To: The IEEE Next Generation Service Overlay Network (NGSON) Study Group

Attn: Rick Townsend (Acting Chair) - ricktownsend@comcast.net
Noelle Humenick (Secretary) - n.humenick@ieee.org

Our attention was brought to the activity of the IEEE Next Generation
Service Overlay Network (NGSON) Study Group and the approval of the
P1903 Project Approval Request (PAR) for a Next Generation Service
Overlay Network. As the scope of the work includes a framework of
Internet Protocol (IP)-based service overlay networks and specifies
context-aware applications over IP networks as well as relates to other
aspects like routing and forwarding, we would like to draw your
attention to the technical work going on in the Real-Time Applications
and Infrastructure (RAI), Routing, Internet and Transport Areas of the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). A list of the IETF Areas and
active Working Groups charters may be found at
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html. Specifically we believe
that work going on in the p2psip, ccamp, mpls, hip, shim6, l3vpn, l2vpn,
mmusic, behave and nsis Working Groups may be of interest for your
future work, and there are probably a number of approved RFCs and other
activities that may be added to the list.

We suggest that as the P1903 project activity develops you continue to
update the IETF and relevant areas and working groups on the progress,
and let them know when you reach major milestones for review or
completion. Please do not hesitate to contact directly the leadership of
the IETF and copy Dan Romascanu <dromasca@avaya.com> (who acts as
contact point for the IETF pertaining this issue) with any questions or
requests for clarification concerning the Internet Protocol (IP) related
work done in the IETF.

Yours Sincerely,

Olaf Kolkman, IAB Chair
Russ Housley, IESG and IETF Chair