[mpls] IAB/IESG Joint Design Session on Forwarding Plane Operations, Administration and Maintenance

[Ronald Bonica <[e-mail]>]

Folks,

Would anyone intending to submit a position paper please notify me privately?

                                         Ron

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "IESG Secretary" <[e-mail]>
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> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:36 PM
> Subject: IAB/IESG Joint Design Session on Forwarding Plane Operations, 
> Administration and Maintenance
> 
> 
> > The IAB and IESG would like to announce a joint design session on 
> > Forwarding Plane Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) to
> be
> > held on October 12 through October 14 at George Mason University in 
> > Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
> >
> > IP and ICMP support very simple forwarding plane diagnostic tools
> (e.g.,
> > PING, TRACEROUTE). During the Internet's first decades, these tools 
> > fulfilled most operational requirements. However, during the last
> decade,
> > network operators have deployed many technologies that rely upon 
> > tunneling. These technologies include Pseudo-wires, Layer 2 Virtual 
> > Private Networks, and Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks. While the
> internet
> > community has enhanced its forwarding plane diagnostic tool kit with
> the
> > deployment of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), some suggest
> that
> > the tool kit is still inadequate for tunneled applications.
> >
> > The purpose of this design session is to discover and document 
> > operational requirements and constraints for tunneled forwarding
> plane
> > OAM. The design session will also entertain solution proposals. 
> > While
> most
> > activity in this area has been associated with Multi-Protocol Label 
> > Switching (MPLS), session organizers also encourage generic 
> > proposals
> that
> > include other tunneling mechanisms (e.g., IP-in-IP).
> >
> > The scope of this design session is limited to the forwarding plane.
> > Proposals concerning control and management plane protocols will not
> be
> > accepted. For example, a proposal that probes a tunnel for 
> > continuity would be acceptable, while a proposal for reporting 
> > tunnel continuity
> to a
> > routing protocol or management station would be productive, but
> beyond the
> > scope of this workshop.
> >
> > Those intending to make presentations must submit position papers to
> the
> > IAB/IESG by September 24. Position papers should constitute one to
> five
> > pages on the problem or solution space, with a particular emphasis 
> > on areas that the IETF should address or revisit. Evaluation of the
> position
> > papers will be performed by a committee consisting of IESG and IAB 
> > members. A limited number of seats will be available for persons not 
> > presenting.
> >
> > Position papers will be made publicly available. On the basis of the 
> > position papers, a number of invited speakers will be asked to
> present at
> > the workshop. A final agenda with timeslots will be published by
> October
> > 1.
> >
> >
> > Further information about position paper submission procedures are 
> > forthcoming. Interested parties are advised to subscribe to the oam
> at
> > ietf.org mailing list for discussion and announcements related to 
> > the workshop. Additional information will be available at 
> > http://www3.tools.ietf.org/area/ops/trac/wiki/oamJDS.
> >
> > Ron Bonica, IESG
> > Danny McPherson, IAB
> > Hannes Tschofenig, IAB