> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Stewart Bryant (stbryant) > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 7:09 AM > To: Sriganesh Kini > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Charter Update (Discussion) > > > Unfortunately whether MPLS is used in a particular network segment or not > is a complex and sometimes emotive issue. > > If we decide that the best solution is to use MPLS we then face the issue of > what to do about networks that decline to support MPLS. Do we declare > non-MPLS networks out of scope for IPFRR, or do we work on another non- > MPLS solution?
I think you also have to wrestle with the opposite problem. If you declare that convergence schemes which require MPLS to provide 100% coverage are within scope, what exactly is out of scope? eric > > - Stewart > > > On 15/11/2011 22:29, Sriganesh Kini wrote: > > IP is addressed via MPLS. If IP forwarding were to be used > > exclusively, then it becomes complicated. With MPLS being extended to > > more parts of the network than just the core, it seems that is not as > > much of a concern. > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Stewart Bryant<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 15/11/2011 21:36, Sriganesh Kini wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I agree that having a solution with full coverage is very useful > >>> because it removes the need for complicated analysis to determine > >>> what is protected versus what is not (and worse, how that changes as > >>> the topology change). But the solution has to be simple for it to > >>> get deployed. > >>> > >>> One approach using MPLS that solves this using extensions to a > >>> single protocol (LDP) is given in draft-kini-mpls-frr-ldp. > >> It the approach extensible to an IP context? > >> > >> Stewart > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> rtgwg mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg > >> > > > > > > > -- > For corporate legal information go to: > > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > rtgwg mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg _______________________________________________ rtgwg mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg
