Re: ASON Routing Requirements to WG doc

[Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net>]

Hi Zafar,

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Zafar Ali wrote:

Thanks for your input!

> Deborah made a very good point about goals of the design team during the WG
> meeting. Specifically, she mentioned that the DT will work closely with ITU
> to understand the requirements.

Excellent.

> I would really like to make sure that the
> requirements are coming from the service providers

If you read the design team charter, you'll see that the requirements
come from the ITU, and that requirements *not* from the ITU have no
place, especially since the document is entitled "ASON Routing
Requirements".  However, the assumption is that the ITU got their
input from service providers (or carriers).

> and not from specific
> implementations. So, I would like to see more activity from the DT in
> closing on the requirements in the light of the needs of service providers,
> before agreeing to the notion.

Requirements from specific implementations and requirements that the
DT 'closes on ... [from] service providers' are not relevant in this
particular document.  If there is a 'further requirements for GMPLS
routing', your concerns would be very relevant and valuable.

However, for this document, given the charter of the design team, I
would ask you to reconsider.

Thanks,
Kireeti.
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