Re: Regarding the DiffServ-TE drafts(lefaucheur,boyel,kompella,ash,bi tar)

[Geoff Huston <gih@telstra.net>]

At 9/7/01 06:18 AM, Choudhury, Sanjaya wrote:

>         Q1. Do we need to advertise the per-class (/type) bandwidth
>         information via IGP ?
>
>         -As far as I understand, two of the drafts  (ash,boyel?) prefer
>         not to advertise per-class bandwidth info for scalability reasons.
>
>         -In my opinion, it is better to advertise the per-class bandwidth
>         info via IGP. This information, will help the path computation
>         module to do a better job. And one can handle, the scalability
>         problems, via different mechanisms (as illustrated by other
>    drafts)


This is a critical issue, as the scaleability concerns regarding the number 
of updates of per class bandwidth information may get quite significant. 
Which drafts are you referring to that address the scaleability issues?

thanks

   Geoff