Hi, this is a major revision of the draft, removing all the older requirements that had been written with one specific solution in mind. Furthermore, it now includes a discussion of possible host location attributes and rating criteria.
Comments greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sebastian ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: I-D Action:draft-kiesel-alto-reqs-02.txt Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: [email protected] List-Id: Internet Draft Announcements only <i-d-announce.ietf.org> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Requirements Author(s) : S. Kiesel, et al. Filename : draft-kiesel-alto-reqs-02.txt Pages : 22 Date : 2009-03-09 Many Internet applications are used to access resources, such as pieces of information or server processes, which are available in several equivalent replicas on different hosts. This includes, but is not limited to, peer-to-peer file sharing applications. The goal of Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) is to provide guidance to applications, which have to select one or several hosts from a set of candidates, that are able to provide a desired resource. This guidance shall be based on parameters that affect performance and efficiency of the data transmission between the hosts, e.g., the topological distance. The ultimate goal is to improve performance (or Quality of Experience) in the application while reducing resource consumption in the underlying network infrastructure. This document enumerates requirements for ALTO, which should be considered when specifying, assessing, or comparing protocols and implementations, and it solicits feedback and discussion. A URL for this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kiesel-alto-reqs-02.txt Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the Internet-Draft. _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Sebastian Kiesel mailto:[email protected] Network Research Division tel:+49-6221-4342-232 fax:+49-6221-4342-155 NEC Laboratories Europe Kurfuerstenanlage 36, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany -- NEC Europe Limited Registered in England 2832014 Registered Office NEC House, 1 Victoria Road, London W3 6BL _______________________________________________ alto mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto
