draft-many-ccamp-gmpls-framework-00.txt

[Yangguang Xu <xuyg@lucent.com>]

Summary for Sub-IP Area

   SUMMARY:
   This document presents a framework for the GMPLS control plane. 
   It studies the GMPLS control plane from three different perspectives: 
   functional partition, computational layering and network partition. 
   First, it studies the functional building blocks of a generic GMPLS 
   control plane and illustrates that, in order to be generalized for 
   different technologies and their specific application environment, 
   what each functional component could assume, what it "should" 
   (instead of "how") accomplish, what are the generic procedures 
   and possible options. Then, this document goes beyond the functional 
   partition and a single network. It illustrates the computational 
   network layering, network partitions and their implications to the 
   GMPLS control plane design, operations for the overall hybrid network. 
   It also covers issues associated with control plane interaction of 
   multiple networks, control plane integration and control plane 
   operation models.

   This document focuses on different aspects of the GMPLS control 
   plane from what the requirement document and GMPLS architecture 
   document focused. It completes these drafts and other GMPLS 
   related works.


   RELATED DOCUMENTS:
   GMPLS architecture
   IPO Carrier Requirements


   WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK:
   This work fits in the Control Plane of CCAMP


   WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG:
   GMPLS belongs to CCAMP. Because this document presents a framework 
   for GMPLS, it would be logical to target this document at the CCAMP WG.


   JUSTIFICATION
   CCAMP charter looks for a framework document. This document is a 
   revision of previous work that was considered as a good fit for GMPLS
   framework. The document was written by a balanced group of authors from both
   service providers and carriers. It completes the requirement and architecture
   documents for GMPLS control plane and provides guidance to protocol designs. 
   So CCAMP should consider this WG.