Re: [mpls] Expected report on solutions drafts

Hi Loa,
I'm not sure about the attribution of draft-kompella-mpls-mspl4fa and
draft-jags-mpls-mna-hdr. As I understand these drafts, both support the use
of either ISD or PSD for the ancillary data. Am I missing something?

Regards,
Greg

On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 1:07 AM Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu> wrote:

>
> Open DT,
>
> We have an action item:
>
>    "AI (solution authors): evaluating competing proposals against
>     metrics:
>     NVO3 WG has some precedence on this
>     complying to requirements and framework document is prerequisite.
>     On pause till after the poll (sept 19th).
>
>     Update (09/22): MPLS Open DT Chairs assigned the action item on the
>     solution authors.
>     Update (09/29): No update from authors of documents (see
>     MNADocumnets). Loa will send out an email."
>
> As you can see nothing much has happened; other than there have been
> some vague reporting on ongoing meetings, but no exact information.
>
> The authors we expect to report are the authors of the documents found
> in section 4 of the wiki entry at at:
>
> https://trac.ietf.org/trac/mpls/wiki/MNADocumnets
>
> Though we understand that at some points authors of applications (listed
> in section 5 of the dame wiki entry) may need to be involved.
>
> Post-Stack Ancillary data
> =========================
> The following are based on MPLS Extension headers and PSD
>
> 1. draft-andersson-mpls-eh-architecture
>     -- MPLS Extension Header Architecture
> 2. draft-andersson-mpls-eh-label-stack-operations
>     -- MPLS Label Operations in MPLS EH capable networks
> 3. draft-song-mpls-eh-indicator
>     -- Options for MPLS Extension Header Indicator
> 4. draft-song-mpls-extension-header
>     -- MPLS Extension Header
>
> In-stack Ancillary Data (ISD)
> =============================
> The following are based on the use of in-stack data
>
> 5. draft-kompella-mpls-mspl4fa
>     -- Multi-purpose Special Purpose Label for Forwarding Actions
>        Note: This is a mixture of ISD solution and application, and
>        maybe progressed as two drafts
> 6. draft-liu-mpls-nas-combination
>     -- Combination Method of NASs
> 7. draft-jags-mpls-mna-hdr
>     -- MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header Encodings
> 8. draft-dong-mpls-mna-encaps
>     -- General solution of encapsulating MNA information as either
>        ISD or PSD.
>
> Control Plane
> =============
> The following relies on the use of the control plane - this contrasts
> with the other proposals which are currently pure data plane
>
> 9. draft-raszuk-mpls-raf-fwk
>     - Framework of MPLS Reference Augmented Forwarding
>
> If you have other drafts that you think should be included in this list
> please let us know.
>
> Looking forward to your reports, first chance will be 2022-10-06, if you
> are ready to report please tell co-chairs.
>
> /Loa
> for the MNA co-chairs
>
>
> --
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