Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: tag switching: is it marketing or something new?
>i thought that this topic was appropriately discussed in the cell-relay >newsgroup for the following reasons [which is not to say that it couldn't >be discussed on the ietf mailing list as well]: > I disagree, since Tag Switching is completely independent of ATM, but alas, you seem determined. > 1. similarities between tag switching and i-pnni which is a > very atm-focused protocol. > There a *couple* of similarities, but overall, they are quite different. > 2. comparisons made in papers (such as the cisco white paper > entitled "scaling the internet with tag switching") between > tag switching and ip switching (which was advanced by ipsillon > networks as an alternative to lane and mpoa). > Again, tag switching can certainly be used in an ATM environment, but there is nothing which compels it to be sole transport. > 3. papers written such as the internet draft entitled "use of > tag switching with atm" which clearly position tag switching > as an atm routing protocol. > > I would also recommend that you review: Tag Switching Architechure ftp://ftp-eng.cisco.com/bdavie/tag-arch.ps Tag Distribution Protocol (TDP) ftp://ftp-eng.cisco.com/bdavie/tdp.ps I would also recommend that interested parties subscribe to the tagswitch@cisco.com mailing list if they are interested in following the discussions concerning tag switching. - paul -- Paul Ferguson || || Consulting Engineering || || Herndon, Virginia USA |||| |||| tel: +1.703.397.5938 ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. e-mail: pferguso@cisco.com c i s c o S y s t e m s |
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