Re: [multipathtcp] I-D Action:draft-ietf-mptcp-architecture-05.txt

["Ford, Alan" <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

This new version addresses comments/discusses received from the IESG:

* Break-before-make now introduced in S2.2.1 (Russ/Joel)
* Urgent pointer clarified and toned down (Jari/Cullen)
* Connection ID text rearranged (Alexey)
* MIB comments added (David/Dan)
* ECMP introduced in introduction (Stewart)

Also minor clarity and editorial issues raised by Joel and Juergen all
corrected (notably in intro and S2.2.1).

Many thanks for all the feedback.

Regards,
Alan

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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
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> This draft is a work item of the Multipath TCP Working Group of the
IETF.
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> 	Title           : Architectural Guidelines for Multipath TCP
> Development
> 	Author(s)       : A. Ford, et al.
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-mptcp-architecture-05.txt
> 	Pages           : 29
> 	Date            : 2011-01-21
> 
> Hosts are often connected by multiple paths, but TCP restricts
> communications to a single path per transport connection.  Resource
> usage within the network would be more efficient were these multiple
> paths able to be used concurrently.  This should enhance user
> experience through improved resilience to network failure and higher
> throughput.
> 
> This document outlines architectural guidelines for the development
> of a Multipath Transport Protocol, with references to how these
> architectural components come together in the development of a
> Multipath TCP protocol.  This document lists certain high level
> design decisions that provide foundations for the design of the MPTCP
> protocol, based upon these architectural requirements.
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