Re: [RRG] Which Side to Control Ingress Link Selection?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>]

On 2008-04-19 02:02, Christian Vogt wrote:
>> Set me thinking. In some way whoever pays for the link should be able to
>> control what happens over it, which in many cases will mean the
>> receiving network?
> 
> Louise,
> 
> the receiving edge network may actually be affected by the choice of its
> ingress link in close to all cases.  In some cases, though, it might in
> addition have an impact on the sending edge network, because a
> particular ingress link at the receiving side may force the sending side
> to use a particular egress link, and this may have cost effects on the
> sending side (consider peering relationships).
> 
> Conceptually, though, by giving control to those who pay, we would
> certainly be on the right track.

I don't know how to make it work though. Who pays is a very fuzzy
notion. When I access a server that sends me an unsolicited
ad, who is actually the principal payer for the traffic on my
ingress link? I think we're going to have difficulty extracting
an architectural requirement from this.

    Brian

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