On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 1:58 PM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Zahed,
>
> please see inline:
>
> On 08/06/2023 12:42, Zaheduzzaman Sarker wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 9:36 AM Peter Psenak <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Zahed,
> >
> >     please see inline:
> >
> >     On 08/06/2023 07:00, Zaheduzzaman Sarker via Datatracker wrote:
> >      > Zaheduzzaman Sarker has entered the following ballot position for
> >      > draft-ietf-lsr-ip-flexalgo-13: No Objection
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> >      > Thanks for working on this specification.
> >      >
> >      > I have no comment from TSV point of view. However, the
> >     description in section 3
> >      > is a not clear to me. It references 5G system and N3 interfaces
> >     then describes
> >      > the need for UPF selection based on some sort of session needs.
> >     However, I
> >      > could not relate how IP addresses plays role in that selection
> >     and where in 5G
> >      > system this is done or planned to be done based of IP addresses?
> >     is there any
> >      > deployment case or already deployed UPF selection based on just
> >     IP addresses?
> >
> >     yes. The real field example is where the mobile site accepts both
> data
> >     and voice traffic. Voice traffic is sent from mobile site to the
> voice
> >     gateway that has its own unique address. That traffic needs low
> latency
> >     paths. Rest of the data traffic is routed to its destination using
> best
> >     effort path.
> >
> >
> > Here, I think you are talking about the QoS framework that 3GPP has ,
> > and it also involves radio bearer, radio schedulers and more.
>
> we are not claiming it's 5G specific. We are using 5G as an example -
> the section name has "Example" in it. We picked the 5G example because
> that is one of the real field deployments, where IP Flex-algo is used.
>
> In the context of this draft, we focus on IP, radio portion is unchanged.
>

OK then lets make that clear in the specification, even if this is an
example.


>
> > The IP
> > address only could be one part of it.
>
> certainly, but that is the part relevant to this draft.
>
> > It is not the case that if you
> > have certain IP address your traffic would get the extra treatment it
> > wants.
>
> no, but with IP flex-algo, we can make it that way.
>

Also make is clear that it is the intention or a potential case. Obviously
if it is the main intention then it need to be clearly written.


>
> > The bearer concept is not new to 5G system and applicable to 4G
> > system as well. The current text I think is very shy on explaining the
> > concept and relating it to IP address.
>
> All we say is that if the specific traffic/service can be identified by
> the IP address, traffic to it can use constrained based paths using IP
> algo.
>

That was not so obvious to me. Again, if we clarify it then it will be very
helpful.

//Zahed
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