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Re: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture



All,
Does the following picture capture what we want to achieve?
 
 
             ------------------     ------    
            |R1                |   |R2    |  
            |  --    --    --  |   |  --  |    ------
            | |L1|  |L2|  |L3| |   | |L4| |   |R3    |
            |  --    --    --  |   |  --  |   |  --  |
            |   :     :     :  |   |   :  |   | |L5| |
Control      ---+-----+-----+--     ---+--    |  --  |
Plane           :     :     :          :      |   :  |
----------------+-----+-----+----------+------+---+--+-
Data            :     :     :          :      |   :  |
Plane          --     :    --         --      |  --  |
          ----|P1|--------|P3|-------|P4|-----+-|P5|-+-
               -- \   :  / --         --      |  --  |
                   \ -- /                     |      |
                    |P2|                       ------
                     --
 
Pn is a physical (bearer/data/transport plane) node.
Rn is a control plane "router"
Ln is a logical control plane entity that manages a single
   physical node.
 
Thus:
R3 represents an LSR with all components collocated.
R2 shows how the "router" component may be disjoint from
   the switch
R1 shows how a single "router" may manage multiple switches
 
If you can confirm this generalisation, then we can show (or fail to show)
A. That this is a requirement
B. That this can be achieved using existing protocols
 
 
Cheers,
Adrian.
 
PS. Those not familiar with GSMP may want to take a quick peak.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Fedyk" <dwfedyk@nortelnetworks.com>
To: <Dimitri.Papadimitriou@alcatel.be>; "Ong, Lyndon" <LyOng@Ciena.com>
Cc: "Adrian Farrel" <adrian@olddog.co.uk>; "Brungard, Deborah A, ALABS" <dbrungard@att.com>; <ccamp@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: RE: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture

> Dimitri
>
> If you are saying the real or logical node id that is associated with the
> Data (bearer) plane should be unique? I would say yes.
>
> If you are saying could it be IP address format? I would say yes. (Note the
> link identifiers in IP address format are unique only with respect to the
> node id).
>
> But if you say Should it then follow each piece of equipment has knowledge
> of this IP address format that is assigned to it? I would say no because
> there is equipment that won't have this for some time. (A requirement I
> understand from ASON).  
>
> So what I believe you are left with is some bearer equipment which has TE
> resources (a node Identifier (non-IP) and link identifiers (non-IP)). This
> equipment is known by its native identifiers to the entity in the control
> plane which can assign: IP format identifiers to the equipment (through some
> means) and an unique node identifier. This can then be advertised on its
> behalf as a GMPLS compatible TE LSA.
>
> This does create some challenges but in reality I think many devices are
> known by more than one name. (Look at VoIP, devices they have 2 identifiers
> E.164 and IP. I personally never use my IP address to make a VoIP phone call
> but I know that it is routed to a IP address along the way that is hidden
> from me.)
>
> I tend to agree with Lyndon that Topology is derived from TE advertisements.
> I don't understand what you could do without a unique logical node
> associated with the TE links.
>
> Don
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
Dimitri.Papadimitriou@alcatel.be
> > [mailto:Dimitri.Papadimitriou@alcatel.be]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:48 PM
> > To: Ong, Lyndon
> > Cc: Fedyk, Don [BL60:1A00:EXCH]; Adrian Farrel; Brungard,
> > Deborah A, ALABS;
ccamp@ops.ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture
> >
> >
> > the problem is not an issue of being cleaner, the issue
> > is once the following assumption is taken (which is the
> > logical consequence of rfc 3630 in the gmpls context)
> >
> > "a stable IP address of the control plane entity that
> > manages the resources on behalf of the data plane
> > entity whose resources are being advertised."
> >
> > can we assume that wrt to this stable IP address the
> > resource identification will be unique (throughout
> > these multiple data plane entities) and in this case
> > it holds (no additional level of indirection needed),
> > or not (i.e. you will find duplicated id space values
> > and then an additional level of indirection is needed)
> >
> > the problem of the design team was not define the issue
> > but to find enough arguments wrt to the operational
> > practices (ie user community) in order to close this
> >
> > thanks,
> > - dimitri.
> >
> > Ong, Lyndon wrote:
> > > I had the same assumption as Don, that the RFC treats the
> > advertising
> > > router and the bearer plane node as the same. It would be
> > cleaner if
> > > there was also a bearer plane node identifier in the advertisement.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Lyndon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Don Fedyk [mailto:dwfedyk@nortelnetworks.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:56 AM
> > > To: Adrian Farrel; Brungard, Deborah A, ALABS;
ccamp@ops.ietf.org
> > > Subject: RE: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Adrian
> > >
> > > See Comments Below,
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:adrian@olddog.co.uk]
> > >>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:18 PM
> > >>To: Brungard, Deborah A, ALABS;
ccamp@ops.ietf.org
> > >>Subject: Re: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I assume that the desire is to have one control plane entity
> > >>mange multiple data plane entities (not to have one data
> > >>plane entity managed by multiple control plane entities).
> > >
> > >
> > > I agree.
> > >
> > >>I believe. in this context, it might be helpful to separate
> > >>the signaling function (and the associated routing function
> > >>for the delivery of the signaling messages) from the TE
> > >>advertisement routing function. Since we are discussing the
> > >>routing requirements (this is the routing DT) can I assume
> > >>that the discussion is limited to the TE advertisement
> > >>routing function, with the aim to have one control plane
> > >>entity advertise the resources on behalf of multiple data
> > >>plane entities.
> > >>
> > >>If all of the above, why could you not simply do this using
> > >>RFC3630? The only wrinkle might be that the Router Address
> > >>TLV is described as carrying "a stable IP address of the
> > >>advertising router". Clearly, this needs to be interpreted as
> > >>"a stable IP address of the control plane entity that manages
> > >>the resources on behalf of the data plane entity whose
> > >>resources are being advertised."
> > >
> > >
> > > Interesting. I thought that you need a logical node id for
> > the bearer
> > > plane as well even though you are only advertising from a single
> > > entity.  In other words, is it not the desire to have the TE
> > > advertisements contain the same information regardless of whether
> > > there is a one to one correspondence between the nodes in
> > control and
> > > the data plane or there is a one to many relationship? My
> > > interpretation of RFC3630 is that it assumes the
> > advertising router is
> > > the same as the logical node in the bearer plane that owns the
> > > resources. If a logical node id was added to the
> > advertisement for the
> > > node terminating the resources when the advertising router
> > was not the
> > > bearer node that owned the resources it would be clearer to me.
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Am I missing something?
> > >>
> > >>Adrian
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "Brungard, Deborah A, ALABS" <
dbrungard@att.com>
> > >>To: <
ccamp@ops.ietf.org>
> > >>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:43 PM
> > >>Subject: ason-routing-reqts: issue 2 architecture
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-> ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-
> > > reqts-
> > > 02.txt
> > >
> > > The second DT issue is on the physical architecture which can be
> > > supported by GMPLS (from the draft):
> > >
> > > ASON does not restrict the architecture choices used, either a
> > > co-located architecture or a physically separated
> > architecture may be
> > > used. Some members of the Design Team are concerned that GMPLS's
> > > concept of the LSR requires a 1-to-1 relationship between the
> > > transport plane entity and the control plane entity (Router). They
> > > invite CCAMP input on GMPLS capabilities to support multiple
> > > architectures i.e. how routing protocols would identify the
> > transport
> > > node ID vs. the router or routing controller ID when
> > scoping Link IDs
> > > in a link advertisement. Deborah
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Papadimitriou Dimitri
> > E-mail :
dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be
> > E-mail : dpapadimitriou@psg.com
> > Webpage: http://psg.com/~dpapadimitriou/
> > Address: Fr. Wellesplein 1, B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
> > Phone  : +32 3 240-8491
> >
> >
>
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