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LDP Typed Wildcard
RFC3036 Wildcard FEC Element specifies all FEC’s relative to an optional constraint.

Deficiencies of the Wildcard FEC Element
Specifies all FECs regardless of type
Current FEC types include: Prefix, mLDP p2mp. mLDP mp2mp, …
Restricted to Label Withdraw and Label Release messages.
Its use in Label Request messages would be useful; e.g. mLDP

The draft:
Introduces a Typed Wildcard FEC Element which:
Specifies all FEC’s of a given type relative to an optional constraint;
May be used in Label Request messages.
Specifies the Typed Wildcard FEC Element for the Prefix FEC type.
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