Re: [tcmtf] TCMTF BOF description

Hi all,
I'd like to make a remark.
I feel that the charter is only oriented to network operator. Perhaps it 
is good strengthen the idea that TCMTF is also beneficial for the 
development of end-to-end aplications.
Julián

El 05/06/2013 13:17, Jose Saldana escribió:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just built this BOF description for 
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki. It summarizes the draft charter:
>
> Some emerging interactive services (VoIP, videoconferencing, 
> telemedicine, video vigilance, online gaming, etc.) use small packets 
> in order to send frequent updates to the other extreme of the 
> communication. Therefore, its overhead is significant. In addition, 
> some other services also send small packets, although they are not 
> delay-sensitive (e.g., instant messaging, m2m packets sending 
> collected data in sensor networks using wireless or satellite scenarios).
>
> When a number of small-packet flows share the same path, bandwidth can 
> be saved by multiplexing packets belonging to different flows, adding 
> a small multiplexing delay as a counterpart. This delay has to be 
> maintained under some threshold in order to grant the delay 
> requirements. Some examples of the scenarios where grouping packets is 
> possible are: aggregation networks of a network operator; a tunnel 
> between two premises of the same company; a satellite connection used 
> for collecting the data of a high number of sensors.
>
> RFC4170 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4170> (TCRTP) defined a method 
> for grouping VoIP packets considering three different layers: header 
> compression by means of ECRTP; multiplexing by means of PPPMux; 
> tunneling by means of L2TPv3. However, in the last years, emerging 
> real-time services which do not use UDP/RTP have become popular: some 
> of them use UDP or even TCP. In addition, new header compression 
> methods have been defined (ROHC). So there is a need of widening the 
> scope of RFC4170 in order to consider not only UDP/RTP but also other 
> protocols. The same structure of three layers will be considered: 
> header compression, multiplexing and tunneling.
>
> The BOF aims for the creation of a Working Group in order to specify 
> the protocol stack, signaling mechanisms and maximum added delay 
> recommendations for tunneling, compressing and multiplexing traffic 
> flows (TCMTF).
>
> Do you like it?
>
> Another thing: in the section Relevant I-Ds of the web page, the 
> "recommendations" draft could also be included:
>
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-suznjevic-tsvwg-mtd-tcmtf/
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jose
>
>
>
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