Hi:
Somebody pointed me my clarification on bandwidth calendaring is not very clear 
when
Chair asked me in the meeting what the cost value array stands for in the 
bandwidth calendaring example slide,

Here I like to emphasize again.
the cost value array in the example represent a list of availbandwidth values 
in the output.
Each value is reported at specific measurement interval, The first value in the 
cost value array will be reported
At the "start time" defined in the description metadata of Information resource 
directory exchange.
The duration in the description metadata of Information resource directory 
exchange represent time difference
Between start time to report the first value and end time to report the last 
value in the cost value array.

For example, I as alto client want to know the avail bandwidth values that are 
applied to specific path from source endpoint to dest endpoint.
The avail bandwidth values is measured every 1 hour, the first avail bandwidth 
is measured at 10:20am, the last measured avail bandwidth
Will be measured at 5:20pm, then we list all the avail bandwidth values in the 
form of cost value array in the output.

Also I want to emphasize the clear use cases for alto cost map extension have 
already been clearly specified in several other working group drafts
e.g.,draft-ietf-isis-te-metric-extensions-01, 
draft-ietf-ospf-te-metric-extensions-01. What alto is doing is abstract these 
metrics gathered from routing protocol into
alto cost metric from one endpoint to another endpoint.

Regards!
-Qin

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