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

Folks,

Several members of the MPLS-TP community have indicated that they will be in Washington, D.C. from October 25 to October 27. In order to reduce their travel expenses and time away from home, they have asked if we could move the IAB/IESG Joint Design Session on Forwarding Plane Operations, Administration and Maintenance to October 28-29, piggybacking on that conference. The conference would still be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

If everyone is happy with this move, I would be glad to accommodate it. If this move causes you any inconvenience, please email me, either on the list or privately by COB September 1.

                                                         Ron Bonica

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "IESG Secretary" <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
> To: "IETF Announcement list" <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
> 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
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