Re: [Teas] Network Slicing Design Team definitions

[Jari Arkko <[e-mail]>]

Joel:

> Oddity:
>    The definition of Endpoint has the oddity that it seems to leave the original packet source and the intended packet destination as not being Endpoints?  They can not be attached directly to the transport slice?

I’d like to understand your comment better. What specific text are you referring to? The definition simply said:
 
"A transport slice is a logical network topology connecting a number
   of endpoints and a set of shared or dedicated network resources,
   which are used to satisfy specific Service Level Objectives (SLO)”.

At least in my mind this isn’t necessarily related to packet source and destination addresses; I may want a VPN between your network and mine, but that’s different from the addresses used in the traffic entering the VPN. For instance, my computer’s address is not the endpoint of the VPN, my VPN router is.

But maybe I misunderstood the comment. I agree that the sections that come after the definition and talk about e.g. specific characteristics may have confused something in some cases. E.g., not sure we’ve entirely covered directionality correctly in all the text.

Jari