> -----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
> >>
> >>
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