A quick question: I assume that there will be LSRs which have some ports
with PTP support and some ports which are not. I think we should address
this as well. Best, Ron

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Yaakov Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

> Manav and co-authors,
>
> I just started reading the document, and have a few comments.
>
> First, as we have stated a few times already, TICTOC is looking for a
> unified solution
> for carrying timing flows over MPLS, not just 1588. Although this doesn't
> necessarily
> mean that a single document explains both, if we have two separate
> documents,
> or worse, only a 1588 document, we will not accomplish what we are
> intending.
>
> Second, the following wording is not going to fly in the IETF.
>   This document requires that MLPS nodes (LSRs) SHOULD be able to support
> TC, ...
>   Such an LSR is referred to as a "1588-aware LSR" in this document.
> As written this means that if this document becomes a proposed standard
> RFC,
> then every LSR manufactured will have to support identification of timing
> flows
> (remember SHOULD means MUST unless there is a very good reason no to).
> This, of course, means that almost every LSR will need to be "1588-aware"
> and there is no need to define the term.
>
> I believe that what you mean to says is something like this.
>   This document defines a "1588-aware LSR" that is able to identify 1588
> timing flows
>   carried over MPLS.
>
> Third, and more controversially, I believe we should be more modest in our
> MUSTs here.
> I would prefer that a "1588-aware" LSR MUST to be able to identify for
> prioritization,
> and MAY be able to correct the correction field.
>
> I have a few more minor comments (e.g., you speak of correcting FCS for the
> PW FCS retention mode
> of Ethernet PWS, but don't discuss correcting the UDP checksum (which in
> IPv6 is mandatory),
> but prefer to clear up the major items first.
>
> Y(J)S
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Bhatia, Manav (Manav)
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:56
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [TICTOC] Transporting PTP messages (1588) over MPLS Networks
>
> Hi,
>
> We have posted a revised version of draft-davari-tictoc-1588overmpls-01 and
> would appreciate a feedback from the WG.
>
> The draft is available here:
> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-davari-tictoc-1588overmpls-01.txt
>
> Cheers, Manav
>
> --
> Manav Bhatia,
> IP Division, Alcatel-Lucent,
> Bangalore - India
>
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