On 2011-08-19 05:19, Tetsuya Murakami wrote:
> draft-murakami-softwire-4rd
> draft-murakami-softiwire-4v6-translation
> 
> I think it might be good to combine these 2 drafts to create one unified 
> document for 4rd specification.

The problem I see with this is:

- We (the IETF) might need to specify both translation and encapsulation
protocols, because they have different applicability. (Still needs to be
decided.)

- Operators will choose translation or encapsulation for each
deployment, probably not both.

- Implementations of translation vs encapsulation will probably be very
different. I see this as leading to different "products" or "feature
sets" targeted to different markets. For example 3GPP products might
want to implement translation while broadband products might want to
implement encapsulation.

So in the end, I see an operator A needing the 4rd-Translation solution
and operator B needing the 4rd-Encapsulation solution. This fits nicely
with two different RFCs, is more easily cited in RFPs, etc.

Simon
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