Re: [tcmtf] Answers to possible questions in the BOF

["Jose Saldana" <[e-mail]>]

Today I have been talking with Bob Briscoe (in cc) and he has asked me this
question (more or less). Since it is interesting, I would like to hear the
opinion of the list.

 

Question 7: There exist proprietary products (WAN accelerators and
Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) which are able to optimize traffic.

 

How will those companies respond to attempts to standardize these protocols?
Will it be a problem for them? Will it be interesting?

 

 

My answer (more ideas required):

 

WAN accelerators and PEPs are only part of the involved actors. That is the
end-to-end case, in which the end user performs the optimization, and the
network does not intervene. I think a standard would be interesting, in
order to permit devices from different companies to interact and optimize
traffic.

 

But there is still another case: optimization within the network. Network
operators may be interested because they can find paths in the network
shared by a lot of small-packet flows, so optimization can also be
interesting there. Perhaps the optimizers can be dormant, and be activated
only when required (a traffic rush at certain places or moments).

 

And sometimes the optimization can take place between an end-user device and
an operator device. For example, an internet café or a rural village in a
developing country, with a single connection shared by a number of people.
So a standard protocol for doing that can also be interesting.

 

Or e.g. two network operators may sign an agreement in order to optimize
traffic flows between their aggregation networks. A standard is then
necessary.

 

Any other ideas? Any other reasons for standardization?

 

Thanks, Bob and everybody.

 

Jose

 

De: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] En nombre de Jose
Saldana
Enviado el: lunes, 24 de junio de 2013 13:00
Para: [e-mail]
Asunto: [tcmtf] Answers to possible questions in the BOF

 

I would like to start a thread about possible questions people may ask in
the BOF. Obviously, we also need answers, so we should cooperate.

 

This is different from the “questions to ask in the BOF”. This will be
discussed separately.

 

Thanks!

 

Jose