Margaret Wasserman wrote:
>
> >If
> >you want to talk DiffServ, IntServ, or something of that flavor, the
> >flow label would be signaled, the router would recognize it during
> >packet classification and deal with it how it sees fit.
>
> So, all of the routers would have to participate in signalling to
> know whether the flow label was used for DiffServ, IntServ, etc.?
>
> Or, it would just work to use the flow label for load balancing,
> even it it contained a DiffServ or IntServ value, instead of
> labeling a microflow?
How DiffServ and IntServ work with the flow label is yet to be
determined. All I am saying is that the current spec does not
preclude any of the functions mentioned above. Isn't that the
point of the draft?
As Matt said, the host knows best what a flow is. Whether that
flow gets signaled to routers for special handling or not is
outside the scope of this doc.
Brian
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