Hello everyone,

As you may have noticed, another version of the OSPF TE Express Path
draft has been posted. We made a number of changes based on feedback
from IETF 80. We invite your comments and suggestions. The main
changes include:

-We have consolidated some sub-TLVs for efficiency. There are no
longer nominal and anomalous sub-TLVs for delay and loss. The
functionality for signaling steady state verses abnormal performance
for these parameters have been moved into two sub-TLVs (where we used
to have four).

-In order to advertise both normal and abnormal network performance
state in consolidated sub-TLVs, a bit, called the anomalous (A) but
has been added to certain sub-TLVs. The A bit is set when the measured
value of a parameter exceeds a configured maximum threshold. The A bit
is cleared when the measured value falls below its configured reuse
threshold. If the A bit is clear, the sub-TLV represents steady state
link performance.

-We changed the encodings of certain variables from floating point to
fixed point. This change permits the addition of the A bit (when
necessary), it allows bit-space reservations to be made, and it
permits a common TLV format across the bulk of the TLVs in the draft.
In addition, the new encodings address concerns about granularity and
interoperability.

-We added sub-TLVs for Residual Bandwidth and Available Bandwidth.
Residual bandwidth is defined as the Maximum Bandwidth [RFC3630] minus
the bandwidth currently allocated to RSVP-TE LSPs. Available bandwidth
is defined to be residual bandwidth minus the measured bandwidth used
for the actual forwarding of non-RSVP-TE LSP packets.

-Various other modifications were made across the draft. These
include, but are not limited to, the abstract, the introduction, the
thresholding specifications, and a number of field descriptions.

-Last, but certainly not least, Stefano Providi has joined the draft

We look forward to hearing your comments and concerns.

Thanks,

Spencer, Alia, Dave, John, Stefano
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