Hi Adrian,

Thanks for the fast reply.

Does it mean you think draft-ietf-pce-pcep-10.txt should be changed to reuse
hop encoding as defined in XRO draft rather than the one in RFC3209/RFC3477?

I have noted another difference which is that unnumbered interface hop is
type 3 draft-ietf-pce-pcep-xro-03.txt whereas it is type 4 in
draft-ietf-pce-pcep-10.txt (i.e. RFC3477).

Would it make sense to proceed as follows:
1. Reusing exactly the same Hop subobject in XRO than in
draft-ietf-pce-pcep-10.txt (i.e. the one defined in RFC3209/RFC3477 and
maybe RFC3473 if we want to authorized label object in XRO).
2. Defining a new extended-AS subobject for 4 bytes AS number.
3. Stating in XRO draft that extended-AS subobject can be used also in PCEP
ERO,RRO and IRO.

I see 3 advantages:
1. It alleviates XRO draft since it requires only 1 hop subobject
definition.
2. It Does not require any change in draft-ietf-pce-pcep-10.txt.
2. RSVP could reuse the same encoding if needed in the future so that Hop
object encoding is perfectly align between PCEP and RSVP.

Best regards
Fabien


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Adrian Farrel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Envoyé : jeudi 28 février 2008 16:18
> À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc : [email protected]
> Objet : Re: [Pce] draft-ietf-pce-pcep-xro-03.txt: AS number Hop format
> (possible PCEP last call comment)
> 
> Hi Fabien,
> 
> My personal thoughts are:
> 1. RSVP-TE and PCEP are not the same protocol.
>    It may be convenient for them to have common encodings, but
>    this is not a requirement.
> 2. The PCEP ERO, IRO, and XRO should have common encodings.
> 3. Since we are building a new protocol and can do it, we should
>     be future-proofed against the likely 4 octet AS number.
> 
> The consequence of this is that we should take the 4 octet AS number into
> PCEP as standard. A non-consequence is that RSVP-TE needs to be fixed to
> support 4 octet AS numbers (this will be required at some stage, but is
> not
> required as a consequence of this work in the PCE working group).
> 
> Cheers,
> Adrian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fabien VERHAEGHE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:01 PM
> Subject: [Pce] draft-ietf-pce-pcep-xro-03.txt: AS number Hop format
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have one question for XRO draft authors.
> >
> > The AS number hop encoding defined in XRO draft is slightly different
> than
> > the one described in RFC3209 which is also used in PCEP ERO, IRO.
> >
> > I guess there is a need for 4 bytes AS number but don't we need to keep
> > consistent the AS hop format for all kind of routes?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Fabien
> >
> >
> >
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