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Re: Moving right along ...
A view from the side lines
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First, on the lighter side I have the following suggestion.
we should change the subject line to any of the following,
a. Stubbornly stuck - refusing to move forward
b. Political Ramblings
c. Serious Trouble
d. Ugly email war among adults behaving like kids
I vote for (b)
Now on the serious side, I have a few questions.
1. Does the chair of this WG think that this email thread is a necessary
democratic step in the process.
2. If not, then why isn't somebody stepping in with a summary of issues
and resolving them. Isn't there any arbitration process.
3. If the protocols are designed to be flexible to accomadate future changes,
why aren't the authors treating "some of the" requests as part of the flexibility
and getting along.
4. I feel the authors were treating last call as a formality and are not ready
to accept changes because it is a last call. Then what is the real intent of
last call.
5. There seems to be a real disconnect between the needs of,
a. vendors and service providers
b. data vendors and transport vendors
If GMPLS is for at least this three groups, then the issues need to be
resolved to the satisfaction of this small set.
(I personally agree with not spending 10 years trying to develop a panacea for
all)
6. And finally it is alarming to me to note the following assertion.
"GMPLS wouldn't fit the ASON model... :-( "
Can someone clarify the true import of this statement. My understanding was
GMPLS is
the only thing on which ITU,OIF and IETF are on the same page. Can you please
correct
me on this and clarify as am a truly "uninformed" person on this.
Regards,
Irfan Lateef
Maarten Vissers wrote:
> Eric,
>
> What you refer to as "our own model" is already developed by ITU-T SG15... it is
> in G.8080 (ex. G.ason) and other ASON related recommendations which will be
> approved later this week. We are also entering the next phase in ASON
> development; a phase in which protocol specific details will be defined. A
> proposal to use PNNI as a basis is accepted... and expected in the near future
> is a proposal to use also GMPLS as a 2nd protocol version... but if I understand
> your message, GMPLS wouldn't fit the ASON model... :-(
>
> It's good to know this beforehand... no need then to consider this further...
> feels as if I wasted my time in enhancing GMPLS SDH/SONET and OTN details over
> the last 10 months... hope it's different however.
>
> Regards,
>
> Maarten
> PS. when I wrote my reply to Yanhe there was no frustation... and their isn't
> today either...
>
> "Mannie, Eric" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Maarten and Zhi,
> >
> > I have the feeling that you are inventing a new model with a new protocol.
> > This is not how GMPLS works. I understand your frustrations and I have the
> > feeling that your ideas should be addressed somewhere else rather than
> > trying to change a model that we are finalizing and that we got from the
> > MPLS model.
> >
> > There are maybe 1000 ways of designing a control plane for transmission
> > networks. I would suggest that you first develop your own model and then
> > that we compare the two.
> >
> > Please, don't forget that we have here to be constructive in terms of GMPLS.
> > We have final discussions about the core GMPLS signaling, this is not the
> > beginning but the end of an (intermediate) phase.
> >
> > Ok, GMPLS doesn't do everything. It doesn't do coffee and doesn't clean your
> > house :-) We know it. Personally, I don't believe in the ultimate model and
> > protocol that will do everything and that will take 10 years to be
> > specified, with abstract protocols, meta-models, etc.
> >
> > By the way, personally I don't see any benefit of defining these
> > meta-models, abstract models and abstract protocols. It is hard to
> > understand for non super-expert and it is a complete loss of time for the
> > readers. I prefer practical solutions.
> >
> > I am also seeing discussions that we already have many times in the past. I
> > don't see any benefit of having them again, and again, and again. If we
> > continue like this we will all implement a tool to answer automatically with
> > our previous e-mails :-)
> >
> > Ok, there is a small set of people that don't like the way that GMPLS is
> > designed and defined (always the same 4 or 5 people by the way) - that's
> > 100% your right guys and I respect it. In comparison with the hundreds
> > (thousands ?) of people that are working on GMPLS and implementing it, this
> > is a great achievement !
> >
> > So, I ask you the question: what do you want to achieve personally at this
> > stage ? Don't you think that sometimes it is needed to finish one step,
> > before going to the next one ?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Maarten Vissers [mailto:mvissers@lucent.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:07 PM
> > To: Yanhe Fan
> > Cc: 'Zhi-Wei Lin'; John Drake; Kireeti Kompella; ccamp@ops.ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: Moving right along ...
> >
> > Yanhe,
> >
> > The situation Zhi describes is one that will be very typical in the optical
> > (SDH/SONET) network in the coming years. We will most likely see islands of
> > switched subnetworks interconnected via the existing SDH/SONET non-switched
> > networks. By means of management actions, links (GMPLS: link bundles) will
> > be
> > setup between an edge node in one switched subnetwork and an other edge node
> > in
> > the next switched subnetwork. In G.805 terminology, these links are so
> > called
> > serial compound links.
> >
> > The switched subnetworks will treat these serial compound links as normal
> > links,
> > "ignoring" the intermediate non-switched nodes they traverse. These links
> > will
> > contain a fixed set of link connections, which are identified by their
> > respective endpoints at nodes A and Z (i.e. SNPa - SNPz).
> > The server signal that carries the e.g. 5 STS1 link connections in the link
> > at A
> > can be an OC12, whereas this can be an OC48 at Z.
> >
> > During discovery or by means of provisioning both A and Z nodes get aware of
> > the
> > 5 sTS1 link connections as tuples of e.g.
> >
> > SNPa SNPz
> > -----------------------------------
> > - port Ai/trib T1 - port Zj/trib Ta (STS1 link connection #1)
> > - port Ai/trib T2 - port Zj/trib Tb (STS1 link connection #2)
> > - port Ai/trib T3 - port Zj/trib Tc (STS1 link connection #3)
> > - port Ai/trib T4 - port Zj/trib Td (STS1 link connection #4)
> > - port Ai/trib T5 - port Zj/trib Te (STS1 link connection #5)
> >
> > As both ends of the link build up this same relation information, it is
> > possible
> > to use as link connection identifier only one of the two SNPs. E.g. node A
> > identifies the STS1 link connection #1 by means of "Ai/T1" and sends this
> > info
> > to node Z. Node Z receiving this Ai/T1 converts this locally into "Zj/Ta".
> > Vice
> > versa, node Z will refer to STS1 link connection #1 as "Zj/Ta" and when
> > received
> > by node A, this will be converted into Ai/T1.
> >
> > For GMPLS this implies that the GMPLS label doesn't identify the timeslot at
> > both ends of the link connection, only the timeslot at the sending end. The
> > receiving end needs to convert this then into its local timeslot number.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Maarten
> >
> > Yanhe Fan wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Zhi,
> > >
> > > What B does is breaking the label association between A and C by crossing
> > > connect
> > > the time slots.
> > >
> > > If the cross connect performed by B is fixed (in your case), what needs to
> > > do is
> > > just to rebuild the label association by configuration or a protocol such
> > as
> > > LMP;
> > > If the cross connect is not fixed but dynamic, the best thing to do is to
> > > make B
> > > a GMPLS speaker.
> >
> > Tell this to the 1.000.000+ SDH/SONET network elements in today's transport
> > network... no chance... those will stay non-switched...
> >
> > >
> > > Yanhe
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Zhi-Wei Lin [mailto:zwlin@lucent.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 6:01 PM
> > > To: Yanhe Fan
> > > Cc: John Drake; Kireeti Kompella; ccamp@ops.ietf.org
> > > Subject: Re: Moving right along ...
> > >
> > > Hi Yanhe,
> > >
> > > Maybe there is some misunderstanding. Node B is strictly not GMPLS. It
> > > is simply part of the network that made up the "dumb" pipe. And because
> > > the control plane control channel is separate, A and C can be adjacent
> > > without ever knowing who B is or that even B existed. From A and C's
> > > point of view, the network looks like:
> > >
> > > A ----- C
> > >
> > > Think of the case of how a BGP sees an area. If an area is made up of:
> > >
> > > A -- B -- C
> > >
> > > and B is internal router, does BGP "see" B?
> > >
> > > Zhi
> > >
> > > Yanhe Fan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, Zhi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>For the label value for SONET/SDH or the label description in the
> > > >>generic draft, the label is defined as directly representing the
> > > >>"timeslot". Now if I have a control plane controlled transport network
> > > >>that goes through a ADM that is not control plane controlled, as:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>+--------+ +--------+ +--------+
> > > >>| | ---1--------- | | ----1-------- | |
> > > >>| | ---2--------- | | ----2-------- | |
> > > >>| A | ---3--------- | B | ----3-------- | C |
> > > >>| | ---4--------- | | ----4-------- | |
> > > >>| | ---5--------- | | ----5-------- | |
> > > >>+--------+ +--------+ +--------+
> > > >>
> > > >>Now imagine A and C is part of GMPLS, but B is just a legacy ADM. So at
> > > >>A you have labels 1,2,3,4,5 (imagine these as in the SUKLM format) and C
> > > >>has labels 1,2,3,4,5 incoming.
> > > >>
> > > >>Now imagine that at B, it actually has a fixed cross-connect that
> > > >>connects A-1 (A's timeslot #1) to C-2 (C's incoming timeslot #2), A-2 to
> > > >>C-3, A-3 to C-4, A-4 to C-5, A-5 to C-1.
> > > >>
> > > >>Now when A GMPLS sends a message to C, the label it uses is "1".
> > > >>However, the connection/LSP associated with timeslot "1" is actually the
> > > >>label of timeslot "2" at C. </z>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > In this case, you're trying to use GMPLS to setup an LSP cross a node
> > (B)
> > > > which can't understand GMPLS.
> > > >
> > > > Now imagine A, B and C are all OXCs, can you setup an LSP A-B-C by using
> > > > GMPLS if B can't understand GMPLS?
> > > >
> > > > Now imagine A and B are LSRs, and B is a conventional router (can't
> > > > understand
> > > > MPLS), can you setup an LSP A-B-C?
> > > >
> > > > Now imagine A, B and C are ATM switches, can you setup a svc if B can't
> > > > understand PNNI at all?
> > > >
> > > > My point is that in order to make you case work, some additional work
> > need
> > > > to
> > > > be done besie simply using GMPLS as singnaling protocol, becase some
> > node
> > > on
> > > > the path is not GMPLS speakers. A and C needs the info of time slot
> > > aligment
> > > >
> > > > between them. This can be done by some configurations, some link
> > > management
> > > > protocls (LMP maybe) etc. As long as A and C have this piece of info,
> > > > eveything
> > > > works fine.
> > > >
> > > > Yanhe
> > > >
--
Irfan Lateef
Village Networks Inc,