction, as described in [RFC7926], may lead to
   compute an unfeasible path, as described in [RFC7926] in
   Section 3.2.2 below.






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   Therefore when computing an optimal multi-domain path, there is a
   scalability trade-off between providing complete and accurate TE
   information and the number of path computation requests to the
   underlying controllers.

   The TE topology information used, in a complimentary way, to reduce
   the number for path computation requests to the underlying
   controllers, are described in Section 3.2.3 below.

3.2.1.  TE topology aggregation

   Using the TE topology model, as defined in [RFC8795], the underlying
   controller can export the whole TE domain as a single TE node with a
   "detailed connectivity matrix" (which provides specific TE
   attributes, such as delay, Shared Risk Link Groups (SRLGs) and other
   TE metrics, between each ingress and egress links).

   The information provided by the "detailed connectivity matrix" would
   be equivalent to the information that should be provided by "virtual
   link model" as defined in [RFC7926].

   For example, in the Packet/Optical Integration use case, described in
   Section 2.1, the Optical Domain Controller can make the information
   shown in Figure 3 available to the Packet/Optical Coordinator as part
   of the TE topology information and the Packet/Optical Coordinator
   could use this information to calculate on its own the optimal path
   between R1 and R2, without requesting any additional information to
   the Optical Domain Controller.

   However, when designing the amount of information to provide within
   the "detailed connectivity matrix", there is a tradeoff to be
   considered between accuracy (i.e., providing "all" the information
   that might be needed by the PCE available within the client) and
   scalability.

   Figure 8 below shows another example, similar to Figure 3, where
   there are two possible Optical paths between VP1 and VP4 with
   different properties (e.g., available bandwidth and cost).













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                       ............................
                       :  /--------------------\  :
                       : /       cost=65        \ :
                       :/    available-bw=10G    \:
                       O VP1                  VP4 O
              cost=10 /:\                        /:\ cost=10
                     / : \----------------------/ : \
             +----+ /  :         cost=50          :  \ +----+
             |    |/   :     available-bw=2G      :   \|    |
             | R1 |    :                          :    | R2 |
             |    |\   :                          :   /|    |
             +----+ \  :  /--------------------\  :  / +----+
                     \ : /       cost=55        \ : /
               cost=5 \:/    available-bw=3G     \:/ cost=5
                       O VP2                  VP5 O
                       :                          :
                       :..........................:

       Figure 8: Packet/Optical Integration path computation Example
                           with multiple choices

   If the information in the "detailed connectivity matrix" is not
   complete/accurate, we can have the following drawbacks:

   *  If only the VP1-VP4 path with available bandwidth of 2 Gb/s and
      cost 50 is reported, the client's PCE will fail to compute a 5 Gb/
      s path between routers R1 and R2, although this would be feasible;

   *  If only the VP1-VP4 path with available bandwidth of 10 Gb/s and
      cost 65 is reported, the client's PCE will compute, as optimal,
      the 1 Gb/s path between R1 and R2 going through the VP2-VP5 path
      within the optical domain while the optimal path would actually be
      the one going thought the VP1-VP4 sub-path (with cost 50) within
      the optical domain.

      Reporting all the information, as in Figure 8, using the "detailed
      connectivity matrix", is quite challenging from a scalability
      perspective.  The amount of this information is not just based on
      number of end points (which would scale as N-square), but also on
      many other parameters, including client rate, user constraints/
      policies for the service, e.g. max latency < N ms, max cost, etc.,
      exclusion policies to route around busy links, min Optical Signal
      to Noise Ratio (OSNR) margin, max pre-Forward Error Correction
      (FEC) Bit Error Rate (BER) etc.  All these constraints could be
      different based on connectivity requirements.






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      It is also worth noting that the "connectivity matrix" has been
      originally defined in Wavelength Switched Optical Networks (WSON),
      [RFC7446], to report the connectivity constrains of a physical
      node within the Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network:
      the information it contains is pretty "static" and therefore, once
      taken and stored in the TE data base, it can be always being
      considered valid and up-to-date in path computation request.

      The "connectivity matrix" is sometimes confused with "optical
      reach table" that contain multiple (e.g. k-shortest) regen-free
      reachable paths for every A-Z node combination in the network.
      Optical reach tables can be calculated offline, utilizing vendor
      optical design and planning tools, and periodically uploaded to
      the Controller: these optical path reach tables are fairly static.
      However, to get the connectivity matrix, between any two sites,
      either a regen free path can be used, if one is available, or
      multiple regen free paths are concatenated to get from the source
      to the destination, which can be a very large combination.
      Additionally, when the optical path within optical domain needs to
      be computed, it can result in different paths based on input
      objective, constraints, and network conditions.  In summary, even
      though "optical reach table" is fairly static, which regen free
      paths to build the connectivity matrix between any source and
      destination is very dynamic, and is done using very sophisticated
      routing algorithms.

      Using the "basic connectivity matrix" with an abstract node to
      abstract the information regarding the connectivity constraints of
      an Optical domain, would make this information more "dynamic"
      since the connectivity constraints of an optical domain can change
      over time because some optical paths that are feasible at a given
      time may become unfeasible at a later time when e.g., another
      optical path is established.

      The information in the "detailed connectivity matrix" is even more
      dynamic since the establishment of another optical path may change
      some of the parameters (e.g., delay or available bandwidth) in the
      "detailed connectivity matrix" while not changing the feasibility
      of the path.

      There is therefore the need to keep the information in the
      "detailed connectivity matrix" updated which means that there
      another tradeoff between the accuracy (i.e., providing "all" the
      information that might be needed by the client's PCE) and having
      up-to-date information.  The more the information is provided and
      the longer it takes to keep it up-to-date which increases the
      likelihood that the client's PCE computes paths using not updated
      information.



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      It seems therefore quite challenging to have a "detailed
      connectivity matrix" that provides accurate, scalable and updated
      information to allow the client's PCE to take optimal decisions by
      its own.

      Considering the example in Figure 8 with the approach defined in
      this document, the client, when it needs to set up an end-to-end
      path, it can request the Optical Domain Controller to compute a
      set of optimal paths (e.g., for VP1-VP4 and VP2-VP5) and take
      decisions based on the information received:

   *  When setting up a 5 Gb/s path between routers R1 and R2, the
      Optical Domain Controller may report only the VP1-VP4 path as the
      only feasible path: the Packet/Optical Coordinator can
      successfully set up the end-to-end path passing though this
      optical path;

   *  When setting up a 1 Gb/s path between routers R1 and R2, the
      Optical Domain Controller (knowing that the path requires only 1
      Gb/s) can report both the VP1-VP4 path, with cost 50, and the VP2-
      VP5 path, with cost 65.  The Packet/Optical Coordinator can then
      compute the optimal path which is passing thought the VP1-VP4 sub-
      path (with cost 50) within the optical domain.

3.2.2.  TE topology abstraction

   Using the TE topology model, as defined in [RFC8795], the underlying
   controller can export to its client an abstract TE topology, composed
   by a set of TE nodes and TE links, representing the abstract view of
   the topology under its control.

   For example, in the multi-domain TE network use case, described in
   Section 2.2, the TE Domain Controller 1 can export a TE topology
   encompassing the TE nodes A, B, C and D and the TE links
   interconnecting them.  In a similar way, the TE Domain Controller 2
   can export a TE topology encompassing the TE nodes E, F, G and H and
   the TE links interconnecting them.

   In this example, for simplicity reasons, each abstract TE node maps
   with each physical node, but this is not necessary.

   In order to set up a multi-domain TE path (e.g., between nodes A and
   H), the Multi-Domain Controller can compute by its own an optimal
   end-to-end path based on the abstract TE topology information
   provided by the domain controllers.  For example:






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   *  Multi-Domain Controller can compute, based on its own TED data,
      the optimal multi-domain path being A-B-C-E-G-H, and then request
      the TE Domain Controllers to set up the A-B-C and E-G-H intra-
      domain paths

   *  But, during path set-up, the TE Domain Controller may find out
      that A-B-C intra-domain path is not feasible (as discussed in
      Section 2.2, in optical networks it is typical to have some paths
      not being feasible due to optical constraints that are known only
      by the Optical Domain Controller), while only the path A-B-D is
      feasible

   *  So what the Multi-Domain Controller has computed is not good and
      it needs to re-start the path computation from scratch

      As discussed in Section 3.2.1, providing more extensive abstract
      information from the TE Domain Controllers to the Multi-Domain
      Controller may lead to scalability problems.

      In a sense this is similar to the problem of routing and
      wavelength assignment within an optical domain.  It is possible to
      do first routing (step 1) and then wavelength assignment (step 2),
      but the chances of ending up with a good path is low.
      Alternatively, it is possible to do combined routing and
      wavelength assignment, which is known to be a more optimal and
      effective way for optical path set-up.  Similarly, it is possible
      to first compute an abstract end-to-end path within the Multi-
      Domain Controller (step 1) and then compute an intra-domain path
      within each optical domain (step 2), but there are more chances
      not to find a path or to get a suboptimal path than by performing
      multiple per-domain path computations and then stitching them
      together.

3.2.3.  Complementary use of the TE topology

   As discussed in Section 2.2, there are some scalability issues with
   path computation requests in a multi-domain TE network with many TE
   domains, in terms of the number of requests to send to the TE Domain
   Controllers.  It would therefore be worthwhile using the abstract TE
   topology information provided by the TE Domain Controllers to limit
   the number of requests.

   An example can be described considering the multi-domain abstract TE
   topology shown in Figure 9.  In this example, an end-to-end TE path
   between domains A and F needs to be set up.  The transit TE domain
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                             .........B.........
                             : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ :
                             :/               \:
                         +---O  NOT FEASIBLE   O---+
                   cost=5|   :                 :   |
       ......A......     |   :.................:   |     ......F......
       :           :     |                         |     :           :
       :           O-----+   .........C.........   +-----O           :
       :           :         : /-------------\ :         :           :
       :           :         :/               \:         :           :
       :  cost<=20 O---------O   cost <= 30    O---------O cost<=20  :
       :          /: cost=5  :                 : cost=5  :\          :
       :  /------/ :         :.................:         : \------\  :
       : /         :                                     :         \ :
       :/ cost<=25 :         .........D.........         : cost<=25 \:
       O-----------O-------+ : /-------------\ : +-------O-----------O
       :\          : cost=5| :/               \: |cost=5 :          /:
       : \         :       +-O   cost <= 30    O-+       :         / :
       :  \------\ :         :                 :         : /------/  :
       : cost>=30 \:         :.................:         :/ cost>=30 :
       :           O-----+                         +-----O           :
       :...........:     |   .........E.........   |     :...........:
                         |   : /-------------\ :   |
                   cost=5|   :/               \:   |cost=5
                         +---O   cost >= 30    O---+
                             :                 :
                             :.................:

      Figure 9: Multi-domain with many domains (Topology information)

   The actual cost of each intra-domain path is not known a priori from
   the abstract topology information.  The Multi-Domain Controller only
   knows, from the TE topology provided by the underlying domain
   controllers, the feasibility of some intra-domain paths and some
   upper-bound and/or lower-bound cost information.  With this
   information, together with the cost of inter-domain links, the Multi-
   Domain Controller can understand by its own that:

   *  Domain B cannot be selected as the path connecting domains A and F
      is not feasible;

   *  Domain E cannot be selected as a transit domain since it is known
      from the abstract topology information provided by domain
      controllers that the cost of the multi-domain path A-E-F (which is
      100, in the best case) will be always be higher than the cost of
      the multi-domain paths A-D-F (which is 90, in the worst case) and
      A-C-F (which is 80, in the worst case).




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      Therefore, the Multi-Domain Controller can understand by its own
      that the optimal multi-domain path could be either A-D-F or A-C-F
      but it cannot know which one of the two possible option actually
      provides the optimal end-to-end path.

      The Multi-Domain Controller can therefore request path computation
      only to the TE Domain Controllers A, D, C and F (and not to all
      the possible TE Domain Controllers).

                             .........B.........
                             :                 :
                         +---O                 O---+
       ......A......     |   :.................:   |     ......F......
       :           :     |                         |     :           :
       :           O-----+   .........C.........   +-----O           :
       :           :         : /-------------\ :         :           :
       :           :         :/               \:         :           :
       :  cost=15  O---------O    cost = 25    O---------O  cost=10  :
       :          /: cost=5  :                 : cost=5  :\          :
       :  /------/ :         :.................:         : \------\  :
       : /         :                                     :         \ :
       :/ cost=10  :         .........D.........         : cost=15  \:
       O-----------O-------+ : /-------------\ : +-------O-----------O
       :           : cost=5| :/               \: |cost=5 :           :
       :           :       +-O    cost = 15    O-+       :           :
       :           :         :                 :         :           :
       :           :         :.................:         :           :
       :           O-----+                         +-----O           :
       :...........:     |   .........E.........   |     :...........:
                         |   :                 :   |
                         +---O                 O---+
                             :.................:

        Figure 10: Multi-domain with many domains (Path Computation
                                information)

   Based on these requests, the Multi-Domain Controller can know the
   actual cost of each intra-domain paths which belongs to potential
   optimal end-to-end paths, as shown in Figure 10, and then compute the
   optimal end-to-end path (e.g., A-D-F, having total cost of 50,
   instead of A-C-F having a total cost of 70).

3.3.  Path Computation RPC

   The TE tunnel YANG data model, defined in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te],
   can support the need to request path computation, as described in
   section 5.1.2 of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].




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   This solution is stateful since the state of each created "compute-
   only" TE tunnel path needs to be maintained, in the YANG datastores
   (at least in the running datastore and operational datastore), and
   updated, when underlying network conditions change.

   The RPC mechanism allows requesting path computation using a simple
   atomic operation, without creating any state in the YANG datastores,
   and it is the natural option/choice, especially with stateless PCE.

   It is very useful to provide both the options of using an RPC as well
   as of setting up TE tunnel paths in "compute-only" mode.  It is
   suggested to use the RPC as much as possible and to rely on "compute-
   only" TE tunnel paths, when really needed.

   Using the RPC solution would imply that the underlying controller
   (e.g., a PNC) computes a path twice during the process to set up an
   LSP: at time T1, when its client (e.g., an MDSC) sends a path
   computation RPC request to it, and later, at time T2, when the same
   client (MDSC) creates a TE tunnel requesting the set-up of the LSP.
   The underlying assumption is that, if network conditions have not
   changed, the same path that has been computed at time T1 is also
   computed at time T2 by the underlying controller (e.g. PNC) and
   therefore the path that is set up at time T2 is exactly the same path
   that has been computed at time T1.

   However, since the operation is stateless, there is no guarantee that
   the returned path would still be available when path set-up is
   requested: this does not cause major issues when the time between
   path computation and path set-up is short (especially if compared
   with the time that would be needed to update the information of a
   very detailed connectivity matrix).

   In most of the cases, there is even no need to guarantee that the
   path that has been set up is the exactly same as the path that has
   been returned by path computation, especially if it has the same or
   even better metrics.  Depending on the abstraction level applied by
   the server, the client may also not know the actual computed path.

   The most important requirement is that the required global objectives
   (e.g., multi-domain path metrics and constraints) are met.  For this
   reason a path verification phase is always necessary to verify that
   the actual path that has been set up meets the global objectives (for
   example in a multi-domain network, the resulting end-to-end path
   meets the required end-to-end metrics and constraints).

   In most of the cases, even if the path being set up is not exactly
   the same as the path returned by path computation, its metrics and
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   successfully.  In the few corner cases where the path verification
   fails, it is possible repeat the whole process (path computation,
   path set-up and path verification).

   In case it is required to set up at T2 exactly the same path computed
   at T1, the RPC solution should not be used and, instead, a "compute-
   only" TE tunnel path should be set up, allowing also notifications in
   case the computed path has been changed.

   In this case, at time T1, the client (MDSC) creates a TE tunnel in a
   compute-only mode in the running datastore and later, at time T2,
   changes the configuration of that TE tunnel (not to be any more in a
   compute-only mode) to trigger the set-up of the LSP over the path
   which have been computed at time T1 and reported in the operational
   datastore.

   It is worth noting that also using the "compute-only" TE tunnel path,
   although increasing the likelihood that the computed path is
   available at path set-up, does not guarantee that because
   notifications may not be reliable or delivered on time.  Path
   verification is needed also in this case.

   The solution based on "compute-only" TE tunnel path has also the
   following drawbacks:

   *  Several messages required for any path computation

   *  Requires persistent storage in the underlying controller

   *  Need for garbage collection for stranded paths

   *  Process burden to detect changes on the computed paths in order to
      provide notifications update

3.3.1.  Temporary reporting of the computed path state

   This section describes an optional extension to the stateless
   behavior of the path computation RPC, where the underlying
   controller, after having received a path computation RPC request,
   maintains some "transient state" associated with the computed path,
   allowing the client to request the set-up of exactly that path, if
   still available.

   This is similar to the "compute-only" TE tunnel path solution but, to
   avoid the drawbacks of the stateful approach, is leveraging the path
   computation RPC and the separation between configuration and
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   The underlying controller, after having computed a path, as requested
   by a path computation RPC, also creates a TE tunnel instance within
   the operational datastore, to store that computed path.  This would
   be similar to a "compute-only" TE tunnel path, with the only
   difference that there is no associated TE tunnel instance within the
   running datastore.

   Since the underlying controller stores in the operational datastore
   the computed path based on an abstract topology it exposes, it also
   remembers, internally, which is the actual native path (physical
   path), within its native topology (physical topology), associated
   with that compute-only TE tunnel instance.

   Afterwards, the client (e.g., MDSC) can request the set-up of that
   specific path by creating a TE tunnel instance (not in compute-only
   mode) in the running datastore using the same tunnel-name of the
   existing TE tunnel in the operational datastore: this will trigger
   the underlying controller to set up that path, if still available.

   There are still cases where the path being set up is not exactly the
   same as the path that has been computed:

   *  When the tunnel is configured with path constraints which are not
      compatible with the computed path;

   *  When the tunnel set-up is requested after the resources of the
      computed path are no longer available;

   *  When the tunnel set-up is requested after the computed path is no
      longer known (e.g. due to a server reboot) by the underlying
      controller.

      In all these cases, the underlying controller should compute and
      set up a new path.

      Therefore the "path verification" phase, as described in
      Section 3.3 above, is always needed to check that the path that
      has been set up is still "good enough".

      Since this new approach is not completely stateless, garbage
      collection is implemented using a timeout that, when it expires,
      triggers the removal of the computed path from the operational
      datastore.  This operation is fully controlled by the underlying
      controller without the need for any action to be taken by the
      client that is not able to act on the operational datastore.  The
      default value of this timeout is 10 minutes but a different value
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      In addition, it is possible for the client to tag each path
      computation request with a transaction-id allowing for a faster
      removal of all the paths associated with a transaction-id, without
      waiting for their timers to expire.

      The underlying controller can remove from the operational
      datastore all the paths computed with a given transaction-id which
      have not been set up either when it receives a Path Delete RPC
      request for that transaction-id or, automatically, right after the
      set-up up of a path that has been previously computed with that
      transaction-id.

      This possibility is useful when multiple paths are computed but,
      at most, only one is set up (e.g., in multi-domain path
      computation scenario scenarios).  After the selected path has been
      set up (e.g, in one domain during multi-domain path set-up), all
      the other alternative computed paths can be automatically deleted
      by the underlying controller (since no longer needed).  The client
      can also request, using the Path Delete RPC request, the
      underlying controller to remove all the computed paths, if none of
      them is going to be set up (e.g., in a transit domain not being
      selected by multi-domain path computation and so not being
      automatically deleted).

      This approach is complimentary and not alternative to the timer
      which is always needed to avoid stranded computed paths being
      stored in the operational datastore when no path is set up and no
      explicit Path Delete RPC request is received.

4.  Path computation and optimization for multiple paths

   There are use cases, where it is advantageous to request path
   computation for a set of paths, through a network or through a
   network domain, using a single request [RFC5440].

   In this case, sending a single request for multiple path
   computations, instead of sending multiple requests for each path
   computation, would reduce the protocol overhead and it would consume
   less resources (e.g., threads in the client and server).

   In the context of a typical multi-domain TE network, there could
   multiple choices for the ingress/egress points of a domain and the
   Multi-Domain Controller needs to request path computation between all
   the ingress/egress pairs to select the best pair.  For example, in
   the example of Section 2.2, the Multi-Domain Controller needs to
   request the TE Network Controller 1 to compute the A-C and the A-D
   paths and to the TE Network Controller 2 to compute the E-H and the
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   It is also possible that the Multi-Domain Controller receives a
   request to set up a group of multiple end to end connections.  The
   Multi-Domain Controller needs to request each TE domain Controller to
   compute multiple paths, one (or more) for each end to end connection.

   There are also scenarios where it can be needed to request path
   computation for a set of paths in a synchronized fashion.

   One example could be computing multiple diverse paths.  Computing a
   set of diverse paths in an unsynchronized fashion, leads to the
   possibility of not being able to satisfy the diversity requirement.
   In this case, it is preferable to compute a sub-optimal primary path
   for which a diversely routed secondary path exists.

   There are also scenarios where it is needed to request optimizing a
   set of paths using objective functions that apply to the whole set of
   paths, see [RFC5541], e.g. to minimize the sum of the costs of all
   the computed paths in the set.

5.  YANG data model for requesting Path Computation

   This document define a YANG RPC to request path computation as an
   "augmentation" of tunnel-rpc, defined in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].
   This model provides the RPC input attributes that are needed to
   request path computation and the RPC output attributes that are
   needed to report the computed paths.

     augment /te:tunnels-path-compute/te:input/te:path-compute-info:
       +-- path-request* [request-id]
       |  ...

     augment /te:tunnels-path-compute/te:output/te:path-compute-result:
       +--ro response* [response-id]
          +--ro response-id                         uint32
          +--ro computed-paths-properties
          |  +--ro computed-path-properties* [k-index]
          |     ...

   This model extensively re-uses the grouping defined in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te] and [I-D.ietf-teas-rfc8776-update] to ensure
   maximal syntax and semantics commonality.










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   This YANG data model allows one RPC to include multiple path
   requests, each path request being identified by a request-id.
   Therefore, one RPC can return multiple responses, one for each path
   request, being identified by a response-id equal to the corresponding
   request-id.  Each response reports one or more computed paths, as
   requested by the k-requested-paths attribute.  By default, each
   response reports one computed path.

5.1.  Synchronization of multiple path computation requests

   The YANG data model permits the synchronization of a set of multiple
   path requests (identified by specific request-id) all related to a
   "svec" container emulating the syntax of the Synchronization VECtor
   (SVEC) PCEP object, defined in [RFC5440].

      +-- synchronization* []
         +-- svec
         |  +-- relaxable?      boolean
         |  +-- disjointness?   te-path-disjointness
         |  +-- request-id*     uint32
         +-- svec-constraints
         |  +-- path-metric-bound* [metric-type]
         |     +-- metric-type    identityref
         |     +-- upper-bound?   uint64
         +-- path-srlgs-lists
         |  +-- path-srlgs-list* [usage]
         |     +-- usage     identityref
         |     +-- values*   srlg
         +-- path-srlgs-names
         |  +-- path-srlgs-name* [usage]
         |     +-- usage    identityref
         |     +-- names*   string
         +-- exclude-objects
         |  +-- excludes* []
         |     +-- (type)?
         |        +--:(numbered-node-hop)
         |        |  +-- numbered-node-hop
         |        |     +-- node-id     te-node-id
         |        |     +-- hop-type?   te-hop-type
         |        +--:(numbered-link-hop)
         |        |  +-- numbered-link-hop
         |        |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
         |        |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
         |        |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
         |        +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
         |        |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
         |        |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
         |        |     +-- node-id       te-node-id



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         |        |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
         |        |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
         |        +--:(as-number)
         |        |  +-- as-number-hop
         |        |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
         |        |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
         |        +--:(label)
         |           +-- label-hop
         |              +-- te-label
         |                 ...
         +-- optimizations
            +-- (algorithm)?
               +--:(metric) {te-types:path-optimization-metric}?
               |  +-- optimization-metric* [metric-type]
               |     +-- metric-type    identityref
               |     +-- weight?        uint8
               +--:(objective-function)
                        {te-types:path-optimization-objective-function}?
                  +-- objective-function
                     +-- objective-function-type?   identityref

   The model, in addition to the metric types, defined in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-rfc8776-update], which can be applied to each
   individual path request, supports also additional metric types, which
   apply to a set of synchronized requests, as referenced in [RFC5541].
   These additional metric types are defined by the following YANG
   identities:

   *  svec-metric-type: base YANG identity from which cumulative metric
      types identities are derived.

   *  svec-metric-cumul-te: cumulative TE cost metric type, as defined
      in [RFC5541].

   *  svec-metric-cumul-igp: cumulative IGP cost metric type, as defined
      in [RFC5541].

   *  svec-metric-cumul-hop: cumulative Hop metric type, representing
      the cumulative version of the Hop metric type defined in
      [I-D.ietf-teas-rfc8776-update].

   *  svec-metric-aggregate-bandwidth-consumption: aggregate bandwidth
      consumption metric type, as defined in [RFC5541].

   *  svec-metric-load-of-the-most-loaded-link: load of the most loaded
      link metric type, as defined in [RFC5541].





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5.2.  Returned metric values

   This YANG data model provides a way to return the values of the
   metrics computed by the path computation in the output of RPC,
   together with other important information (e.g. SRLG, affinities,
   explicit route), emulating the syntax of the "C" flag of the "METRIC"
   PCEP object [RFC5440]:

          |     +--ro path-properties
          |        +--ro path-metric* [metric-type]
          |        |  +--ro metric-type           identityref
          |        |  +--ro accumulative-value?   uint64
          |        +--ro path-affinities-values
          |        |  +--ro path-affinities-value* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage    identityref
          |        |     +--ro value?   admin-groups
          |        +--ro path-affinity-names
          |        |  +--ro path-affinity-name* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage            identityref
          |        |     +--ro affinity-name* [name]
          |        |        +--ro name    string
          |        +--ro path-srlgs-lists
          |        |  +--ro path-srlgs-list* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage     identityref
          |        |     +--ro values*   srlg
          |        +--ro path-srlgs-names
          |        |  +--ro path-srlgs-name* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage    identityref
          |        |     +--ro names*   string
          |        +--ro path-route-objects
          |        |  ...
          |        +--ro te-bandwidth
          |        |  ...
          |        +--ro disjointness-type?
          |                te-types:te-path-disjointness

   It also allows the client to request which information (metrics, SRLG
   and/or affinities) should be returned:

       |  +-- request-id                            uint32
       |  ...
       |  +-- requested-metrics* [metric-type]
       |  |  +-- metric-type    identityref
       |  +-- return-srlgs?                         boolean
       |  +-- return-affinities?                    boolean
       |  ...





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   This feature is essential for path computation in a multi-domain TE
   network as described in Section 2.2.  In this case, the metrics
   returned by a path computation requested to a given underlying
   controller must be used by the client to compute the best end-to-end
   path.  If they are missing, the client cannot compare different paths
   calculated by the underlying controllers and choose the best one for
   the optimal end-to-end (e2e) path.

5.3.  Multiple Paths Requests for the same TE tunnel

   The YANG data model allows including multiple requests for different
   paths intended to be used within the same tunnel or within different
   tunnels.

   When multiple requested paths are intended to be used within the same
   tunnel (e.g., requesting path computation for the primary and
   secondary paths of a protected tunnel), the set of attributes that
   are intended to be configured on per-tunnel basis rather than on per-
   path basis are common to all these path requests.  These attributes
   includes both attributes which can be configured only a per-tunnel
   basis (e.g., tunnel-name, source/destination TTP, encoding and
   switching-type) as well attributes which can be configured both on a
   per-tunnel and on a per-path basis (e.g., the te-bandwidth or the
   associations).

   Therefore, a tunnel-attributes list is defined, within the path
   computation request RPC:
























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       +-- tunnel-attributes* [tunnel-name]
       |  +-- tunnel-name               string
       |  +-- encoding?                 identityref
       |  +-- switching-type?           identityref
       |  +-- source?                   te-types:te-node-id
       |  +-- destination?              te-types:te-node-id
       |  +-- src-tunnel-tp-id?         binary
       |  +-- dst-tunnel-tp-id?         binary
       |  +-- bidirectional?            boolean
       |  +-- association-objects
       |  |  ...
       |  +-- protection-type?          identityref
       |  +-- restoration-type?         identityref
       |  +-- restoration-scheme?       identityref
       |  +-- te-topology-identifier
       |  |  +-- provider-id?   te-global-id
       |  |  +-- client-id?     te-global-id
       |  |  +-- topology-id?   te-topology-id
       |  +-- te-bandwidth
       |  |  ...
       |  +-- link-protection?          identityref
       |  +-- setup-priority?           uint8
       |  +-- hold-priority?            uint8
       |  +-- signaling-type?           identityref
       |  +-- hierarchy
       |     +-- dependency-tunnels
       |     |  ...
       |     +-- hierarchical-link
       |        ...

   The path requests that are intended to be used within the same tunnel
   should reference the same entry in the tunnel-attributes list.  This
   allows:

   *  avoiding repeating the same set of per-tunnel parameters on
      multiple requested paths;

   *  the server to understand what attributes are intended to be
      configured on a per-tunnel basis (e.g., the te-bandwidth
      configured in the tunnel-attributes) and what attributes are
      intended to be configured on a per-path basis(e.g., the te-
      bandwidth configured in the path-request).  This could be useful
      especially when the server also creates a TE tunnel instance
      within the operational datastore to report the computed paths, as
      described in Section 3.3.1: in this case, the tunnel-name is also
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      The YANG data model allows also including requests for paths
      intended to modify existing tunnels (e.g., adding a protection
      path for an existing un-protected tunnel).  In this case, the per-
      tunnel attributes are already provided in an existing TE tunnel
      instance and do not need to be re-configured in the path
      computation request RPC.  Therefore, these requests should
      reference an existing TE tunnel instance.

      It is also possible to request computing paths without indicating
      in which tunnel they are intended to be used (e.g., in case of an
      unprotected tunnel).  In this case, the per-tunnel attributes
      could be provided together with the per-path attributes in the
      path request, without using the tunnel-attributes list.

      The choices below are defined to distinguish the cases above:

   *  whether the per-tunnel attributes are configured by reference
      (providing a leafref), to:

      -  either a TE tunnel instance, if it exists;

      -  or to an entry of the tunnel-attributes list, if the TE tunnel
         instance does not exist;

   *  or by value, providing the set of tunnel attributes within the
      path request:

       |  +-- (tunnel-attributes)?
       |  |  +--:(reference)
       |  |  |  +-- tunnel-reference
       |  |  |     +-- (tunnel-exist)
       |  |  |     |  +--:(tunnel-ref)
       |  |  |     |  |  +-- tunnel-ref                te:tunnel-ref
       |  |  |     |  +--:(tunnel-attributes-ref)
       |  |  |     |     +-- tunnel-attributes-ref     leafref
       |  |  |     +-- path-name?                      string
       |  |  |     +-- (path-role)
       |  |  |        ...
       |  |  +--:(value)
       |  |     +-- tunnel-name?                    string
       |  |     +-- path-name?                      string
       |  |     +-- (path-role)?
       |  |     |  ...
       |  |     ...
       |  |     +-- encoding?                       identityref
       |  |     +-- switching-type?                 identityref
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5.3.1.  Tunnel attributes specified by value

   The (value) case provides the set of attributes that are configured
   only on per-tunnel basis (e.g., tunnel-name, source/destination TTP,
   encoding and switching-type).

   In this case, it is assumed that the requested path will be the only
   path within a tunnel.

   If the only path within a tunnel is the transit segment of a multi-
   domain end-to-end path, it can be of any type (primary, secondary,
   reverse-primary or reverse-secondary).  The (path-role) choice is
   used to specify its role in the path request:

       |  |     +-- (path-role)?
       |  |     |  +--:(primary-path)
       |  |     |  +--:(secondary-path)
       |  |     |  |  +-- secondary-path!
       |  |     |  |     +-- primary-path-name?   string
       |  |     |  +--:(primary-reverse-path)
       |  |     |  |  +-- primary-reverse-path!
       |  |     |  |     +-- primary-path-name?   string
       |  |     |  +--:(secondary-reverse-path)
       |  |     |     +-- secondary-reverse-path!
       |  |     |        +-- primary-path-name?           string
       |  |     |        +-- primary-reverse-path-name?   string

   In all the other cases, the only path within a tunnel is a primary
   path.

   The secondary-path, the primary-reverse-path and the secondary-
   reverse-path are presence container used to indicate the role of the
   path: by default, the path is assumed to be a primary path.

   They optionally can contain the name of the primary-path under which
   the requested path could be associated within the YANG tree structure
   defined in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te], which could be useful when the
   server also creates a TE tunnel instance within the operational
   datastore to report the computed paths, as described in
   Section 3.3.1: in this case, the tunnel-name and the path names are
   also used as the suggested name for that TE tunnel and path
   instances.

5.3.2.  Tunnel attributes specified by reference

   The (reference) case provides the information needed to associate
   multiple path requests that are intended to be used within the same
   tunnel.



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   In order to indicate the role of the path being requested within the
   intended tunnel (e.g., primary or secondary path), the (path-role)
   choice is defined:

       |  |  |     +-- (path-role)
       |  |  |        +--:(primary-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- primary-path!
       |  |  |        |     ...
       |  |  |        +--:(secondary-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- secondary-path
       |  |  |        |     ...
       |  |  |        +--:(primary-reverse-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- primary-reverse-path
       |  |  |        |     ...
       |  |  |        +--:(secondary-reverse-path)
       |  |  |           +-- secondary-reverse-path
       |  |  |              ...

   The primary-path is a presence container used to indicate that the
   requested path is intended to be used as a primary path.  It can also
   contain some attributes which are configured only on primary paths
   (e.g., the k-requested-paths).

   The secondary-path container indicates that the requested path is
   intended to be used as a secondary path and it contains at least
   references to one or more primary paths which can use it as a
   candidate secondary path:

       |  |  |        |  +-- secondary-path
       |  |  |        |     ...
       |  |  |        |     +-- primary-path-ref* []
       |  |  |        |        +-- (primary-path-exist)
       |  |  |        |           +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |        |           |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        |           +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |        |              +-- path-request-ref    leafref

   A requested secondary path can reference any requested primary paths,
   and, in case they are intended to be used within an existing TE
   tunnel, it could also reference any existing primary-paths.

   The secondary-path container can also contain some attributes which
   are configured only on secondary paths (e.g., the protection-type).

   The primary-reverse-path container indicates that the requested path
   is intended to be used as a primary reverse path and it contains only
   the reference to the primary path which is intended to use it as a
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       |  |  |        |  +-- primary-reverse-path
       |  |  |        |     +-- (primary-path-exist)
       |  |  |        |        +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |        |        |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        |        +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |        |           +-- path-request-ref    leafref

   A requested primary reverse path can reference either a requested
   primary path, or, in case it is intended to be used within an
   existing TE tunnel, an existing primary-path.

   The secondary-reverse-path container indicates that the requested
   path is intended to be used as a secondary reverse path and it
   contains at least references to one or more primary paths, whose
   primary reverse path can use it as a candidate secondary reverse
   path:

       |  |  |           +-- secondary-reverse-path
       |  |  |              ...
       |  |  |              +-- primary-reverse-path* []
       |  |  |                 +-- (primary-reverse-path-exist)
       |  |  |                    +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |                    |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |                    +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |                       +-- path-request-ref    leafref

   A requested secondary reverse path can reference any requested
   primary paths, and, in case they are intended to be used within an
   existing TE tunnel, it could reference also existing primary-paths.

   The secondary-reverse-path container can also contain some attributes
   which are configured only on secondary reverse paths (e.g., the
   protection-type).

   In case the requested path is a transit segment of a multi-domain
   end-to-end path, the primary-path may not be needed to be setup/
   computed.  However, the request for path computation of a secondary-
   path or a primary-reverse or of a secondary-reverse-path requires
   that the primary-path exists or it is requested within the same RPC
   request.  In the latter case, the path request for the primary-path
   should have an empty 'route-object-include-exclude' list, as
   described in section 5.1.1 of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te], to indicate to
   the server that path computation is not requested and no path
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5.4.  Multi-Layer Path Computation

   The models supports requesting multi-layer path computation following
   the same approach based on dependency tunnels, as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

   The tunnel-attributes of a given client-layer path request can
   reference server-layer TE tunnels which can already exist in the YANG
   datastore or be specified in the tunnel-attributes list, within the
   same RPC request:

       |     +-- dependency-tunnels
       |     |  +-- dependency-tunnel* [name]
       |     |  |  +-- name              -> /te:te/tunnels/tunnel/name
       |     |  |  +-- encoding?         identityref
       |     |  |  +-- switching-type?   identityref
       |     |  +-- dependency-tunnel-attributes* [name]
       |     |     +-- name              leafref
       |     |     +-- encoding?         identityref
       |     |     +-- switching-type?   identityref

   In a similar way as in [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te], the server-layer
   tunnel attributes should provide the information of what would be the
   dynamic link in the client layer topology supported by that tunnel,
   if instantiated:

       |     +-- hierarchical-link
       |        +-- enable?                   boolean
       |        +-- local-te-node-id?         te-types:te-node-id
       |        +-- local-te-link-tp-id?      te-types:te-tp-id
       |        +-- remote-te-node-id?        te-types:te-node-id
       |        +-- te-topology-identifier
       |           +-- provider-id?   te-global-id
       |           +-- client-id?     te-global-id
       |           +-- topology-id?   te-topology-id

   It is worth noting that since path computation RPC is stateless, the
   dynamic hierarchical links configured for the server-layer tunnel
   attributes cannot be used for path computation of any client-layer
   path unless explicitly referenced in the dependency-tunnel-attributes
   list within the same RPC request.

6.  YANG data model for TE path computation

6.1.  Tree diagram

   Figure 11 below shows the tree diagram of the YANG data model defined
   in module ietf-te-path-computation.yang, defined in Section 6.2.



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   module: ietf-te-path-computation

     augment /te:tunnels-path-compute/te:input/te:path-compute-info:
       +-- path-request* [request-id]
       |  +-- request-id                            uint32
       |  +-- compute-priority?                     uint8
       |  |       {compute-priority}?
       |  +-- (tunnel-attributes)?
       |  |  +--:(reference)
       |  |  |  +-- tunnel-reference
       |  |  |     +-- (tunnel-exist)
       |  |  |     |  +--:(tunnel-ref)
       |  |  |     |  |  +-- tunnel-ref                te:tunnel-ref
       |  |  |     |  +--:(tunnel-attributes-ref)
       |  |  |     |     +-- tunnel-attributes-ref     leafref
       |  |  |     +-- path-name?                      string
       |  |  |     +-- (path-role)
       |  |  |        +--:(primary-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- primary-path!
       |  |  |        |     +-- preference?          uint8
       |  |  |        |     +-- co-routed?           boolean
       |  |  |        |     +-- k-requested-paths?   uint8
       |  |  |        +--:(secondary-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- secondary-path
       |  |  |        |     +-- secondary-reverse-path?   leafref
       |  |  |        |     +-- preference?               uint8
       |  |  |        |     +-- protection-type?          identityref
       |  |  |        |     +-- restoration-type?         identityref
       |  |  |        |     +-- restoration-scheme?       identityref
       |  |  |        |     +-- primary-path-ref* []
       |  |  |        |        +-- (primary-path-exist)
       |  |  |        |           +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |        |           |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        |           +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |        |              +-- path-request-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        +--:(primary-reverse-path)
       |  |  |        |  +-- primary-reverse-path
       |  |  |        |     +-- (primary-path-exist)
       |  |  |        |        +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |        |        |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        |        +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |        |           +-- path-request-ref    leafref
       |  |  |        +--:(secondary-reverse-path)
       |  |  |           +-- secondary-reverse-path
       |  |  |              +-- preference?             uint8
       |  |  |              +-- protection-type?        identityref



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       |  |  |              +-- restoration-type?       identityref
       |  |  |              +-- restoration-scheme?     identityref
       |  |  |              +-- primary-reverse-path* []
       |  |  |                 +-- (primary-reverse-path-exist)
       |  |  |                    +--:(path-ref)
       |  |  |                    |  +-- primary-path-ref    leafref
       |  |  |                    +--:(path-request-ref)
       |  |  |                       +-- path-request-ref    leafref
       |  |  +--:(value)
       |  |     +-- tunnel-name?                    string
       |  |     +-- path-name?                      string
       |  |     +-- (path-role)?
       |  |     |  +--:(primary-path)
       |  |     |  +--:(secondary-path)
       |  |     |  |  +-- secondary-path!
       |  |     |  |     +-- primary-path-name?   string
       |  |     |  +--:(primary-reverse-path)
       |  |     |  |  +-- primary-reverse-path!
       |  |     |  |     +-- primary-path-name?   string
       |  |     |  +--:(secondary-reverse-path)
       |  |     |     +-- secondary-reverse-path!
       |  |     |        +-- primary-path-name?           string
       |  |     |        +-- primary-reverse-path-name?   string
       |  |     +-- k-requested-paths?              uint8
       |  |     +-- encoding?                       identityref
       |  |     +-- switching-type?                 identityref
       |  |     +-- source
       |  |     |  +-- node-id?        nw:node-id
       |  |     |  +-- te-node-id?     te-types:te-node-id
       |  |     |  +-- tunnel-tp-id?   binary
       |  |     +-- destination
       |  |     |  +-- node-id?        nw:node-id
       |  |     |  +-- te-node-id?     te-types:te-node-id
       |  |     |  +-- tunnel-tp-id?   binary
       |  |     +-- bidirectional?                  boolean
       |  |     +-- te-topology-identifier
       |  |        +-- provider-id?   te-global-id
       |  |        +-- client-id?     te-global-id
       |  |        +-- topology-id?   te-topology-id
       |  +-- association-objects
       |  |  +-- association-object* [association-key]
       |  |  |  +-- association-key    string
       |  |  |  +-- type?              identityref
       |  |  |  +-- id?                uint16
       |  |  |  +-- source
       |  |  |     +-- id?     te-gen-node-id
       |  |  |     +-- type?   enumeration
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       |  |     +-- association-key    string
       |  |     +-- type?              identityref
       |  |     +-- id?                uint16
       |  |     +-- source
       |  |     |  +-- id?     te-gen-node-id
       |  |     |  +-- type?   enumeration
       |  |     +-- global-source?     uint32
       |  |     +-- extended-id?       yang:hex-string
       |  +-- optimizations
       |  |  +-- (algorithm)?
       |  |     +--:(metric) {path-optimization-metric}?
       |  |     |  +-- optimization-metric* [metric-type]
       |  |     |  |  +-- metric-type                       identityref
       |  |     |  |  +-- weight?                           uint8
       |  |     |  |  +-- explicit-route-exclude-objects
       |  |     |  |  |  +-- route-object-exclude-object* [index]
       |  |     |  |  |     +-- index                        uint32
       |  |     |  |  |     +-- (type)?
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(numbered-node-hop)
       |  |     |  |  |        |  +-- numbered-node-hop
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- node-id?       te-node-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- hop-type?      te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(numbered-link-hop)
       |  |     |  |  |        |  +-- numbered-link-hop
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
       |  |     |  |  |        |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- node-id?          te-node-id
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- hop-type?         te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- direction?
       |  |     |  |  |        |             te-link-direction
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(as-number)
       |  |     |  |  |        |  +-- as-number-hop
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(label)
       |  |     |  |  |        |  +-- label-hop
       |  |     |  |  |        |     +-- te-label
       |  |     |  |  |        |        +-- (technology)?
       |  |     |  |  |        |        |  +--:(generic)
       |  |     |  |  |        |        |     +-- generic?
       |  |     |  |  |        |        |             rt-types:\



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       |  |     |  |  |        |        +-- direction?
       |  |     |  |  |        |                te-label-direction
       |  |     |  |  |        +--:(srlg)
       |  |     |  |  |           +-- srlg
       |  |     |  |  |              +-- srlg?   uint32
       |  |     |  |  +-- explicit-route-include-objects
       |  |     |  |     +-- route-object-include-object* [index]
       |  |     |  |        +-- index                        uint32
       |  |     |  |        +-- (type)?
       |  |     |  |           +--:(numbered-node-hop)
       |  |     |  |           |  +-- numbered-node-hop
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- node-id?       te-node-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- hop-type?      te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |           +--:(numbered-link-hop)
       |  |     |  |           |  +-- numbered-link-hop
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
       |  |     |  |           +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
       |  |     |  |           |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- node-id?          te-node-id
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- hop-type?         te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- direction?
       |  |     |  |           |             te-link-direction
       |  |     |  |           +--:(as-number)
       |  |     |  |           |  +-- as-number-hop
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
       |  |     |  |           |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
       |  |     |  |           +--:(label)
       |  |     |  |              +-- label-hop
       |  |     |  |                 +-- te-label
       |  |     |  |                    +-- (technology)?
       |  |     |  |                    |  +--:(generic)
       |  |     |  |                    |     +-- generic?
       |  |     |  |                    |             rt-types:\
                                                       generalized-label
       |  |     |  |                    +-- direction?
       |  |     |  |                            te-label-direction
       |  |     |  +-- tiebreakers
       |  |     |     +-- tiebreaker* [tiebreaker-type]
       |  |     |        +-- tiebreaker-type    identityref
       |  |     +--:(objective-function)
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       |  |        +-- objective-function
       |  |           +-- objective-function-type?   identityref
       |  +-- named-path-constraint?                leafref
       |  |       {te-types:named-path-constraints}?
       |  +-- te-bandwidth
       |  |  +-- (technology)?
       |  |     +--:(generic)
       |  |        +-- generic?   te-bandwidth
       |  +-- link-protection?                      identityref
       |  +-- setup-priority?                       uint8
       |  +-- hold-priority?                        uint8
       |  +-- signaling-type?                       identityref
       |  +-- path-metric-bounds
       |  |  +-- path-metric-bound* [metric-type]
       |  |     +-- metric-type    identityref
       |  |     +-- upper-bound?   uint64
       |  +-- path-affinities-values
       |  |  +-- path-affinities-value* [usage]
       |  |     +-- usage    identityref
       |  |     +-- value?   admin-groups
       |  +-- path-affinity-names
       |  |  +-- path-affinity-name* [usage]
       |  |     +-- usage            identityref
       |  |     +-- affinity-name* [name]
       |  |        +-- name    string
       |  +-- path-srlgs-lists
       |  |  +-- path-srlgs-list* [usage]
       |  |     +-- usage     identityref
       |  |     +-- values*   srlg
       |  +-- path-srlgs-names
       |  |  +-- path-srlgs-name* [usage]
       |  |     +-- usage    identityref
       |  |     +-- names*   string
       |  +-- disjointness?                         te-path-disjointness
       |  +-- explicit-route-objects-always
       |  |  +-- route-object-exclude-always* [index]
       |  |  |  +-- index                        uint32
       |  |  |  +-- (type)?
       |  |  |     +--:(numbered-node-hop)
       |  |  |     |  +-- numbered-node-hop
       |  |  |     |     +-- node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- node-id?       te-node-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- hop-type?      te-hop-type
       |  |  |     +--:(numbered-link-hop)
       |  |  |     |  +-- numbered-link-hop
       |  |  |     |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
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       |  |  |     +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
       |  |  |     |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
       |  |  |     |     +-- link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- node-id?          te-node-id
       |  |  |     |     +-- hop-type?         te-hop-type
       |  |  |     |     +-- direction?        te-link-direction
       |  |  |     +--:(as-number)
       |  |  |     |  +-- as-number-hop
       |  |  |     |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
       |  |  |     |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
       |  |  |     +--:(label)
       |  |  |        +-- label-hop
       |  |  |           +-- te-label
       |  |  |              +-- (technology)?
       |  |  |              |  +--:(generic)
       |  |  |              |     +-- generic?
       |  |  |              |             rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |  |              +-- direction?       te-label-direction
       |  |  +-- route-object-include-exclude* [index]
       |  |     +-- explicit-route-usage?        identityref
       |  |     +-- index                        uint32
       |  |     +-- (type)?
       |  |        +--:(numbered-node-hop)
       |  |        |  +-- numbered-node-hop
       |  |        |     +-- node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
       |  |        |     +-- node-id?       te-node-id
       |  |        |     +-- hop-type?      te-hop-type
       |  |        +--:(numbered-link-hop)
       |  |        |  +-- numbered-link-hop
       |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
       |  |        |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
       |  |        |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
       |  |        +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
       |  |        |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
       |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
       |  |        |     +-- link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
       |  |        |     +-- node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
       |  |        |     +-- node-id?          te-node-id
       |  |        |     +-- hop-type?         te-hop-type
       |  |        |     +-- direction?        te-link-direction
       |  |        +--:(as-number)
       |  |        |  +-- as-number-hop
       |  |        |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
       |  |        |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
       |  |        +--:(label)
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       |  |        |     +-- te-label
       |  |        |        +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |        |  +--:(generic)
       |  |        |        |     +-- generic?
       |  |        |        |             rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |        |        +-- direction?       te-label-direction
       |  |        +--:(srlg)
       |  |           +-- srlg
       |  |              +-- srlg?   uint32
       |  +-- path-in-segment!
       |  |  +-- label-restrictions
       |  |     +-- label-restriction* [index]
       |  |        +-- restriction?    enumeration
       |  |        +-- index           uint32
       |  |        +-- label-start
       |  |        |  +-- te-label
       |  |        |     +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     |  +--:(generic)
       |  |        |     |     +-- generic?   rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |        |     +-- direction?       te-label-direction
       |  |        +-- label-end
       |  |        |  +-- te-label
       |  |        |     +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     |  +--:(generic)
       |  |        |     |     +-- generic?   rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |        |     +-- direction?       te-label-direction
       |  |        +-- label-step
       |  |        |  +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     +--:(generic)
       |  |        |        +-- generic?   int32
       |  |        +-- range-bitmap?   yang:hex-string
       |  +-- path-out-segment!
       |  |  +-- label-restrictions
       |  |     +-- label-restriction* [index]
       |  |        +-- restriction?    enumeration
       |  |        +-- index           uint32
       |  |        +-- label-start
       |  |        |  +-- te-label
       |  |        |     +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     |  +--:(generic)
       |  |        |     |     +-- generic?   rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |        |     +-- direction?       te-label-direction
       |  |        +-- label-end
       |  |        |  +-- te-label
       |  |        |     +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     |  +--:(generic)
       |  |        |     |     +-- generic?   rt-types:generalized-label
       |  |        |     +-- direction?       te-label-direction



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       |  |        +-- label-step
       |  |        |  +-- (technology)?
       |  |        |     +--:(generic)
       |  |        |        +-- generic?   int32
       |  |        +-- range-bitmap?   yang:hex-string
       |  +-- requested-metrics* [metric-type]
       |  |  +-- metric-type    identityref
       |  +-- return-srlgs?                         boolean
       |  +-- return-affinities?                    boolean
       |  +-- requested-state!
       |     +-- timer?            uint16
       |     +-- transaction-id?   string
       +-- tunnel-attributes* [tunnel-name]
       |  +-- tunnel-name               string
       |  +-- encoding?                 identityref
       |  +-- switching-type?           identityref
       |  +-- source
       |  |  +-- node-id?        nw:node-id
       |  |  +-- te-node-id?     te-types:te-node-id
       |  |  +-- tunnel-tp-id?   binary
       |  +-- destination
       |  |  +-- node-id?        nw:node-id
       |  |  +-- te-node-id?     te-types:te-node-id
       |  |  +-- tunnel-tp-id?   binary
       |  +-- bidirectional?            boolean
       |  +-- association-objects
       |  |  +-- association-object* [association-key]
       |  |  |  +-- association-key    string
       |  |  |  +-- type?              identityref
       |  |  |  +-- id?                uint16
       |  |  |  +-- source
       |  |  |     +-- id?     te-gen-node-id
       |  |  |     +-- type?   enumeration
       |  |  +-- association-object-extended* [association-key]
       |  |     +-- association-key    string
       |  |     +-- type?              identityref
       |  |     +-- id?                uint16
       |  |     +-- source
       |  |     |  +-- id?     te-gen-node-id
       |  |     |  +-- type?   enumeration
       |  |     +-- global-source?     uint32
       |  |     +-- extended-id?       yang:hex-string
       |  +-- protection-type?          identityref
       |  +-- restoration-type?         identityref
       |  +-- restoration-scheme?       identityref
       |  +-- network-id?               nw:network-id
       |  +-- te-topology-identifier
       |  |  +-- provider-id?   te-global-id



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       |  |  +-- client-id?     te-global-id
       |  |  +-- topology-id?   te-topology-id
       |  +-- te-bandwidth
       |  |  +-- (technology)?
       |  |     +--:(generic)
       |  |        +-- generic?   te-bandwidth
       |  +-- link-protection?          identityref
       |  +-- setup-priority?           uint8
       |  +-- hold-priority?            uint8
       |  +-- signaling-type?           identityref
       |  +-- hierarchy
       |     +-- dependency-tunnels
       |     |  +-- dependency-tunnel* [name]
       |     |  |  +-- name              -> /te:te/tunnels/tunnel/name
       |     |  |  +-- encoding?         identityref
       |     |  |  +-- switching-type?   identityref
       |     |  +-- dependency-tunnel-attributes* [name]
       |     |     +-- name              leafref
       |     |     +-- encoding?         identityref
       |     |     +-- switching-type?   identityref
       |     +-- hierarchical-link
       |        +-- enable?                   boolean
       |        +-- local-node-id?            nw:node-id
       |        +-- local-te-node-id?         te-types:te-node-id
       |        +-- local-link-tp-id?         nt:tp-id
       |        +-- local-te-link-tp-id?      te-types:te-tp-id
       |        +-- remote-link-tp-id?        nt:tp-id
       |        +-- remote-te-node-id?        te-types:te-node-id
       |        +-- network-id?               nw:network-id
       |        +-- te-topology-identifier
       |           +-- provider-id?   te-global-id
       |           +-- client-id?     te-global-id
       |           +-- topology-id?   te-topology-id
       +-- synchronization* [] {svec}?
          +-- svec
          |  +-- relaxable?      boolean
          |  +-- disjointness?   te-path-disjointness
          |  +-- request-id*     uint32
          +-- svec-constraints
          |  +-- path-metric-bound* [metric-type]
          |     +-- metric-type    identityref
          |     +-- upper-bound?   uint64
          +-- path-srlgs-lists
          |  +-- path-srlgs-list* [usage]
          |     +-- usage     identityref
          |     +-- values*   srlg
          +-- path-srlgs-names
          |  +-- path-srlgs-name* [usage]



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          |     +-- usage    identityref
          |     +-- names*   string
          +-- exclude-objects
          |  +-- excludes* []
          |     +-- (type)?
          |        +--:(numbered-node-hop)
          |        |  +-- numbered-node-hop
          |        |     +-- node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
          |        |     +-- node-id?       te-node-id
          |        |     +-- hop-type?      te-hop-type
          |        +--:(numbered-link-hop)
          |        |  +-- numbered-link-hop
          |        |     +-- link-tp-id    te-tp-id
          |        |     +-- hop-type?     te-hop-type
          |        |     +-- direction?    te-link-direction
          |        +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
          |        |  +-- unnumbered-link-hop
          |        |     +-- link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
          |        |     +-- link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
          |        |     +-- node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
          |        |     +-- node-id?          te-node-id
          |        |     +-- hop-type?         te-hop-type
          |        |     +-- direction?        te-link-direction
          |        +--:(as-number)
          |        |  +-- as-number-hop
          |        |     +-- as-number    inet:as-number
          |        |     +-- hop-type?    te-hop-type
          |        +--:(label)
          |           +-- label-hop
          |              +-- te-label
          |                 +-- (technology)?
          |                 |  +--:(generic)
          |                 |     +-- generic?
          |                 |             rt-types:generalized-label
          |                 +-- direction?       te-label-direction
          +-- optimizations
             +-- (algorithm)?
                +--:(metric) {te-types:path-optimization-metric}?
                |  +-- optimization-metric* [metric-type]
                |     +-- metric-type    identityref
                |     +-- weight?        uint8
                +--:(objective-function)
                         {te-types:path-optimization-objective-function\
                                                                      }?
                   +-- objective-function
                      +-- objective-function-type?   identityref
     augment /te:tunnels-path-compute/te:output/te:path-compute-result:
       +--ro response* [response-id]



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          +--ro response-id                         uint32
          +--ro computed-paths-properties
          |  +--ro computed-path-properties* [k-index]
          |     +--ro k-index            uint8
          |     +--ro path-properties
          |        +--ro path-metric* [metric-type]
          |        |  +--ro metric-type           identityref
          |        |  +--ro accumulative-value?   uint64
          |        +--ro path-affinities-values
          |        |  +--ro path-affinities-value* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage    identityref
          |        |     +--ro value?   admin-groups
          |        +--ro path-affinity-names
          |        |  +--ro path-affinity-name* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage            identityref
          |        |     +--ro affinity-name* [name]
          |        |        +--ro name    string
          |        +--ro path-srlgs-lists
          |        |  +--ro path-srlgs-list* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage     identityref
          |        |     +--ro values*   srlg
          |        +--ro path-srlgs-names
          |        |  +--ro path-srlgs-name* [usage]
          |        |     +--ro usage    identityref
          |        |     +--ro names*   string
          |        +--ro path-route-objects
          |        |  +--ro path-route-object* [index]
          |        |     +--ro index                        uint32
          |        |     +--ro (type)?
          |        |        +--:(numbered-node-hop)
          |        |        |  +--ro numbered-node-hop
          |        |        |     +--ro node-id-uri?   nw:node-id
          |        |        |     +--ro node-id?       te-node-id
          |        |        |     +--ro hop-type?      te-hop-type
          |        |        +--:(numbered-link-hop)
          |        |        |  +--ro numbered-link-hop
          |        |        |     +--ro link-tp-id    te-tp-id
          |        |        |     +--ro hop-type?     te-hop-type
          |        |        |     +--ro direction?    te-link-direction
          |        |        +--:(unnumbered-link-hop)
          |        |        |  +--ro unnumbered-link-hop
          |        |        |     +--ro link-tp-id-uri?   nt:tp-id
          |        |        |     +--ro link-tp-id?       te-tp-id
          |        |        |     +--ro node-id-uri?      nw:node-id
          |        |        |     +--ro node-id?          te-node-id
          |        |        |     +--ro hop-type?         te-hop-type
          |        |        |     +--ro direction?
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          |        |        +--:(as-number)
          |        |        |  +--ro as-number-hop
          |        |        |     +--ro as-number    inet:as-number
          |        |        |     +--ro hop-type?    te-hop-type
          |        |        +--:(label)
          |        |           +--ro label-hop
          |        |              +--ro te-label
          |        |                 +--ro (technology)?
          |        |                 |  +--:(generic)
          |        |                 |     +--ro generic?
          |        |                 |             rt-types:generalized\
                                                                  -label
          |        |                 +--ro direction?
          |        |                         te-label-direction
          |        +--ro te-bandwidth
          |        |  +--ro (technology)?
          |        |     +--:(generic)
          |        |        +--ro generic?   te-bandwidth
          |        +--ro disjointness-type?
          |                te-types:te-path-disjointness
          +--ro computed-path-error-infos
          |  +--ro computed-path-error-info* []
          |     +--ro error-description?   string
          |     +--ro error-timestamp?     yang:date-and-time
          |     +--ro error-reason?        identityref
          +--ro tunnel-ref?                         te:tunnel-ref
          +--ro (path-role)?
             +--:(primary)
             |  +--ro primary-path-ref?             leafref
             +--:(primary-reverse)
             |  +--ro primary-reverse-path-ref?     leafref
             +--:(secondary)
             |  +--ro secondary-path-ref?           leafref
             +--:(secondary-reverse)
                +--ro secondary-reverse-path-ref?   leafref
     augment /te:tunnels-actions/te:input/te:tunnel-info/te:filter-type:
       +--:(path-compute-transactions)
          +-- path-compute-transaction-id*   string
     augment /te:tunnels-actions/te:output:
       +--ro path-computed-delete-result
          +--ro path-compute-transaction-id*   string

                Figure 11: TE path computation tree diagram

6.2.  YANG module






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   <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-te-path-computation@2023-06-27.yang"
   module ietf-te-path-computation {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-te-path-computation";
     prefix te-pc;

     import ietf-te {
       prefix te;
       reference
         "RFCYYYY: A YANG Data Model for Traffic Engineering Tunnels
          and Interfaces";
     }

     /* Note: The RFC Editor will replace YYYY with the number assigned
        to the RFC once draft-ietf-teas-yang-te becomes an RFC.*/

     import ietf-te-types {
       prefix te-types;
       reference
         "RFCZZZZ: Updated Common YANG Data Types for Traffic
         Engineering";
     }

     /* Note: The RFC Editor will replace ZZZZ with the number assigned
        to the RFC once draft-ietf-teas-rfc8776-update becomes an RFC.*/

     organization
       "Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signaling (TEAS)
        Working Group";
     contact
       "WG Web: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/teas/>
        WG List:  <mailto:teas@ietf.org>

        Editor:   Italo Busi
                  <mailto:italo.busi@huawei.com>

        Editor:   Sergio Belotti
                  <mailto:sergio.belotti@nokia.com>

        Editor:   Victor Lopez
                  <mailto:victor.lopez@nokia.com>

        Editor:   Oscar Gonzalez de Dios
                  <mailto:oscar.gonzalezdedios@telefonica.com>

        Editor:   Anurag Sharma
                  <mailto:ansha@google.com>




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        Editor:   Yan Shi
                  <mailto:shiyan49@chinaunicom.cn>

        Editor:   Ricard Vilalta
                  <mailto:ricard.vilalta@cttc.es>

        Editor:   Karthik Sethuraman
                  <mailto:karthik.sethuraman@necam.com>

        Editor:   Michael Scharf
                  <mailto:michael.scharf@gmail.com>

        Editor:   Daniele Ceccarelli
                  <mailto:daniele.ceccarelli@ericsson.com>

       ";
     description
       "This module defines a YANG data model for requesting Traffic
        Engineering (TE) path computation. The YANG data model defined
        in this document augments the RPCs defined in the generic TE
        module (ietf-te).

        The model fully conforms to the
        Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA).

        Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons
        identified as authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

        Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with
        or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and
        subject to the license terms contained in, the Revised
        BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
        Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
        (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

        This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
        the RFC itself for full legal notices.

        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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
        they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";

     // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove
     // this note
     // replace the revision date with the module publication date
     // the format is (year-month-day)



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     revision 2023-06-27 {
       description
         "Initial revision";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: A YANG Data Model for requesting path computation";
     }

     // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove
     // this note

     /*
      * Features
      */

     feature svec {
       description
         "This feature indicates that the server supports synchronized
         path computation requests.";
       reference
         "Section 7.13 of RFC5440: Path Computation Element (PCE)
         Communication Protocol (PCEP).";
     }

     feature compute-priority {
       description
         "This feature indicates that the server supports path
         computation request's priority";
       reference
         "Section 7.4.1 of RFC5440: Path Computation Element (PCE)
         Communication Protocol (PCEP).";
     }

     /*
      * Identities
      */

     identity tunnel-action-path-compute-delete {
       base te-types:tunnel-action-type;
       description
         "Action type to delete the transient states
         of computed paths, as described in section 3.3.1 of
         RFC XXXX.";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: A YANG Data Model for requesting path computation";
     }

     /*
      * Groupings



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      */

     grouping protection-restoration-properties {
       description
         "This grouping defines the restoration and protection types
          for a path in the path computation request.";
       leaf protection-type {
         type identityref {
           base te-types:lsp-protection-type;
         }
         default "te-types:lsp-protection-unprotected";
         description
           "LSP protection type.";
       }
       leaf restoration-type {
         type identityref {
           base te-types:lsp-restoration-type;
         }
         default "te-types:lsp-restoration-restore-any";
         description
           "LSP restoration type.";
       }
       leaf restoration-scheme {
         type identityref {
           base te-types:restoration-scheme-type;
         }
         default "te-types:restoration-scheme-preconfigured";
         description
           "LSP restoration scheme.";
       }
     } // grouping protection-restoration-properties

     grouping requested-info {
       description
         "This grouping defines the information which is requested
          (e.g., metrics), in the path computation request, to be
          returned in the path computation response.";
       list requested-metrics {
         key "metric-type";
         description
           "The list of the requested metrics.

            The metrics listed here MUST be returned in the response.
            Returning other metrics in the response is OPTIONAL.";
         leaf metric-type {
           type identityref {
             base te-types:path-metric-type;
           }



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           description
             "The metric requested to be returned in the response";
         }
       }
       leaf return-srlgs {
         type boolean;
         default "false";
         description
           "If true, path Shared Risk Link Groups (SRLGs) MUST be
            returned in the response.
            If false, returning path SRLGs in the response OPTIONAL.";
       }
       leaf return-affinities {
         type boolean;
         default "false";
         description
           "If true, path affinities MUST be returned in the response.
            If false, returning path affinities in the response is
            OPTIONAL.";
       }
     } // grouping requested-info

     grouping requested-state {
       description
         "Configuration for the transient state used
          to report the computed path";
       container requested-state {
         presence
           "Request temporary reporting of the computed path state";
         description
           "Configures attributes for the temporary reporting of the
            computed path state (e.g., expiration timer).";
         leaf timer {
           type uint16;
           units "minutes";
           default "10";
           description
             "The timeout after which the transient state reporting
             the computed path SHOULD be removed.";
         }
         leaf transaction-id {
           type string;
           description
             "The transaction-id associated with this path computation
             to be used for fast deletion of the transient states
             associated with multiple path computations.

             This transaction-id can be used to explicitly delete all



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             the transient states of all the computed paths associated
             with the same transaction-id.

             When one path associated with a transaction-id is setup,
             the transient states of all the other computed paths
             with the same transaction-id are automatically removed.

             If not specified, the transient state is removed only
             when the timer expires (when the timer is specified)
             or not created at all (stateless path computation,
             when the timer is not specified).";
         }
       }
     } // grouping requested-state

     grouping reported-state {
       description
         "This grouping defines the information, returned in the path
          computation response, reporting the transient state related
          to the computed path";
       leaf tunnel-ref {
         type te:tunnel-ref;
         description
           "
            Reference to the tunnel that reports the transient state
            of the computed path.

            If no transient state is created, this attribute is
            omitted.
           ";
       }
       choice path-role {
         description
           "The transient state of the computed path can be reported
            as a primary, primary-reverse, secondary or
            a secondary-reverse path of a te-tunnel";
         case primary {
           leaf primary-path-ref {
             type leafref {
               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/"
                  + "te:tunnel[te:name=current()/../tunnel-ref]/"
                  + "te:primary-paths/te:primary-path/"
                  + "te:name";
             }
             must '../tunnel-ref' {
               description
                 "The primary-path name can only be reported
                  if the tunnel name is also reported.";



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             }
             description
               "
                Reference to the primary-path that reports
                the transient state of the computed path.

                If no transient state is created,
                this attribute is omitted.
               ";
           }
         } // case primary
         case primary-reverse {
           leaf primary-reverse-path-ref {
             type leafref {
               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/"
                  + "te:tunnel[te:name=current()/../tunnel-ref]/"
                  + "te:primary-paths/te:primary-path/"
                  + "te:name";
             }
             must '../tunnel-ref' {
               description
                 "The primary-reverse-path name can only be reported
                  if the tunnel name is also reported.";
             }
             description
               "
                Reference to the primary-reverse-path that reports
                the transient state of the computed path.

                If no transient state is created,
                this attribute is omitted.
               ";
           }
         } // case primary-reverse
         case secondary {
           leaf secondary-path-ref {
             type leafref {
               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/"
                  + "te:tunnel[te:name=current()/../tunnel-ref]/"
                  + "te:secondary-paths/te:secondary-path/"
                  + "te:name";
             }
             must '../tunnel-ref' {
               description
                 "The secondary-path name can only be reported
                  if the tunnel name is also reported.";
             }
             description



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               "
                Reference to the secondary-path that reports
                the transient state of the computed path.

                If no transient state is created,
                this attribute is omitted.
               ";
           }
         } // case secondary
         case secondary-reverse {
           leaf secondary-reverse-path-ref {
             type leafref {
               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/"
                  + "te:tunnel[te:name=current()/../tunnel-ref]/"
                  + "te:secondary-reverse-paths/"
                  + "te:secondary-reverse-path/te:name";
             }
             must '../tunnel-ref' {
               description
                 "The secondary-reverse-path name can only be reported
                  if the tunnel name is also reported.";
             }
             description
               "
                Reference to the secondary-reverse-path that reports
                the transient state of the computed path.

                If no transient state is created,
                this attribute is omitted.
               ";
           }
         } // case secondary
       } // choice path
     } // grouping reported-state

     grouping synchronization-constraints {
       description
         "Global constraints applicable to synchronized path
          computation requests.";
       container svec-constraints {
         description
           "global svec constraints";
         list path-metric-bound {
           key "metric-type";
           description
             "list of bound metrics";
           leaf metric-type {
             type identityref {



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               base te-types:svec-metric-type;
             }
             description
               "SVEC metric type.";
             reference
               "RFC5541: Encoding of Objective Functions in the Path
               Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP).";
           }
           leaf upper-bound {
             type uint64;
             description
               "Upper bound on SVEC metric";
           }
         }
       }
       uses te-types:generic-path-srlgs;
       container exclude-objects {
         description
           "Resources to be excluded";
         list excludes {
           description
             "List of Explicit Route Objects to always exclude
              from synchronized path computation";
           uses te-types:explicit-route-hop;
         }
       }
     } // grouping synchronization-constraints

     grouping synchronization-optimization {
       description
         "Optimizations applicable to synchronized path
          computation requests.";
       container optimizations {
         description
           "The objective function container that includes attributes
            to impose when computing a synchronized set of paths";
         choice algorithm {
           description
             "Optimizations algorithm.";
           case metric {
             if-feature "te-types:path-optimization-metric";
             list optimization-metric {
               key "metric-type";
               description
                 "svec path metric type";
               leaf metric-type {
                 type identityref {
                   base te-types:svec-metric-type;



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                 }
                 description
                   "TE path metric type usable for computing a set of
                   synchronized requests";
               }
               leaf weight {
                 type uint8;
                 description
                   "Metric normalization weight";
               }
             }
           }
           case objective-function {
             if-feature
               "te-types:path-optimization-objective-function";
             container objective-function {
               description
                 "The objective function container that includes
                  attributes to impose when computing a TE path";
               leaf objective-function-type {
                 type identityref {
                   base te-types:svec-objective-function-type;
                 }
                 description
                   "Objective function entry";
               }
             }
           }
         }
       }
     } // grouping synchronization-optimization

     grouping synchronization-info {
       description
         "Information for synchronized path computation requests.";
       list synchronization {
         description
           "List of Synchronization VECtors.";
         container svec {
           description
             "Synchronization VECtor";
           leaf relaxable {
             type boolean;
             default "true";
             description
               "If this leaf is true, taking into account this svec is
                OPTIONAL and the path computation process is
                free to ignore svec content.



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                Otherwise, it MUST take into account this svec.";
           }
           uses te-types:generic-path-disjointness;
           leaf-list request-id {
             type uint32;
             description
               "This list reports the set of path computation
                requests that are requested to be synchronized.";
           }
         }
         uses synchronization-constraints;
         uses synchronization-optimization;
       }
     } // grouping synchronization-info

     /*
      * Augment TE RPCs
      */

     augment "/te:tunnels-path-compute/te:input/te:path-compute-info" {
       description
         "Augments Path Computation RPC input";
       list path-request {
         key "request-id";
         description
           "The list of the requested paths to be computed";
         leaf request-id {
           type uint32;
           mandatory true;
           description
             "Each path computation request is uniquely identified
              within the RPC request by the request-id.";
         }
         leaf compute-priority {
           if-feature compute-priority;
           type uint8;
           default 0;
           description
             "The path computation request's priority (from 1 to 7)
             which can be used to constraint the order by which the
             path computation server processes the path computation
             requests.

             A higher numerical value of the priority field reflects a
             higher priority.

             It MUST be set to the default value (i.e., 0) when
             unused.";



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           reference
             "Section 7.4.1 of RFC5440: Path Computation Element (PCE)
             Communication Protocol (PCEP).";
         }
         choice tunnel-attributes {
           default "value";
           description
             "Whether the tunnel attributes are specified by value
              within this path computation request or by reference.
              The reference could be either to an existing te-tunnel
              or to an entry in the tunnel-attributes list";
           case reference {
             container tunnel-reference {
               description
                 "Attributes for a requested path that belongs to
                 either an exiting te-tunnel or to an entry in the
                 tunnel-attributes list.";
               choice tunnel-exist {
                 mandatory true;
                 description
                   "Whether the tunnel reference is to an existing
                   te-tunnel or to an entry in the tunnel-attributes
                   list";
                 case tunnel-ref {
                   leaf tunnel-ref {
                     type te:tunnel-ref;
                     mandatory true;
                     description
                       "The referenced te-tunnel instance";
                   }
                 } // case tunnel-ref
                 case tunnel-attributes-ref {
                   leaf tunnel-attributes-ref {
                     type leafref {
                       path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                         + "te:path-compute-info/"
                         + "te-pc:tunnel-attributes/te-pc:tunnel-name";
                     }
                     mandatory true;
                     description
                       "The referenced te-tunnel instance";
                   }
                 } // case tunnel-attributes-ref
               } // choice tunnel-exist
               leaf path-name {
                 type string;
                 description
                   "TE path name.";



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               }
               choice path-role {
                 mandatory true;
                 description
                   "Whether this path is a primary, or a reverse
                   primary, or a secondary, or a reverse secondary
                   path.";
                 case primary-path {
                   container primary-path {
                     presence "Indicates that the requested path
                               is a primary path";
                     description
                       "TE primary path";
                     uses te:path-forward-properties;
                     uses te:k-requested-paths;
                   } // container primary-path
                 } // case primary-path
                 case secondary-path {
                   container secondary-path {
                     description
                       "TE secondary path";
                     leaf secondary-reverse-path {
                       type leafref {
                         path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                           + "te:path-compute-info/te-pc:path-request/"
                           + "te-pc:request-id";
                       }
                       description
                         "A reference to the reverse secondary path
                         when co-routed with the secondary path.";
                     }
                     leaf preference {
                       type uint8 {
                         range "1..255";
                       }
                       default "1";
                       description
                         "Specifies a preference for this path. The
                         lower the number higher the preference.";
                     }
                     uses protection-restoration-properties;
                     list primary-path-ref {
                       min-elements 1;
                       description
                         "The list of primary paths that reference
                         this path as a candidate secondary path";
                       choice primary-path-exist {
                         mandatory true;



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                         description
                           "Whether the path reference is to an existing
                           te-tunnel path or to another path request";
                         case path-ref {
                           leaf primary-path-ref {
                             type leafref {
                               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/te:tunnel"
                                 + "[te:name=current()/../../../"
                                 + "tunnel-ref]/te:primary-paths/"
                                 + "te:primary-path/te:name";
                             }
                             must '../../../tunnel-ref' {
                               description
                                 "The primary-path can be referenced
                                 if also the tunnel is referenced.";
                             }
                             mandatory true;
                             description
                               "The referenced primary path";
                           }
                         } // case path-ref
                         case path-request-ref {
                           leaf path-request-ref {
                             type leafref {
                               path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                                 + "te:path-compute-info/"
                                 + "te-pc:path-request/"
                                 + "te-pc:request-id";
                             }
                             mandatory true;
                             description
                               "The referenced primary path request";
                           }
                         } // case path-request-ref
                       } // choice primary-path-exist
                     } // list primary-path-ref
                   } // container secondary-path
                 } // case secondary-path
                 case primary-reverse-path {
                   container primary-reverse-path {
                     description
                       "TE primary reverse path";
                     choice primary-path-exist {
                       mandatory true;
                       description
                         "Whether the path reference to the primary
                         paths for which this path is the reverse-path
                         is to an existing te-tunnel path or to



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                         another path request.";
                       case path-ref {
                         leaf primary-path-ref {
                           type leafref {
                             path "/te:te/te:tunnels/te:tunnel[te:name"
                               + "=current()/../../tunnel-ref]/"
                               + "te:primary-paths/te:primary-path/"
                               + "te:name";
                           }
                           must '../../tunnel-ref' {
                             description
                               "The primary-path can be referenced
                               if also the tunnel is referenced.";
                           }
                           mandatory true;
                           description
                             "The referenced primary path";
                         }
                       } // case path-ref
                       case path-request-ref {
                         leaf path-request-ref {
                           type leafref {
                             path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                               + "te:path-compute-info/"
                               + "te-pc:path-request/"
                               + "te-pc:request-id";
                           }
                           mandatory true;
                           description
                             "The referenced primary path request";
                         }
                       } // case path-request-ref
                     } // choice primary-path-exist
                   } // container primary-reverse-path
                 } // case primary-reverse-path
                 case secondary-reverse-path {
                   container secondary-reverse-path {
                     description
                       "TE secondary reverse path";
                     // uses te:path-preference;
                     leaf preference {
                       type uint8 {
                         range "1..255";
                       }
                       default "1";
                       description
                         "Specifies a preference for this path. The
                         lower the number higher the preference.";



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                     }
                     uses protection-restoration-properties;
                     list primary-reverse-path {
                       min-elements 1;
                       description
                         "The list of primary reverse paths that
                         reference this path as a candidate
                         secondary reverse path";
                       choice primary-reverse-path-exist {
                         mandatory true;
                         description
                           "Whether the path reference is to an existing
                           te-tunnel path or to another path request";
                         case path-ref {
                           leaf primary-path-ref {
                             type leafref {
                               path "/te:te/te:tunnels/te:tunnel"
                                 + "[te:name=current()/../../../"
                                 + "tunnel-ref]/te:primary-paths/"
                                 + "te:primary-path/te:name";
                             }
                             must '../../../tunnel-ref' {
                               description
                                 "The primary-path can be referenced
                                 if also the tunnel is referenced.";
                             }
                             mandatory true;
                             description
                               "The referenced primary path";
                           }
                         } // case path-ref
                         case path-request-ref {
                           leaf path-request-ref {
                             type leafref {
                               path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                                 + "te:path-compute-info/"
                                 + "te-pc:path-request/"
                                 + "te-pc:request-id";
                             }
                             mandatory true;
                             description
                               "The referenced primary reverse path
                               request";
                           }
                         } // case path-request-ref
                       } // choice primary-reverse-path-exist
                     } // list primary-reverse-path-ref
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                 } // case secondary-reverse-path
               } // choice tunnel-path-role
             }
           } // case reference
           case value {
             leaf tunnel-name {
               type string;
               description
                 "TE tunnel name.";
             }
             leaf path-name {
               type string;
               description
                 "TE path name.";
             }
             choice path-role {
               when 'not (./source) and not (./destination)' {
                 description
                   "When the tunnel attributes are specified by value
                   within this path computation, it is assumed that the
                   requested path will be the only path of a tunnel.

                   If the requested path is a transit segment path
                   (i.e., the source and destination containers are
                   not present), it could be of any type. Otherwise it
                   could only be a primary path.";
               }
               default primary-path;
               description
                 "Indicates whether the requested path is a primary
                 path, a secondary path, a reverse primary path or a
                 reverse secondary path.";
               case primary-path {
                 description
                   "The requested path is a primary path.";
               }
               container secondary-path {
                 presence
                   "Indicates that the requested path is a secondary
                   path.";
                 description
                   "The name of the primary path which the requested
                   secondary path belongs to.";
                 leaf primary-path-name {
                   type string;
                   description
                     "TE primary path name.";
                 }



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               } // container secondary-path
               container primary-reverse-path {
                 presence
                   "Indicates that the requested path is a primary
                   reverse path.";
                 description
                   "The name of the primary path which the requested
                   primary reverse path belongs to.";
                 leaf primary-path-name {
                   type string;
                   description
                     "TE primary path name.";
                 }
               } // container primary-reverse-path
               container secondary-reverse-path {
                 presence
                   "Indicates that the requested path is a secondary
                   reverse path.";
                 description
                   "The names of the primary path and of the primary
                   reverse path which the requested secondary reverse
                   path belongs to.";
                 leaf primary-path-name {
                   type string;
                   description
                     "TE primary path name.";
                 }
                 leaf primary-reverse-path-name {
                   type string;
                   description
                     "TE primary reverse path name.";
                 }
               } // container primary-reverse-path
             } // choice path-role
             uses te:k-requested-paths;
             uses te-types:encoding-and-switching-type;
             uses te:tunnel-common-attributes;
             uses te-types:te-topology-identifier;
           } // case value
         } // choice tunnel-attributes
         uses te:path-compute-info;
         uses requested-info;
         uses requested-state;
       }
       list tunnel-attributes {
         key "tunnel-name";
         description
           "Tunnel attributes common to multiple request paths";



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         leaf tunnel-name {
           type string;
           description
             "TE tunnel name.";
         }
         uses te-types:encoding-and-switching-type;
         uses te:tunnel-common-attributes;
         uses te:tunnel-associations-properties;
         uses protection-restoration-properties;
         uses te-types:tunnel-constraints;
         uses te:tunnel-hierarchy-properties {
           augment "hierarchy/dependency-tunnels" {
             description
               "Augment with the list of dependency tunnel requests.";
             list dependency-tunnel-attributes {
               key "name";
               description
                 "A tunnel request entry that this tunnel request can
                  potentially depend on.";
               leaf name {
                 type leafref {
                   path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
                      + "te:path-compute-info/te-pc:tunnel-attributes/"
                      + "te-pc:tunnel-name";
                 }
                 description
                   "Dependency tunnel request name.";
               }
               uses te-types:encoding-and-switching-type;
             }
           }
         }
       }
       uses synchronization-info {
         if-feature svec;
       }
     } // path-compute rpc input

     augment "/te:tunnels-path-compute/te:output/"
           + "te:path-compute-result" {
       description
         "Auguments Path Computation RPC output";
       list response {
         key "response-id";
         config false;
         description
           "response";
         leaf response-id {



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           type uint32;
           description
             "The response-id has the same value of the
              corresponding request-id.";
         }
         uses te:path-computation-response;
         uses reported-state;
       }
     } // path-compute rpc output

     augment "/te:tunnels-actions/te:input/te:tunnel-info/"
           + "te:filter-type" {
       description
         "Augment Tunnels Action RPC input filter types";
       case path-compute-transactions {
         when "derived-from-or-self(../te:action-info/te:action, "
            + "'tunnel-action-path-compute-delete')";
         description
           "Path Delete RPC input";
         leaf-list path-compute-transaction-id {
           type string;
           description
             "The list of the transaction-id values of the
              transient states to be deleted";
         }
       }
     } // path-delete rpc input

     augment "/te:tunnels-actions/te:output" {
       description
         "Augment Tunnels Action RPC output with path delete result";
       container path-computed-delete-result {
         description
           "Path Delete RPC output";
         leaf-list path-compute-transaction-id {
           type string;
           description
             "The list of the transaction-id values of the
              transient states that have been successfully deleted";
         }
       }
     } // path-delete rpc output
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

                 Figure 12: TE path computation YANG module





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7.  Security Considerations

   This document describes use cases of requesting Path Computation
   using YANG data models, which could be used at the ABNO Control
   Interface [RFC7491] and/or between controllers in ACTN [RFC8453].  As
   such, it does not introduce any new security considerations compared
   to the ones related to YANG specification, ABNO specification and
   ACTN Framework defined in [RFC7950], [RFC7491] and [RFC8453].

   The YANG module defined in this document is designed to be accessed
   via the NETCONF protocol [RFC6241] or RESTCONF protocol [RFC8040].
   The lowest NETCONF layer is the secure transport layer, and the
   mandatory-to-implement secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH)
   [RFC6242].  The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-
   implement secure transport is TLS [RFC8446].

   The Network Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
   provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or
   RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
   RESTCONF protocol operations and content.

   The YANG module defined in this document augments the "tunnels-path-
   compute" and the "tunnel-actions" RPCs defined in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].  The security considerations provided in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te] are also applicable to the YANG module
   defined in this document.

   The RPC defined in this document can also be used for Denial-of-
   service (DoS) attacks.  The security considerations defines in
   section 10.7.2 of [RFC5440] also applies to the use of this RPC.

   The definition of the input shaping/policing mechanisms and of their
   configuration is outside the scope of this document.

   Some of the RPC operations defined in this YANG module may be
   considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments.  It
   is thus important to control access to these operations.  These are
   the operations and their sensitivity/vulnerability:

   "te-pc:response/computed-paths-properties": provides the same
   information provided by the "te:computed-paths-properties" defined in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].  The security considerations provided in
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te] for the TE tunnel state apply also to this
   subtree.

   "te-pc:response/te-pc:tunnel-ref", "te-pc:response/te-pc:primary-
   path-ref", "te-pc:response/te-pc:primary-reverse-path-ref", "te-
   pc:response/te-pc:secondary-path-ref" and "te-pc:response/te-



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   pc:secondary-reverse-path-ref" provides a reference where the same
   information provided in "te-pc:response/computed-paths-properties" is
   temporarly stored with the operational datastore (see Section 3.3.1).
   Therefore access to this information does not provide any additional
   security issue that the information provided with "te-pc:response/
   computed-paths-properties".

   "/te:tunnels-actions": the YANG model defined in this document
   augments this action with a new action type that allows deleting the
   transient states of computed paths (see Section 3.3.1).  A malicious
   use of this action would have no impact on the paths carrying live
   traffic but it would preclude the client from using the "transient
   states" to request the set-up of exactly that path, if still
   available.

   The security considerations spelled out in the YANG specification
   [RFC7950] apply for this document as well.

8.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers the following URIs in the "ns" subregistry
   within the "IETF XML registry" [RFC3688].

         URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-te-path-computation
         Registrant Contact:  The IESG.
         XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

   This document registers a YANG module in the "YANG Module Names"
   registry [RFC7950].

         name:      ietf-te-path-computation
         namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-te-path-computation
         prefix:    te-pc
         reference: this document

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-teas-rfc8776-update]
              Busi, I., Guo, A., Liu, X., Saad, T., and I. Bryskin,
              "Common YANG Data Types for Traffic Engineering", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-rfc8776-update-
              21, 23 January 2026,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-
              rfc8776-update-21>.





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   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te]
              Saad, T., Gandhi, R., Liu, X., Beeram, V. P., and I.
              Bryskin, "A YANG Data Model for Traffic Engineering
              Tunnels, Label Switched Paths, and Interfaces", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-41, 20
              January 2026, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-41>.

   [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/rfc/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3688>.

   [RFC5440]  Vasseur, JP., Ed. and JL. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation
              Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5440, March 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5440>.

   [RFC5441]  Vasseur, JP., Ed., Zhang, R., Bitar, N., and JL. Le Roux,
              "A Backward-Recursive PCE-Based Computation (BRPC)
              Procedure to Compute Shortest Constrained Inter-Domain
              Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths", RFC 5441,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5441, April 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5441>.

   [RFC5541]  Le Roux, JL., Vasseur, JP., and Y. Lee, "Encoding of
              Objective Functions in the Path Computation Element
              Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5541,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5541, June 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5541>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6242>.








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   [RFC7926]  Farrel, A., Ed., Drake, J., Bitar, N., Swallow, G.,
              Ceccarelli, D., and X. Zhang, "Problem Statement and
              Architecture for Information Exchange between
              Interconnected Traffic-Engineered Networks", BCP 206,
              RFC 7926, DOI 10.17487/RFC7926, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7926>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7950>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8040>.

   [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/rfc/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8340]  Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
              BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8340>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8341>.

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446>.

   [RFC8795]  Liu, X., Bryskin, I., Beeram, V., Saad, T., Shah, H., and
              O. Gonzalez de Dios, "YANG Data Model for Traffic
              Engineering (TE) Topologies", RFC 8795,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8795, August 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8795>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-ccamp-otn-topo-yang]
              Zheng, H., Busi, I., Liu, X., Belotti, S., and O. G. de
              Dios, "A YANG Data Model for Optical Transport Network
              Topology", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              ccamp-otn-topo-yang-20, 7 November 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ccamp-
              otn-topo-yang-20>.




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   [RFC4655]  Farrel, A., Vasseur, J.-P., and J. Ash, "A Path
              Computation Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC 4655,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4655, August 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4655>.

   [RFC6805]  King, D., Ed. and A. Farrel, Ed., "The Application of the
              Path Computation Element Architecture to the Determination
              of a Sequence of Domains in MPLS and GMPLS", RFC 6805,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6805, November 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6805>.

   [RFC7446]  Lee, Y., Ed., Bernstein, G., Ed., Li, D., and W. Imajuku,
              "Routing and Wavelength Assignment Information Model for
              Wavelength Switched Optical Networks", RFC 7446,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7446, February 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7446>.

   [RFC7491]  King, D. and A. Farrel, "A PCE-Based Architecture for
              Application-Based Network Operations", RFC 7491,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7491, March 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7491>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8342>.

   [RFC8453]  Ceccarelli, D., Ed. and Y. Lee, Ed., "Framework for
              Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)", RFC 8453,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8453, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8453>.

   [RFC8454]  Lee, Y., Belotti, S., Dhody, D., Ceccarelli, D., and B.
              Yoon, "Information Model for Abstraction and Control of TE
              Networks (ACTN)", RFC 8454, DOI 10.17487/RFC8454,
              September 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8454>.

Appendix A.  Examples

   This section contains examples of use of the model with RESTCONF
   [RFC8040] and JSON encoding.

   These examples show how path computation can be requested for the
   tunnels configuration provided in Appendix A of
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].






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A.1.  Basic Path Computation

   This example uses the path computation RPC defined in this document
   to request the computation of the path for the tunnel defined in
   section 12.1 of of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].

   In this case, the TE Tunnel has only one primary path with no
   specific constraints.

   POST /restconf/operations/ietf-te:tunnels-path-compute HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json

   {
     "ietf-te:input": {
       "path-compute-info": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:path-request": [
           {
             "request-id": 1,
             "tunnel-name": "Example_LSP_Tunnel_A_2",
             "encoding": "te-types:lsp-encoding-packet",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.4",
             "bidirectional": "false",
             "signaling-type": "te-types:path-setup-rsvp"
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

A.2.  Path Computation with transient state

   This example uses the path computation RPC defined in this document
   to request the computation of the path for the tunnel defined in
   section 12.1 of of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te] requesting some transient
   state to be reported within the operational datastore, as described
   Section 3.3.1.

   In this case, the TE Tunnel has only one primary path with no
   specific constraints.

   POST /restconf/operations/ietf-te:tunnels-path-compute HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json






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   {
     "ietf-te:input": {
       "path-compute-info": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:path-request": [
           {
             "request-id": 2,
             "tunnel-name": "Example_LSP_Tunnel_A_2",
             "encoding": "te-types:lsp-encoding-packet",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.4",
             "bidirectional": "false",
             "signaling-type": "te-types:path-setup-rsvp",
             "requested-state": {
               "transaction-id": "example"
             }
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

A.3.  Path Computation with Global Path Constraint

   This example uses the path computation RPC defined in this document
   to request the computation of the path for the tunnel defined in
   section 12.3 of of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].  The 'named path
   constraint' is created in section 12.2 of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te]
   applies to this path computation request.

   POST /restconf/operations/ietf-te:tunnels-path-compute HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json



















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   {
     "ietf-te:input": {
       "path-compute-info": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:path-request": [
           {
             "request-id": 3,
             "tunnel-name": "Example_LSP_Tunnel_A_4_1",
             "path-name": "Simple_LSP_1",
             "encoding": "te-types:lsp-encoding-packet",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.4",
             "bidirectional": "false",
             "signaling-type": "path-setup-rsvp",
             "named-path-constraint": "max-hop-3",
             "requested-state": {}
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

A.4.  Path Computation with Per-tunnel Path Constraint

   This example uses the path computation RPC defined in this document
   to request the computation of the path for the tunnel defined in
   Section 12.4 of [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te], using a per tunnel path
   constraint.

   POST /restconf/operations/ietf-te:tunnels-path-compute HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json




















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   {
     "ietf-te:input": {
       "path-compute-info": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:path-request": [
           {
             "request-id": 4,
             "tunnel-name": "Example_LSP_Tunnel_A_4_2",
             "path-name": "path1",
             "encoding": "te-types:lsp-encoding-packet",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.4",
             "bidirectional": "false",
             "signaling-type": "te-types:path-setup-rsvp",
             "path-metric-bounds": {
               "path-metric-bound": [
                 {
                   "metric-type": "te-types:path-metric-hop",
                   "upper-bound": "3"
                 }
               ]
             }
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

A.5.  Path Computation result

   This example reports the output of the path computation RPC request
   described in Appendix A.4.

   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json
















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   {
     "ietf-te:output": {
       "path-compute-result": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:response": [
           {
             "response-id": 3,
             "computed-paths-properties": {
               "computed-path-properties": [
                 {
                   "k-index": "1",
                   "path-properties": {
                     "path-route-objects": {
                       "path-route-object": [
                         {
                           "index": "1",
                           "numbered-node-hop": {
                             "node-id": "192.0.2.2"
                           }
                         },
                         {
                           "index": "2",
                           "numbered-node-hop": {
                             "node-id": "192.0.2.4"
                           }
                         }
                       ]
                     }
                   }
                 }
               ]
             },
             "tunnel-ref": "Example_LSP_Tunnel_A_4_1",
             "primary-path-ref": "path1"
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

A.6.  Path Computation with Primary and Secondary Paths

   This section contains examples of use of the model to compute primary
   and secondary paths described in section 12.6 of
   [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te].







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   These examples consider the cases where: - primary and reverse paths
   are unidirectional and not co-routed (example-1); - primary and
   reverse paths are bidirectional (example-3); - primary and reverse
   paths are unidirectional and co-routed (example-4).

   POST /restconf/operations/ietf-te:tunnels-path-compute HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Content-Type: application/yang-data+json

   {
     "ietf-te:input": {
       "path-compute-info": {
         "ietf-te-path-computation:path-request": [
           {
             "request-id": 1,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "primary-1 (fwd)",
               "primary-path": {}
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 2,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "primary-2 (rev)",
               "primary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-path-request-ref": 1
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.3",
                     "hop-type": "loose"



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                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 3,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-1 (fwd)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 1
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.1"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 4,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-2 (fwd)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 1
                   }
                 ]
               }



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             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.5",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 5,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-3 (rev)",
               "secondary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-reverse-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 2
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.5"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.4",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]



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             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 6,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-4 (rev)",
               "secondary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-reverse-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 2
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.4"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.3",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 7,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-5 (rev)",
               "secondary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-reverse-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 2
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [



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                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.3"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.1",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 8,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-3",
               "path-name": "primary-1 (bidir)",
               "primary-path": {}
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 9,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-3",
               "path-name": "secondary-1 (bidir)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 8
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },



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             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.1"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 10,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-3",
               "path-name": "secondary-2 (bidir)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 8
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.5",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }



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           },
           {
             "request-id": 11,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-4",
               "path-name": "primary-1 (fwd)",
               "primary-path": {
                 "co-routed": [null]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 12,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-4",
               "path-name": "primary-2 (rev)",
               "primary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-path-request-ref": 11
               }
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 13,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-4",
               "path-name": "secondary-1 (fwd)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "co-routed": [null],
                     "path-request-ref": 11
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [



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                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.1"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 14,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-4",
               "path-name": "secondary-2 (fwd)",
               "secondary-path": {
                 "primary-path": [
                   {
                     "co-routed": [null],
                     "path-request-ref": 11
                   }
                 ]
               }
             },
             "explicit-route-objects-always": {
               "route-object-include-exclude": [
                 {
                   "index": 1,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.2"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "index": 2,
                   "numbered-node-hop": {
                     "node-id": "192.0.2.5",
                     "hop-type": "loose"
                   }
                 }
               ]
             }
           },



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           {
             "request-id": 15,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-3 (rev)",
               "secondary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-reverse-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 12
                   }
                 ]
               }
             }
           },
           {
             "request-id": 16,
             "tunnel-reference": {
               "tunnel-attributes-ref": "example-1",
               "path-name": "secondary-4 (rev)",
               "secondary-reverse-path": {
                 "primary-reverse-path": [
                   {
                     "path-request-ref": 12
                   }
                 ]
               }
             }
           }
         ],
         "ietf-te-path-computation:tunnel-attributes": [
           {
             "tunnel-name": "example-1",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.5",
             "bidirectional": "false"
           },
           {
             "tunnel-name": "example-3",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.5",
             "bidirectional": "true"
           },
           {
             "tunnel-name": "example-4",
             "source": "192.0.2.1",
             "destination": "192.0.2.5",
             "bidirectional": "false"
           }



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         ]
       }
     }
   }

Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Karthik Sethuraman, Igor Bryskin and
   Xian Zhang for participating in the initial discussions that have
   triggered this work and providing valuable insights.

   The authors would like to thank the authors of the TE tunnel YANG
   data model [I-D.ietf-teas-yang-te], in particular Igor Bryskin,
   Vishnu Pavan Beeram, Tarek Saad and Xufeng Liu, for their inputs to
   the discussions and support in having consistency between the Path
   Computation and TE tunnel YANG data models.

   The authors would like to thank Adrian Farrel, Dhruv Dhody, Igor
   Bryskin, Julien Meuric and Lou Berger for their valuable input to the
   discussions that has clarified that the path being set up is not
   necessarily the same as the path that has been previously computed
   and, in particular to Dhruv Dhody, for his suggestion to describe the
   need for a path verification phase to check that the actual path
   being set up meets the required end-to-end metrics and constraints.

   The authors would like to thank Aihua Guo, Lou Berger, Shaolong Gan,
   Martin Bjorklund and Tom Petch for their useful comments on how to
   define XPath statements in YANG RPCs.

   The authors would like to thank Haomian Zheng, Yanlei Zheng, Tom
   Petch, Aihua Guo and Martin Bjorklund for their review and valuable
   comments to this document.

   Previous versions of document were prepared using 2-Word-
   v2.0.template.dot.

   This document was prepared using kramdown.

Contributors

   Daniele Ceccarelli
   Cisco
   Email: daniele.ietf@gmail.com


   Victor Lopez
   Nokia
   Email: victor.lopez@nokia.com



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   Ricard Vilalta
   CTTC
   Email: ricard.vilalta@cttc.es


   Michael Scharf
   Nokia
   Email: michael.scharf@gmail.com


   Dieter Beller
   Nokia
   Email: dieter.beller@nokia.com


   Gianmarco Bruno
   Ericsson
   Email: gianmarco.bruno@ericsson.com


   Francesco Lazzeri
   Retired


   Young Lee
   Samsung Electronics
   Email: younglee.tx@gmail.com


   Carlo Perocchio
   Ericsson
   Email: carlo.perocchio@ericsson.com


   Olivier Dugeon
   Orange Labs
   Email: olivier.dugeon@orange.com


   Julien Meuric
   Orange Labs
   Email: julien.meuric@orange.com


Authors' Addresses

   Italo Busi (editor)
   Huawei Technologies



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   Email: italo.busi@huawei.com


   Sergio Belotti (editor)
   Nokia
   Email: sergio.belotti@nokia.com


   Oscar Gonzalez de Dios
   Telefonica
   Email: oscar.gonzalezdedios@telefonica.com


   Anurag Sharma
   Google
   Email: ansha@google.com


   Yan Shi
   China Unicom
   Email: shiyan49@chinaunicom.cn






























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