Liaison Statement: Request for forming an IETF Exploratory Working Group on ASON Issues

Submission Date:	2008-02-29
From:	ITU-T SG 15 (Greg Jones)
To:	IETF Routing Area Directors and IAB (CC: CCAMP WG) (rcallon@juniper.net, dward@cisco.com, iab-chair@iab.org, adrian@olddog.co.uk, dbrungard@att.com)
Cc:	sob@harvard.edu iab@iab.org chair@ietf.org yoichi.maeda@ntt-at.co.jp sjtrowbridge@alcatel-lucent.com
Response Contact:	tsbsg15@itu.int
Technical Contact:	hklam@alcatel-lucent.com betts01@nortel.com
Purpose:	For action
Deadline:	2008-09-15 Action Taken
Attachments:	(none)
Body:	As the result of a break-out meeting to discuss existing and upcoming ASON routing topics, it was agreed that the scope of this technology crossed the domains of expertise of multiple IETF WGs but needs focused attention. Thus, we would like to request formation of an IETF Exploratory Working Group, or other appropriate mechanism, to start jointly addressing these topics. An electronic copy of this liaison statement is available at: ftp://ftp.itu.int/tsg15opticaltransport/COMMUNICATIONS/index.html