Re: LMP & neighbor discovery

[Michiel van Everdingen <MvanEverdingen@lucent.com>]

Hello Jonathan, Kireeti, Ron,

Judging on the information in three e-mail threads (first and last email
indicated):
- Question on LMP
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00590.html
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00735.html
- LMP & neighbor discovery
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00567.html
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00800.html
- applicability of LMP's verify procedure
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00651.html
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00651.html

I would propose to make the following modifications to the LMP draft,
version 03:
- Include a section on neighbor discovery
  Details can be found in
    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ccamp/ccamp.2002/msg00750.html
- Remove the concept of "control channel" and accept that signalling
  messages are carried over the "control network".

If this proposal would be followed, this would lead to:
- A simplification of the LMP draft: control channel management is not
  needed anymore.
- Enhancement of the LMP draft: automatic neighbor discovery is
  possible without any assumptions on the configuration of the control
  network.


Your ideas on how to proceed would be appreciated.

If this proposal is not in line with your view, I'm looking forward
to a continued discussion on the three indicated email threads !


Best regards,

Michiel

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