Re: [mpls] Doubts in allocation of a new G-ACH type for

[Gregory Mirsky <[e-mail]>]

Dear Sasha, et al.,
I think that one of differences between CC defined in RFC 5885 and RFC 6428 in introduction of independent mode to monitor associated bi-directional p2p connections. Then there's FSMs fo coordinated and independent modes, Fig.7 and Fig.8 in RFC 6428, that are different from FSM of RFC 5880. Then, IMHO, using G-ACh from RFC 6428 indicates possible use of RFC 6428-based CV while there's no CV for neither Control Channel 0x07.

    Regards,
        Greg

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Subject: [mpls] Doubts in allocation of a new G-ACH type for

Hi all,
I have doubts regarding allocation of the G-ACH type for the MPLS-TP CC message in RFC 6428<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6428>.

Looking at both this RFC and RFC 5885<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5885>, it seems that the format of the MPLS-TP CC packet and the format of the raw BFD packet in VCCV is exactly the same. However, two different G-ACH types have been allocated by IANA for these two cases.

IMHO and FWIW such duplication can only create interoperability problems, especially with progress of the new VCCV Type (using GAL) for PWs. The text in Section 3.1 of 6428 that refers to existing capability to run BFD over LSP with the G-ACh using Channel Type 7 only adds to the confusion IMO, since it uses un-capitalized "may" and not one of the IETF reserved requirement level words.

Clarification of intentions by the editors of RFC 6428 (and/or of RFC 5885) would be highly appreciated.

Regards,
     Sasha


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