RE: QoS and IEEE 802

["Nelson, David" <dnelson@enterasys.com>]

Hannes Tschofenig writes...

> > draft-ietf-radext-vlan-priority-00.txt
> > draft-ietf-radext-filter-rules-00.txt
> > draft-ietf-radext-redirection-00.txt
> 
> Is the first document about QoS (is priority QoS for you)?

No.  The draft includes IEEE 802.1 priority queues.  It does not extend
to anything like RSVP or DiffServ.  We agreed that the "full" QoS work
would take place in the DIME WG, with coordination with RADEXT as
needed.

> What are your thoughts about a common QoS approach? Different IEEE 802
> standards specify different QoS parameters and require RADIUS
> interaction. There is work in 3GPP2 and ongoing work in Wimax.
Recently
> someone posted a draft about the DSL proposal in this area. I ask this
> question because I noticed that you seem to like a unified approach.

Yes, a unified approach would be highly desirable.  As indicated, DIME
has the lead on this.


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