Re: [multipathtcp] Adding a new work item on MPTCP API

Mirja Kühlewind <mirja.kuehlewind@tik.ee.ethz.ch> Wed, 09 November 2016 18:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] Adding a new work item on MPTCP API
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Hi all,

if we ‚only' talk about an update of 6897, I guess that could be even done with the current charter…

Mirja


> Am 09.11.2016 um 14:38 schrieb Alan Ford <alan.ford@gmail.com>:
> 
> That reads as if it is adding more advanced APIs over and above what’s in 6897. Given a lot of this work has already been covered in 6897, I think it would be useful to determine what exactly it is that is desired in addition. Is it an update to 6897 based on operational experience? I feel it should also be clear that this builds upon 6897 and not re-invent the wheel.
> 
> Regards,
> Alan
> 
>> On 9 Nov 2016, at 10:21, philip.eardley@bt.com wrote:
>> 
>> Following the earlier discussion, there is support to add a charter item as follows:
>> <<RFC6897 defined an optional, basic application interface for MPTCP-aware applications, including a set of socket operations. Now there is more experience of how MPTCP is being used, the WG will re-visit this work, and consider adding more advanced socket operations. The document will be Informational.>>
>> If you disagree with this being added, or suggest some mod to this item, please say.
>> Thanks
>> Phil & Yoshi
>>  
>> From: cpaasch@apple.com [mailto:cpaasch@apple.com] 
>> Sent: 31 July 2016 20:37
>> To: Eardley,PL,Philip,TUB8 R <philip.eardley@bt.com>
>> Cc: MultiPath TCP - IETF WG <multipathtcp@ietf.org>
>> Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential new work item on MPTCP API
>>  
>>  
>> On Jul 26, 2016, at 7:35 AM, philip.eardley@bt.com wrote:
>>  
>> Christoph,
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6897#section-5.3 is “Sockets Interface Extensions by the Basic MPTCP API”
>> (also https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6897#appendix-A “Appendix A. Requirements on a Future Advanced MPTCP API”)
>>  
>> Ok, I see. Fair enough. Extension to RFC6897 seems fine to me then.
>>  
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Christoph
>> 
>> 
>> phil
>>  
>> From: cpaasch@apple.com [mailto:cpaasch@apple.com] 
>> Sent: 22 July 2016 09:48
>> To: Eardley,PL,Philip,TUB8 R <philip.eardley@bt.com>
>> Cc: MultiPath TCP - IETF WG <multipathtcp@ietf.org>
>> Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential new work item on MPTCP API
>>  
>> Hello,
>>  
>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 5:43 PM, philip.eardley@bt.com wrote:
>> Yesterday Olivier presented about his & Benjamin’s recent work on MPTCP socket api. We didn’t have much discussion whether to add this to the charter. One comment was that any work should build on /reference RFC6897.
>> https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/96/slides/slides-96-mptcp-4.pdf
>> Please can you comment whether you see this as a useful work item, or you think it shouldn’t be worked on, or how it should be adapted to something you think the WG should work on.
>>  
>> yes, I think it is a very useful work item and am willing to contribute to this work.
>>  
>> I'm not sure whether this can be seen as an update to 6897. I'm under the impression that 6897 takes a different approach, giving users a high-level overview of how using MPTCP might look like to an application that is talking to a TCP-socket (which happens to end up using MPTCP).
>>  
>> Olivier's work seems to rather make MPTCP entirely explicit to the application. So, I think both works take a different approach.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To help prompt the discussion, here’s a very first version of some possible charter text
>> RFC6897 defined an optional, basic application interface for MPTCP-aware applications, including a set of socket operations. Now there is more experience of how MPTCP is being used, the WG will re-visit this work, and consider adding more advanced socket operations.
>>  
>> RFC6897 was Informational – would this new Milestone be Informational or Experimental?
>>  
>> I think it should be Informational.
>>  
>>  
>> Christoph
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> Thanks
>> phil
>>  
>> Philip Eardley
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