Re: [Bier] 回复： BIER rechartering

I think the draft explains it. This mechanism does not precondition any
kind of specialized BIER HW support (i.e. ether chip with programmable
ether types or MPLS silicon). This may be good enough for e.g. HomeNet
deployment ...

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:32 PM, 徐小虎(义先) <xiaohu.xxh@alibaba-inc.com> wrote:

> I'm a bit confused about the motivation of the following BIER-IN-IPV6
> mechanism. If it's targeted for the hop-by-hop forwarding paradigm,
> wouldn't the non-MPLS -BIER encapsulation (over Ethernet) be good enough?
>
> Best regards,
> Xiaohu
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> 发件人：Tony Przygienda <tonysietf@gmail.com>
> 发送时间：2018年1月24日(星期三) 09:00
> 收件人："Dolganow, Andrew (Nokia - SG/Singapore)" <andrew.dolganow@nokia.com>
> 抄 送：bier@ietf.org <bier@ietf.org>
> 主 题：Re: [Bier] BIER rechartering
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> Ad> Can we say “in co-operation with IETF WGs chartered with IGP protocol
> ownership”  instead of “in cooperation with the LSR WG”. DO not want to
> re-charter in case we change/modify/merge/evolve other WGs.
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> The BIER-WG is additionally chartered to start Standards Track work on:
>   7) BIER in IPv6 :  A mechanism to use BIER natively in IPv6 may be
>      standardized if coordinated with the 6MAN WG and with understood
>      applicability.  Such functionality may focus on assuming software or
>      slow-path support first.
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> Ad> I do not think we should limit unnecessarily the solution or open
> doors for things that are possible (anything can be done in S/W) but
> potentially of little value. SO if someone brings a proposal for slow-path
> BIER we will evaluate on usefulness to use case being solved.
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> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zhang-bier-bierin6-00
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