Re: [T1X1.5] Re: Suppression of Downstream Alarms...

[Sudheer Dharanikota <sudheer@nayna.com>]

Carmine Daloia wrote:

> Hi Sudheer,
>
> My last comment wasn't meant to be an argument :-)
>
> Maybe if I propose some text specific to the suppression
> of downstream alarms that would help clarify the scope of
> applicability. The text would state that when client
> devices (e.g., SONET/SDH cross-connects, IP routers) are
> interconnected via a standard OTN network then the
> suppression of downstream alarms is already handled in the
> transport/user plane via the OTN overhead (both in-band
> via the digitial overhead as well as out-of-band via
> non-associated overhead). Also the text would address PXCs
> within a standard OTN network. In this case, again the
> suppression of downstream alarms is handled via the OTN
> overhead.
>
> The implementation proposed in LMP for suppression of
> downstream alarms applies to PXCs or client devices (e.g,
> SONET/SDH cross-connects or IP routers) interconnected via
> a non-standard DWDM network. In this case, it is assummed
> that the non-standard DWDM network does not provide the
> neccesary overhead within the transport/user plane to
> suppress alarms on PXCs and client devices and therefore
> LMP provides a mechanism to carry such alarm suppression
> messages in the control plane.
>
> I'll take a crack at specific text so that the group can
> review it. Does this sound like something that would be
> helpful.
>
>

Sure.

Regards,

sudheer

>
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