Re: [mpls] AD review for draft-ietf-mpls-mna-requirements-12

["Matthew Bocci (Nokia)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Jim

That is fine with me, with one change:

OLD:
“…and instead make use of the network action indicator and ancillary data (MNA information).”

NEW:
“…and also make use of the network action indicator and ancillary data (MNA information).”

Since I don’t think we are precluding using e.g. the MPLS label and MNA together .

Regards

Matthew


From: James Guichard <[e-mail]>
Date: Monday, 22 April 2024 at 12:30
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Hi Matthew,

Thank you for the quick turnaround.  Last comment:



MB> MNA allows the network to make a forwarding or processing decision based

on something other than just the top label and TC bits, and instead make use

of the network action indicator and ancillary data (MNA information) to make a more

informed forwarding or processing decision, potentially at a finer granularity

than the FEC and TC bits allow. Maybe we could change that text to something

like?:



"There is significant interest in developing the MPLS data plane to

   address the requirements of new use cases

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-usecases]. This requires a general mechanism,

   termed MPLS Network Actions, to provide additional information to the forwarding

   or processing decision for MPLS packets. "



Jim> This is clearer thank you. However, why not use the text from your response as it is very clear:



“There is significant interest in developing the MPLS data plane to address the requirements of new use cases [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-usescases]. This requires a general mechanism, termed MPLS Network Actions, to allow the network to make a forwarding or processing decision based on information other than the top label and TC bits, and instead make use of the network action indicator and ancillary data (MNA information).”.


Thanks!

Jim