[manet-dlep-rg] Mandatory processing TLVs by routers

[Teco Boot <[e-mail]>]

Was Re: [manet-dlep-rg] notes DLEP meeting @ IETF88

I'll split of threads, unless one prefer mail storms without clear subjects.

Op 11 nov. 2013, om 01:55 heeft Stan Ratliff (sratliff) <[e-mail]> het volgende geschreven:

> Item 1 and 2 seem contradictory to me. Metric values are reported via TLVs. If a given metric TLV is MANDATORY, then the router MUST process it (at least, the router MUST NOT generate an error because it exists).

This is about:

>>>>> 1. There are no metric TLVs it is MANDATORY for the Router to process.
>>>>> 2. The modem MUST report MDRT, MDRR, CDRT, and CDRR in the Peer Discovery message, and make a best effort to accurately report these metrics subsequently.

Item 2 is the first one to read, then item 1 follows. Routers may ignore all TLVs, and for example only use Neighbor Up and Neighbor Down.

Teco