Re: [shara] port randomization (draft-ymbk-aplusp-03)

["Dan Wing" <[e-mail]>]

> 	And, the CPE does not necessarily need to request each port; it
> 	could ask for ~5 or ~10 ports and then utilize them as it needs,
> 	and then get another batch of ~10 ports.  It comes down to
> 	the design decisions for the protocol between the CPE and the 
> 	PRR so that it is possible to utilize the entire 64K port 
> 	range.
> 	  
> 
> Yes, this is possible within described mechanism in A+P 
> proposal, as minimum port range is not limited, so you can 
> define 10 ports as a range, but preferably a range, that can 
> be described with a bitmask. 

I agree that allocating ports is discussed in Section 4.4
of http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ymbk-aplusp-03; however,
my point is that additional work is necessary to *release*
ports, so that the CPE can get a fresh port (or fresh block
of ports).

-d