I would like to clarify the the difference
between the terms "conversion" and
"migration".
The title says "conversion" and in the document "migration" is
used.
Migration seems to be defined in the document i.e. migration of MP
states to
CP states. The difference between MP state (in the node) and CP
state is that
MP states do not have the end-point information whereas the CP
states have
end-point information. I belief the assumption here is that the
end-point information
is provided from an external source e.g. NMS.
Now coming to conversion I belief we mean at some point of time the
operator was
using the MP states and after the conversion is complete the
operator starts using
the CP. Now I belief the migration is just a single step in all of
this. For example,
the conversion process could include:
+ Identification of the circuits or auto-discovery of the
circuits
+ Migration
+ Some grouping to associate the various LSPs into protection
groups, VCAT groups
etc.
My point is we need to have an understanding of these processes and
exclude or
include these within the scope of GMPLS.
Regards,
Snigdho
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