Re: I-D ACTION:draft-rbradfor-ccamp-lmp-lol-01.txt

["Bradford, Richard" <rbradfor@cisco.com>]

I'd like to get feedback from the list on the this draft. In addition to any problems with the draft itself:
a) Does it solve the problem of Link Verification for OXCs?
b) If this isn't used, then how will Link Verification be performed for pure OXCs? Addition of Link Termination modules such as OC-48 and 10GigE? Build test circuits through the switches?
c) Will carriers deploy (i.e. not just lab trials) OXCs without Link Verification capabilities?





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        Title           : Link Management Protocol Extensions for Link discovery
                          Using Loss of Light
        Author(s)       : R. Bradford, D. Papadimitriou, D. Tappan
        Filename        : draft-rbradfor-ccamp-lmp-lol-01.txt
        Pages           : 13
        Date            : 2003-4-11
        
This document proposes an enhanced mechanism for Link Management
ProtocolĘs Link Verification procedure that is independent of the
data encoding type. It can be used for any point-to-point link,
including both Optical Links and SONET/SDH Links. The general
proposal is to use the transmission of light by the sender and
recognition of the presence or absence of light by the receiver
to identify port mapping.  The proposal includes minor extensions
to the existing messages to implement this extension to the link
verification procedure.

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