Hello,

You said...

> Actually, my problem was that the terminology section talks about LO ODUj
while
> Section 3 just uses ODUj. Does this mean LO ODUj, HO ODUj, or either one? Can
> you clarify?

The document has tried to be careful to use ODUj when describing LO and ODUk
when talking about HO. There is a slight ambiguity when (as shown in Figure 1)
only one container level of ODU is used: is this LO or HO? :-).  The feeling is
that this is LO and so ODUj is used.

A


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jari Arkko [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 12 September 2013 11:33
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: 'Russ Housley'; [email protected];
> 'IETF Gen-ART'; 'IESG'
> Subject: Re: Gen-ART Review of draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-framework-14
> 
> I'm reading the document now myself .
> 
> >>> In section 3, there is a discussion that includes ODU0, ODU2e, and ODU4,
> >>> but these terms are not defined in the paragraph or in the terminology
> >>> section.  I realize that these are ODUj values, but ODUflex is an ODUj,
> >>> and it is included in the terminology section.
> >>
> >> I think these are covered in the Terminology section in the two paragraphs
> >>
> >>  LO ODU: Lower Order ODU. The LO ODUj (j can be 0, 1, 2, 2e, 3, 4,
> >>  flex.) represents the container transporting a client of the OTN that
> >>  is either directly mapped into an OTUk (k = j) or multiplexed into a
> >>  server HO ODUk (k > j) container.
> >>
> >>  HO ODU: Higher Order ODU. The HO ODUk (k can be 1, 2, 2e, 3, 4.)
> >>  represents the entity transporting a multiplex of LO ODUj tributary
> >>  signals in its OPUk area.
> >>
> >> For ease of searching, I suppose this could read
> >>
> >> OLD
> >> (j can be 0, 1, 2, 2e, 3, 4, flex.)
> >> NEW
> >> (j can be 0, 1, 2, 2e, 3, 4, flex yielding ODU0, ODU1, ODU2e, ODU3, ODU4,
and
> >> ODUflex)
> >> END
> >>
> >> Seems a bit excessive, but if it would help the reader.
> 
> Actually, my problem was that the terminology section talks about LO ODUj
while
> Section 3 just uses ODUj. Does this mean LO ODUj, HO ODUj, or either one? Can
> you clarify?
> 
> Jari

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