> 2016-06-03 09:38, Xuxiaohu <[email protected]> : > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Touch [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 12:34 PM ... >> Yes, but the alternative of declaring that you don't reassemble has a cost in >> terms of dropped segments too. > > The alternative is to configure the MTU of the core large enough to > accommodate the added encapsulation header. This is a feasible and proven > approach in well-managed SP networks. No packet loss and no forwarding > performance degradation.
Just for information on this subject, an earlier analysis is a available in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6751#section-6.4. (No plan to participate again in IETF technical debates.) Regards to all, RD
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