RE: IEEE 802.1 WG liaison letter to the IETF

["Don Fedyk" <dwfedyk@nortel.com>]

Nurit

Please do not try to interpret the liaison. The Liaison says nothing
about 

"The IETF should now focus on the 12 bit label encoding technique".

It actually states:

"The protocol entities that make use of a given Ethertype are
characterized not just by the format of packets 'on the wire' and rules
for their interchange, but also by their defined interfaces to adjacent
entities in the interface stack and the MAC relay entity as well as by
their local management interface interactions"

In other words just looking like an Ethernet packet with a 12 bit VID
(or not) on the wire is not the only criterion. The behavior an impact
on the Ethernet switch needs to be taken into account. In other words
all schemes including your 12 bit VID still need to be discussed to the
impact on the interfaces as relays on Ethernet hardware.

Regards,
Don 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ccamp@ops.ietf.org 
> This liaison was imitated by the IEEE intentionally to 
> address the same question that  we wanted to ask the IEEE. 
> The liaison clearly states that (currently) the only standard 
> behavior is the 12-bit VID translation, and the IETF should 
> now focus on the 12-bit label encoding technique for GELS.
> Regards,
> Nurit.
> 
<SNIP>