Dear Adrian, 

The MFA Forum is currently working on a specification for Packet Based
GMPLS Client to Network Interconnect (CNI).  The purpose of this
specification is to define an MPLS-based CNI for establishing GMPLS
Traffic Engineered (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs).  The CNI provides
an interface to an IP-MPLS Network for interconnection of client
equipment.  The client equipment can be Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
or other network elements in an IP-MPLS network.  This document has
completed our first level ballot procedure.

 

This document uses GMPLS RSVP-TE procedures between a client and a
network in the overlay model based on RFC 4208 GMPLS UNI.  This
specification differs from RFC 4208 with regards to following :

*          Only packet switched LSPs are considered in this
specification.. 

*          Multi-class QoS parameters for each LSP are added.

Please review and provide comments.  The MFA Forum would like to
initiate its final ballot process during its March 6-8 2007 meeting.  We
would appreciate any comments no later than February 12 2007.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

Cordially,

Rao Cherukuri

Chairman, MFA Forum Technical Committee

 

(draft MPLS CNI)