| 10014 | Guidelines for Characterizing the Term "OAM"C. Pignataro, A. Farrel, T. Mizrahi | Best Current Practice | June 2026 |
| 9940 | Some Key Terms for Network Fault and Problem ManagementN. Davis, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed., T. Graf, Q. Wu, C. Yu | Informational | April 2026 |
| 9837 | The IPv6 VPN Service Destination OptionR. Bonica, X. Li, A. Farrel, Y. Kamite, L. Jalil | Experimental | August 2025 |
| 9756 | Update to the IANA Path Communication Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers Registration Procedures and the Allowance of Experimental Error CodesD. Dhody, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | March 2025 |
| 9543 | A Framework for Network Slices in Networks Built from IETF TechnologiesA. Farrel, Ed., J. Drake, Ed., R. Rokui, S. Homma, K. Makhijani, L. Contreras, J. Tantsura | Informational | March 2024 |
| 9522 | Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic EngineeringA. Farrel, Ed. | Informational | January 2024 |
| 9168 | Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extension for Flow SpecificationD. Dhody, A. Farrel, Z. Li | Proposed Standard | January 2022 |
| 9125 | Gateway Auto-Discovery and Route Advertisement for Site Interconnection Using Segment RoutingA. Farrel, J. Drake, E. Rosen, K. Patel, L. Jalil | Proposed Standard | August 2021 |
| 9029 | Updates to the Allocation Policy for the Border Gateway Protocol - Link State (BGP-LS) Parameters RegistriesA. Farrel · obsoleted by RFC 9552 | Proposed Standard | June 2021 |
| 9017 | Special-Purpose Label TerminologyL. Andersson, K. Kompella, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | April 2021 |
| 9015 | BGP Control Plane for the Network Service Header in Service Function ChainingA. Farrel, J. Drake, E. Rosen, J. Uttaro, L. Jalil | Proposed Standard | June 2021 |
| 8792 | Handling Long Lines in Content of Internet-Drafts and RFCsK. Watsen, E. Auerswald, A. Farrel, Q. Wu | Informational | June 2020 |
| 8786 | Updated Rules for Processing Stateful PCE Request Parameters FlagsA. Farrel | Proposed Standard | May 2020 |
| 8726 | How Requests for IANA Action Will Be Handled on the Independent StreamA. Farrel | Informational | November 2020 |
| 8716 | Update to the IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures for the Replacement of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) with the IETF Administration LLCP. Resnick, A. Farrel | Best Current Practice | February 2020 |
| 8663 | MPLS Segment Routing over IPX. Xu, S. Bryant, A. Farrel, S. Hassan, W. Henderickx, Z. Li | Proposed Standard | December 2019 |
| 8595 | An MPLS-Based Forwarding Plane for Service Function ChainingA. Farrel, S. Bryant, J. Drake | Proposed Standard | June 2019 |
| 8413 | Framework for Scheduled Use of ResourcesY. Zhuang, Q. Wu, H. Chen, A. Farrel | Informational | July 2018 |
| 8393 | Operating the Network Service Header (NSH) with Next Protocol "None"A. Farrel, J. Drake | Proposed Standard | May 2018 |
| 8356 | Experimental Codepoint Allocation for the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)D. Dhody, D. King, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | March 2018 |
| 8309 | Service Models ExplainedQ. Wu, W. Liu, A. Farrel | Informational | January 2018 |
| 8283 | An Architecture for Use of PCE and the PCE Communication Protocol (PCEP) in a Network with Central ControlA. Farrel, Ed., Q. Zhao, Ed., Z. Li, C. Zhou | Informational | December 2017 |
| 8282 | Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) for Inter-Layer MPLS and GMPLS Traffic EngineeringE. Oki, T. Takeda, A. Farrel, F. Zhang | Proposed Standard | December 2017 |
| 8140 | The Arte of ASCII: Or, An True and Accurate Representation of an Menagerie of Thynges Fabulous and Wonderful in Ye Forme of CharacterA. Farrel | Informational | 1 April 2017 |
| 7942 | Improving Awareness of Running Code: The Implementation Status SectionY. Sheffer, A. Farrel | Best Current Practice | July 2016 |
| 7926 | Problem Statement and Architecture for Information Exchange between Interconnected Traffic-Engineered NetworksA. Farrel, Ed., J. Drake, N. Bitar, G. Swallow, D. Ceccarelli, X. Zhang | Best Current Practice | July 2016 |
| 7792 | RSVP-TE Signaling Extensions in Support of Flexi-Grid Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) NetworksF. Zhang, X. Zhang, A. Farrel, O. Gonzalez de Dios, D. Ceccarelli | Proposed Standard | March 2016 |
| 7776 | IETF Anti-Harassment ProceduresP. Resnick, A. Farrel | Best Current Practice | March 2016 |
| 7752 | North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGPH. Gredler, Ed., J. Medved, S. Previdi, A. Farrel, S. Ray · obsoleted by RFC 9552 | Proposed Standard | March 2016 |
| 7699 | Generalized Labels for the Flexi-Grid in Lambda Switch Capable (LSC) Label Switching RoutersA. Farrel, D. King, Y. Li, F. Zhang | Proposed Standard | November 2015 |
| 7491 | A PCE-Based Architecture for Application-Based Network OperationsD. King, A. Farrel | Informational | March 2015 |
| 7470 | Conveying Vendor-Specific Constraints in the Path Computation Element Communication ProtocolF. Zhang, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | March 2015 |
| 7399 | Unanswered Questions in the Path Computation Element ArchitectureA. Farrel, D. King | Informational | October 2014 |
| 7274 | Allocating and Retiring Special-Purpose MPLS LabelsK. Kompella, L. Andersson, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7221 | Handling of Internet-Drafts by IETF Working GroupsA. Farrel, D. Crocker, Ed. | Informational | April 2014 |
| 7150 | Conveying Vendor-Specific Constraints in the Path Computation Element Communication ProtocolF. Zhang, A. Farrel · obsoleted by RFC 7470 | Proposed Standard | March 2014 |
| 7054 | Addressing Requirements and Design Considerations for Per-Interface Maintenance Entity Group Intermediate Points (MIPs)A. Farrel, H. Endo, R. Winter, Y. Koike, M. Paul | Informational | November 2013 |
| 7026 | Retiring TLVs from the Associated Channel Header of the MPLS Generic Associated ChannelA. Farrel, S. Bryant | Proposed Standard | September 2013 |
| 6982 | Improving Awareness of Running Code: The Implementation Status SectionY. Sheffer, A. Farrel · obsoleted by RFC 7942 | Experimental | July 2013 |
| 6805 | The Application of the Path Computation Element Architecture to the Determination of a Sequence of Domains in MPLS and GMPLSD. King, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Informational | November 2012 |
| 6701 | Sanctions Available for Application to Violators of IETF IPR PolicyA. Farrel, P. Resnick | Informational | August 2012 |
| 6457 | PCC-PCE Communication and PCE Discovery Requirements for Inter-Layer Traffic EngineeringT. Takeda, Ed., A. Farrel | Informational | December 2011 |
| 6456 | Multi-Segment Pseudowires in Passive Optical NetworksH. Li, R. Zheng, A. Farrel | Informational | November 2011 |
| 6425 | Detecting Data-Plane Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP PingS. Saxena, Ed., G. Swallow, Z. Ali, A. Farrel, S. Yasukawa, T. Nadeau | Proposed Standard | November 2011 |
| 6383 | Advice on When It Is Safe to Start Sending Data on Label Switched Paths Established Using RSVP-TEK. Shiomoto, A. Farrel | Informational | September 2011 |
| 6372 | MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Survivability FrameworkN. Sprecher, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Informational | September 2011 |
| 6123 | Inclusion of Manageability Sections in Path Computation Element (PCE) Working Group DraftsA. Farrel | Historic | February 2011 |
| 6107 | Procedures for Dynamically Signaled Hierarchical Label Switched PathsK. Shiomoto, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Proposed Standard | February 2011 |
| 5862 | Path Computation Clients (PCC) - Path Computation Element (PCE) Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS-TES. Yasukawa, A. Farrel | Informational | June 2010 |
| 5718 | An In-Band Data Communication Network For the MPLS Transport ProfileD. Beller, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | January 2010 |
| 5671 | Applicability of the Path Computation Element (PCE) to Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)S. Yasukawa, A. Farrel, Ed. | Informational | October 2009 |
| 5623 | Framework for PCE-Based Inter-Layer MPLS and GMPLS Traffic EngineeringE. Oki, T. Takeda, JL. Le Roux, A. Farrel | Informational | September 2009 |
| 5553 | Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Extensions for Path Key SupportA. Farrel, Ed., R. Bradford, JP. Vasseur | Proposed Standard | May 2009 |
| 5521 | Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) for Route ExclusionsE. Oki, T. Takeda, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | April 2009 |
| 5520 | Preserving Topology Confidentiality in Inter-Domain Path Computation Using a Path-Key-Based MechanismR. Bradford, Ed., JP. Vasseur, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | April 2009 |
| 5513 | IANA Considerations for Three Letter AcronymsA. Farrel | Informational | 1 April 2009 |
| 5511 | Routing Backus-Naur Form (RBNF): A Syntax Used to Form Encoding Rules in Various Routing Protocol SpecificationsA. Farrel | Proposed Standard | April 2009 |
| 5439 | An Analysis of Scaling Issues in MPLS-TE Core NetworksS. Yasukawa, A. Farrel, O. Komolafe | Informational | February 2009 |
| 5420 | Encoding of Attributes for MPLS LSP Establishment Using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)A. Farrel, Ed., D. Papadimitriou, JP. Vasseur, A. Ayyangar | Proposed Standard | February 2009 |
| 5298 | Analysis of Inter-Domain Label Switched Path (LSP) RecoveryT. Takeda, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed., Y. Ikejiri, JP. Vasseur | Informational | August 2008 |
| 5284 | User-Defined Errors for RSVPG. Swallow, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5151 | Inter-Domain MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering -- Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) ExtensionsA. Farrel, Ed., A. Ayyangar, JP. Vasseur | Proposed Standard | February 2008 |
| 5150 | Label Switched Path Stitching with Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (GMPLS TE)A. Ayyangar, K. Kompella, JP. Vasseur, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | February 2008 |
| 4974 | Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) RSVP-TE Signaling Extensions in Support of CallsD. Papadimitriou, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | August 2007 |
| 4929 | Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Protocols and ProceduresL. Andersson, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Best Current Practice | June 2007 |
| 4920 | Crankback Signaling Extensions for MPLS and GMPLS RSVP-TEA. Farrel, Ed., A. Satyanarayana, A. Iwata, N. Fujita, G. Ash | Proposed Standard | July 2007 |
| 4874 | Exclude Routes - Extension to Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)CY. Lee, A. Farrel, S. De Cnodder | Proposed Standard | April 2007 |
| 4873 | GMPLS Segment RecoveryL. Berger, I. Bryskin, D. Papadimitriou, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | May 2007 |
| 4859 | Codepoint Registry for the Flags Field in the Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Session Attribute ObjectA. Farrel | Informational | April 2007 |
| 4803 | Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR) Management Information BaseT. Nadeau, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Proposed Standard | February 2007 |
| 4802 | Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering Management Information BaseT. Nadeau, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Proposed Standard | February 2007 |
| 4801 | Definitions of Textual Conventions for Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) ManagementT. Nadeau, Ed., A. Farrel, Ed. | Proposed Standard | February 2007 |
| 4726 | A Framework for Inter-Domain Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic EngineeringA. Farrel, J.-P. Vasseur, A. Ayyangar | Informational | November 2006 |
| 4687 | Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS NetworksS. Yasukawa, A. Farrel, D. King, T. Nadeau | Informational | September 2006 |
| 4655 | A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based ArchitectureA. Farrel, J.-P. Vasseur, J. Ash | Informational | August 2006 |
| 4631 | Link Management Protocol (LMP) Management Information Base (MIB)M. Dubuc, T. Nadeau, J. Lang, E. McGinnis, A. Farrel | Proposed Standard | September 2006 |
| 4420 | Encoding of Attributes for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Establishment Using Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)A. Farrel, Ed., D. Papadimitriou, J.-P. Vasseur, A. Ayyangar · obsoleted by RFC 5420 | Proposed Standard | February 2006 |
| 4397 | A Lexicography for the Interpretation of Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Terminology within the Context of the ITU-T's Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) ArchitectureI. Bryskin, A. Farrel | Informational | February 2006 |
| 4221 | Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management OverviewT. Nadeau, C. Srinivasan, A. Farrel | Informational | November 2005 |
| 4139 | Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Signaling Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)D. Papadimitriou, J. Drake, J. Ash, A. Farrel, L. Ong | Informational | July 2005 |
| 4041 | Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area DraftsA. Farrel | Informational | 1 April 2005 |
| 3612 | Applicability Statement for Restart Mechanisms for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)A. Farrel | Informational | September 2003 |
| 3479 | Fault Tolerance for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)A. Farrel, Ed. | Proposed Standard | February 2003 |