RE: Proposed response to the Liaison Statement on LMP Link Verifi cation

["Ong, Lyndon" <LyOng@Ciena.com>]

Hi Kireeti,

Maybe everyone is tired out :o)  In any case, I think
a liaison response is certainly a good idea, and you
deserve some thanks for putting it together and attempting
to reach some consensus on the list.

Just wanted to clarify one point, though - the liaison says
that compared to G.7714.1 messages
 
> "GMPLS identifiers are typically 32 bit numbers and as such are not 
> printable characters."

Maybe it's a fine point, but the messages in G.7714.1 are described
in bit-oriented format, not as characters; the Base64 encoding is
then applied to the message before it goes out on the trace, so that
what is sent on the wire is in the form of printable characters.  

That means that 32 bit numbers can still be carried in the message,
subject to the length limit.  A decoding would be applied at the other 
end to recover the original bit-oriented message.
(Folks who worked on 7714.1 can correct me if I'm wrong on this).

Cheers,

Lyndon
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Kireeti Kompella [mailto:kireeti@juniper.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:51 AM
To: ccamp@ops.ietf.org
Cc: sob@harvard.edu; Wijnen, Bert (Bert); Ron Bonica (E-mail);
zinin@psg.com
Subject: RE: Proposed response to the Liaison Statement on LMP Link
Verifi cation


Hi All,

On Sun, 11 May 2003, Kireeti Kompella wrote:

> Please send your replies to the list (if you wish to reply privately,
> include the Liaison Coordinator and the ADs in your reply).

There was some support, no nay-sayers and no alternative text.

I'm surprised at the somewhat tepid support, as when the subject
of liaisons came up, there were heated opinions that CCAMP was
not keeping its end up, and now that we have liaisons to send,
there is limited (expressed) interest, either for or against.

In any case, this is important, there is enough support, so I will
send the liaison off as is.

I encourage those who can to attend the interim meeting in Chicago.
It's coming up soon, June 9-13.

Thanks,
Kireeti.