Hi,

I know  some implementers do not like to have changing object/tlv names, but I 
think using the lsp name(SYMBOLIC-PATH-NAME)  when it's a control plane opaque 
identifiers will confuse implementers and it seems it makes already difficult 
to understand.

Using a PATH-ID (for example) would make it more clear, also to explain the 
relation to the PLSP-ID (shortened identifier valid for the PCEP Session) and 
additional other optional identifiers (RSVP or ASCII string).



Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
Cyril Margaria
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ramon 
Casellas
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 8:45 AM
To: Ina Minei; [email protected]
Cc: Siva Sivabalan (msiva)
Subject: Re: [Pce] Implementation experience with 
draft-crabbe-pce-pce-initiated-lsp?

El 11/10/2013 23:14, Ina Minei escribió:
ways to refer to an LSP: by its plspid bound to a given PCEP connection, by its 
symbolic name, by its control plane identifiers, by the srpid after a 
request.... The exact usage could be clarified and, in latest versions, some 
seem to be redundant: can't the SRP id replace the role of the symbolic name 
TLV?
[ina] The lsp name is the identifier, but since it's inconvenient to send it 
around in messages the plsp-id takes that role.  The control-plane identifiers 
identify different instances of the lsp (to disambiguate the two paths that 
briefly co-exist when doing mbb). The srpid is not the lsp identifier, it is a 
transaction identifier.

Agreed and udnerstood, I guess then another question I have is whether the 
transaction identifier should be transparent to the semantics of the 
transaction, and the R flag moved to the LSP object?

Thanks,
R.
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