Re: [mpls] MPLS wg charter update

[Loa Andersson <[e-mail]>]

Carlos,

thanks for comments! My personal response too them would be:

1. Work items vs. focus areas.
    Not being a native English speaker I would need a better definition
    of the terms, tentatively I'd say that either would work for me,
    maybe say "work items and focus areas" if that aligns with how
    the  terms are defined.

2. IPv6 gap analysis
    I believe that the IPv6 gap analysis is part of "necessary
    extensions ... for dual stack and IPv6 only"
    The gap analysis will show up as a milestone when we accept
    an ID on that topic as a wg group document.

/Loa

On 2013-05-12 01:24, Carlos Pignataro (cpignata) wrote:
> Hi Loa,
>
> Please find two very small questions/comments inline.
>
> Thumb typed by Carlos Pignataro.
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>
> On May 11, 2013, at 4:43 AM, "Loa Andersson" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> Working Group,
>>
>> The working group chairs have discussed an MPLS wg charter update
>> for sometime.
>>
>> We have converged on the text below and while we understand that
>> it still not "perfect" (for some value of perfect) we believe that
>> it is good enough to serve as a basis for a working group discussion
>> of our charter.
>>
>> Please note that this is not a "re-charter", but a normal charter update
>> (maintenance) that should take place when adopting new work items or
>> finalizing others. The only "issue" is that we have not maintained the
>> charter to the degree we should have during the last years when the
>> work load has been quite heavy.
>>
>> Please view the text below as a starting point for an update of our
>> charter and send your comments to [e-mail]. We would like to see
>> your comments before June 7th, 2013.
>>
>> -------------------- Proposed new charter text -------------------------
>>
>>
>> Description of Working Group
>>
>> The MPLS working group is responsible for standardizing technology
>> for label switching and for the implementation of label-switched
>> paths over packet based link-level technologies.
>>
>> The responsibility includes procedures and protocols for the
>> distribution of labels between Label Switching Routers (LSRs),
>> MPLS packet encapsulation, and for Operation, Administration, and
>> Maintenance (OAM) (including the necessary management objects
>> expressed as MIB modules or using other techniques).
>>
>> The current WG work items are:
>>
>
> The text above looks good. A nit: are these "work items" or "focus areas"?
>
>> •    Maintain existing MPLS requirements, mechanisms, and protocols,
>>         in coordination with other working groups, e.g. CCAMP, PWE3
>>         and OPSAWG working groups.
>> •    Evolve key MPLS protocols, including LDP, tLDP, mLDP, RSVP-TE
>>         and LSP Ping to meet new requirements.
>> •    Define an overall OAM framework for topology-driven, traffic
>>         engineered, and transport profile MPLS applications.
>> •    Determine MPLS-specific aspects of traffic engineering for
>>         multi-areas/multi-AS in cooperation with the CCAMP WG
>> •    Define necessary extensions for MPLS key protocols for
>>         dual-stack and IPv6 only networks
>
> In addition to defining extensions, could we add also a "gap analysis" of the IPv6 (dual stack and IPv6 only) state for MPLS key protocols and procedures?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos.
>
>> •    Coordinate with the CCAMP working group on the extensions of
>>         MPLS and GMPLS protocols
>> •    Document current implementation practices for MPLS load sharing.
>> •    Document mechanisms for securing MPLS networks in coordination
>>         with the KARP working group.
>> •    Document mechanisms for adding multi-topology support to
>>         existing MPLS protocols.
>> •    Document use cases for MPLS protocols.
>>
>> -------------------------- end proposed text ------------------------
>>
>> Loa
>> (for the wg chairs)
>>
>> --
>>
>>
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Loa Andersson                        email: [e-mail]
Senior MPLS Expert                          [e-mail]
Huawei Technologies (consultant)     phone: [phone]