Re: [CCAMP] Comments on draft-zhang-ccamp-gmpls-h-lsp-mln-00

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for your comments.

Please see in-line below.

Thanks

Fatai Zhang

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Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
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Shenzhen 518129 P.R.China
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sadler, Jonathan B. 
  To: ccamp@ietf.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:46 PM
  Subject: [CCAMP] Comments on draft-zhang-ccamp-gmpls-h-lsp-mln-00

  Hello Fatai and Dan,

  In this I-D, it looks like source node is specifying the specific technology used in the lower layer connection (i.e. the connection from Node B to C).

  If Nodes B, E and C (as shown in Figures 2 and 3) are being provided by a separate carrier, this amounts to the customer of the service provider telling the service provider how to deliver their service.  This is problematic as the carrier may have different policy from the customer for how to deliver the service requested in the client layer.  In this case, do you envision the operator of Nodes B, E and C ignoring or refusing the service request?

  Also, how do you signal the specific adaptation method that should be used?  If the adaptations used in Node B and Node C don't match, then the lower layer connection will not be useable by the client layer so coordination is important.

  [Fatai] These questions can be more generic to all the MLN control(e.g, [MLN-EXT]draft and other RFCs), not specific to this draft. Usually, multi-layer for one carrier is more typical for MLN control. In this case, the head node(e.g., it gets the policy from operator or centralized PCE for multi-layers) may prefer to use one specific ISC or granularity for the FA-LSP, so the head node should be capable of indicating this information in the signaling.

  Finally, do you see this as being able to operate in a topology that has a widely varying topography (i.e. transitions down through multiple lower layers  and doesn't make an assumption the layers are simply nested)?

  [Fatai] In this case, obviously, the recursive procedures can be used.

  Thanks,

  Jonathan  Sadler

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