IPO draft-prs-optical-routing-01.txt

[Bala Rajagopalan <BRaja@tellium.com>]

NAME OF I-D: 

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-prs-optical-routing-01.txt
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-prs-optical-routing-01.ps


SUMMARY

   The objective of this draft is to describe mechanisms for exchanging
routing 
information between IP clients and optical networks, and between optical
sub-networks. 
Such information exchange would allow automated establishment of end-to-end
paths in 
an optical network comprising of  multiple sub-networks. Furthermore, it
would  
allow optical network clients, specifically IP routers, to discover their
remote 
peers dynamically. Determination of reachability could  be the first step in

dynamic provisioning of optical paths using  signaling. 

This draft has an architectural flavor and the aim is to be a framework or
reference for specific protocol work.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-many-ip-optical-framework-03.txt
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-chiu-strand-unique-olcp-02.txt
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bernstein-optical-bgp-00.txt
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-parent-obgp-01.txt
    
WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK

This draft belongs in the IPO, as it describes various options
for routing at an architectural level. Specific mechanisms may
be developed in other groups such as CCAMP.

WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG

  This draft addresses the following
  item from the IPO WG charter:

 - Document the applicability of IP-based protocols for the controlled 
   dissemination of optical network topology, metric, and constraint 
   information.   


JUSTIFICATION

  Please see above for how this draft fits within the charter
  of the IPO WG.

  

Bala Rajagopalan
Tellium, Inc.
2 Crescent Place
P.O. Box 901
Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
Tel: (732) 923-4237
Fax: (732) 923-9804
Email: braja@tellium.com