Re: LMP revision 04

[Yangguang Xu <xuyg@lucent.com>]

Kireeti,

> Here's my view on how LMP fits into the Sub-IP "hourglass":
> 
>    LMP provides a valuable addition to the control plane that allows
>    nodes in a network to establish and maintain control channels,
>    exchange properties of links, abstract groups of such links into a
>    "TE link", map such TE links to their respective control channels,
>    and manage faults on these links.  The information gathered by LMP
>    feeds into the IGP extensions to provide a fuller picture of the
>    network topology, as well as into signaling protocols for mapping of
>    control channels to data links, and fault recovery.  LMP operation
>    is COMMON across a variety of control channel instantiations, and TE
>    link types.  TE link types may be ATM, Frame Relay, SONET/SDH,
>    Ethernet, OEO, lambdas, or fibers.
> 
 
You didn't mention IP above or you missed it intentionally. Just curious, do you
know any IP router, ATM or FR switch that implements LMP to perform the goodies
you mentioned above?

Thanks,

Yangguang