Re: [CCAMP] Poll on ODUFlex-related encoding

Hi all,

Interesting. I support this good idea.

Best Regards

Fatai

-----Original Message-----
From: John E Drake [mailto:jdrake@juniper.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 3:19 AM
To: Zafar Ali (zali); Fatai Zhang; Lou Berger
Cc: CCAMP; draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ospf-g709v3@tools.ietf.org; draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-signaling-g709v3@tools.ietf.org
Subject: RE: [CCAMP] Poll on ODUFlex-related encoding

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Irrespectively Yours,

John

> >    0             1             2             3
> >   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
> > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> >  |  Signal Type  |       N       |        Reserved       |
> >  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> >  |              NVC           |      Multiplier (MT)     |
> >  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> >  |                      Bit_Rate                       |
> >  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> 
> I just wonder are we not better off keeping Tolerance field in
> signaling and adding a statement in v7 that this field is hardcoded to
> 100ppm.
> 
> This has advantage of interworking with earlier draft implementations
> and is also flexible for various (future/ unknown) client signal types.
> I.e., we use the same encoding as defined thus far in the document
> (copying from
> v6):
> 
>       0                   1                   2                   3
>       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>      |  Signal Type  |       N       |           Tolerance           |
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>      |              NVC              |        Multiplier (MT)        |
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>      |                            Bit_Rate                           |
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> 
> And state that Tolerance MUST be set to 100 ppm.

JD: This is a very good idea.  'Per [G.874.1/2011] (or whatever is the correct reference) Tolerance MUST be set to 100 ppm.'

> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Regards...Zafar
> 
> ><snip>
> 
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