Liaison statement
GMPLS Control of 802.1Qay Networks
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State | Posted |
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Submitted Date | 2007-06-04 |
From Group | ccamp |
From Contact | Adrian Farrel |
To Group | IEEE-802-1 |
To Contacts | Tony Jeffree <tony@jeffree.co.uk> |
Cc | Paul Congdon <paul.congdon@hp.com> Dan Romascanu <dromasca@avaya.com> Ross Callon <rcallon@juniper.net> Dave Ward <dward@cisco.com> Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@alcatel-lucent.com> CCAMP Mailing List <ccamp@ops.ietf.org> GELS Mailing List <gels@rtg.ietf.org> |
Response Contact | Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> Deborah Brungard <dbrungard@att.com> |
Technical Contact | Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> Deborah Brungard <dbrungard@att.com> |
Purpose | For action |
Deadline | 2007-07-19 Action Taken |
Attachments | (None) |
Body |
The CCAMP Working Group of the IETF notes the recent approval of a PAR for the 802.1Qay project, and we understand that part of the intent of this project is to support provisioning systems that explicitly select traffic engineered paths within Provider Backbone Bridge (802.1ah) Networks. It has been suggested that GMPLS protocols developed within the IETF under the care of the CCAMP Working Group are suitable aids to such provisioning systems. We propose to investigate the applicability of GMPLS protocols to the control of 802.1Qay networks, and we would like to work with the IEEE by proposing suitable GMPLS protocol extensions for use in single and multi-domain networks subject to 802.1 reaching consensus on the definition of the data plane. Please confirm that in your opinion the use of GMPLS control plane protocols in this way is appropriate, and that IEEE 802.1 has no objection to the IETF CCAMP Working Group starting work in this area. Best regards, Adrian Farrel and Deborah Brungard IETF CCAMP Working Group Co-Chairs |