Re: ASON reqts

[Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net>]

Hi Ben,

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Ben Mack-Crane wrote:

> CCAMPers,
>
> Having reviewed the proposed requirements draft, and some of the ensuing
> e-mail discussion, I would say that
>
> "I have read this document, and it isn't ready to be a CCAMP doc"

Thanks for your input (thanks too to all others who've voiced their
opinion).

> I am principally concerned that routing requirements are not included.
> While draft's title is encompassing "GMPLS Usage and Extensions for
> ASON," the abstract limits this to signaling only.

You're right -- this document doesn't address routing (and doesn't
profess to).  In keeping with other GMPLS work, I think it makes sense
to have separate signaling and routing documents, be they functional
specs, protocol details or requirements.  This view appears to be
shared by the ITU-T as well, from what I understand.

In the light of this, I have a question for you:
 - In your opinion, should the document under consideration become a
   CCAMP WG _just for signaling_?  I.e., if we had a companion doc
   that described the routing requirements for ASON, would that meet
   your objection?

Thanks,
Kireeti.