> Hesham Soliman (EPA) writes:
> > > > Er, by what protocol does it inform the router?
> > > >
> > > => A 3GPP protocol.
> >
> > Which is different from an IETF protocol?
> >
> > => Yes. Otherwise it would not be a 3GPP protocol ;)
>
> Is there some compelling reason why RSVP is not
> that protocol, or is this yet another case of
> the parochial "our layer 2 is _so_ different we
> can't possibly use widely accepted and standards
> based protocols."
>
=> You have to ask someone from 3GPP who worked
on that protocol. There are some reasons for their
chioces, whether you agree with it or not it's a different
story. You can get more detail if you ask the people
who invented these protocols. Anyway this is getting
outside this mailing list's interest.
Hesham
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