Re: [Softwires] [nvo3] Is it feasible to perform fragmentation on UDP encapsulated packets.

Rémi Després <despres.remi@laposte.net> Fri, 03 June 2016 12:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Softwires] [nvo3] Is it feasible to perform fragmentation on UDP encapsulated packets.
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> 2016-06-03 09:38, Xuxiaohu <xuxiaohu@huawei.com> :
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch@isi.edu]
>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 12:34 PM
...
>> Yes, but the alternative of declaring that you don't reassemble has a cost in
>> terms of dropped segments too.
> 
> The alternative is to configure the MTU of the core large enough to accommodate the added encapsulation header. This is a feasible and proven approach in well-managed SP networks. No packet loss and no forwarding performance degradation.

Just for information on this subject, an earlier analysis is a available in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6751#section-6.4.
(No plan to participate again in IETF technical debates.)

Regards to all,
RD