Re: draft sub-ip area meeting in SLC

[Ben Mack-Crane <Ben.Mack-Crane@tellabs.com>]

Scott,

Clarification of two comments below:

Regards,
Ben

Scott Bradner wrote:
> 
> Draft minutes of the SLC Sub-IP Area meeting
> 
> comments by Jan 11 at 8pm EST
>         thanks
>                 Bert & Scott


>   ????
>   MPLS framework does have general comments.
>   Will this be the basis for the GMPLS document?
> 

Ben Mack-Crane
The existing MPLS Recovery Framework is quite general
and could be extended to cover TDM, optical, etc.
Significant work went into agreeing on common terminology.
The CCAMP recovery work should use this as a starting point rather
than starting over.

>   Ben Mackrane
>   Connection oriented networks.
>   If the IETF continues with MPLS must consider both aspects.
> 

Ben Mack-Crane
MPLS is used to create both connectionless and connection-oriented
networks.  These two forms of networking have fundamentally different
behavior and thus require different features from the networking
technology.  If the IETF continues with MPLS, both uses of MPLS
must be addressed.