RE: Outsourcing and Provisioning common model

[Kwok Ho Chan <khchan@NortelNetworks.com>]

Agree.

The proposal submitted into 3GPP is to USE THE COPS PROTOCOL WITH THE
COPS-PR EXTENSION AS IS.  NO PROTOCOL CHANGE REQUIRED.

We envision 3GPP's usage will be applicable to other usage also.
Hence we should work toward NO MORE COPS or COPS-PR PROTOCOL CHANGES!

Also, some good news:
3GPP CN3 have re-confirmed on Wed Jan 30, 2002 that the previous decision 
have not
change.  That is COPS-PR and UMTS Go PIB will be used for the 3GPP CN3 
functionalities.

We are continuing to get the UMTS Go PIB completed as part of 3GPP CN3 work 
item.
We will send updated UMTS Go PIB drafts into IETF as individual submissions.

-- Kwok --


At 08:36 PM 1/31/02 -0500, Man.M.Li@nokia.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>If I understand it correctly, 3GPP would like to use COPS-PR for the GO 
>interface and they have a tight schedule for their next release. If we 
>keep on changing the COPS protocols, is it possible that people who are 
>friendly with COPS will pick up an alternative solution (SNMP or even 
>Radius) simply for stability reasons. By the time we come up with a 
>perfect COPS solution, many have already stood behind other protocols. 
>This applies not only to folks in 3GPP but also to those who are 
>interested in using COPS for policy management. Timing may be everything 
>for gaining market recognition. Without market share, what is a perfect 
>solution good for?
>
>Man