I believe we are looking for a solution providing 100% coverage for both IP only and IP/MPLS networks with emphasis on full coverage.
Regards, Jeff On Nov 16, 2011, at 8:20 AM, "Eric Osborne (eosborne)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> -----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 _______________________________________________ rtgwg mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg
