The MPLS WG Archive

[Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net>]

Rob,
         See responses below.

At 04:59 PM 7/14/00 -0400, Robert Rennison wrote:
>Lou et al,
>
>I have two minor comments on this well written draft.
>
>1.
>
>There is a minor typo in section 3.1.1 for the Generalized Label Request
>TLV.
>
>The description of the TLV encoding for CR-LDP says:
>
>"The format of a Generalized Labels (in CR-LDP) is:"
>
>Instead it should say.
>
>"The format of a Generalized Labels Request (in CR-LDP) is:"

Thank you.

>I have previously commented to some of you that the similarity between the
>name of
>this Generalized Label Request TLV  and that of the Generalized Label
>object/TLV will
>lead to confusion and errors.
>
>2.
>
>In section 3.2.2 Procedures it specifies that:
>
>    The Generalized Label travels in the upstream direction in
>    MAPPING/Resv messages.
>
>Upon first reading it appears that the generalized label _only_ flows in
>the upstream direction. The next line goes on to discuss what happens in the
>presence of
>both a generalized and normal label,and error. It is not mentioned,in this
>procedures section,
>that the generalized label is allowed in the downstream direction in the
>presence of link bundling.

I think one of us is confused, perhaps you're talking about suggested label?

Thanks for the feedback.

Lou


>Better would be something like:
>
>    The Generalized Label travels in the upstream direction in
>    MAPPING/Resv messages and optionally in the REQUEST/Path message when
>    in the presence of link bundling.
>
>
>Regards
>
>Rob Rennison
>---------------
>Robert Rennison
>Laurel Networks
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mpls@UU.NET [mailto:owner-mpls@UU.NET]On Behalf Of Lou
> > Berger
> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 2:35 PM
> > To: Chatterjee, Shash
> > Cc: MPLS Mailing-list (E-mail)
> > Subject: draft-ashwood-generalized-mpls-signaling- (was Re: Optical
> > MPLS)
> >
> >
> > A number of us just submitted a draft that merges and extends some of
> > the drafts you mention.  If you (or anyone else) would like to take a
> > look at it before it comes out in the standard places, it's available at:
> > http://www.labn.net/lberger/docs/draft-ashwood-generalized-mpls-si
> > gnaling-00.txt
> >
> > Lou
> >
> > At 12:05 PM 7/5/00 -0500, Chatterjee, Shash wrote:
> > >Hello everyone!
> > >
> > >Where can I get a comprehensive list of the MPLS/CR-LDP
> > >optical/lambda-switching drafts?
> > >So far, I have read draft-kompella...,draft-fan..., draft-basak... and
> > >draft-krishnaswamy...  Are there any others?  Also, are there any other
> > >(potentially non-IETF)  documents/mailing-lists where I can
> > learn about the
> > >various standards efforts and issues related to this topic?
> > >
> > >Any pointers on this topic would be very welcome.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance,
> > >Shash
> > >
> > >Sasvata (Shash) Chatterjee
> > >schatterjee@whiterocknetworks.com
> > >White Rock Networks
> > >Dallas, Texas, USA
> > >