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[Satish_Amara@3com.com]

Hi,
     Here is a link to white paper comparing RSVP-TE and CR-LDP ...
http://www.dataconnection.com/mpls/mplsidx.htm

Satish Amara.




Gang Luo <gluo88@hotmail.com> on 04/14/2001 09:09:09 AM

Sent by:  Gang Luo <gluo88@hotmail.com>


To:   mpls@UU.NET
cc:   junchen@site.uottawa.ca (Satish Amara/MW/US/3Com)
Subject:  Does anyone know any article on advantage/drawback comparison between
      RSVP-TE and CR-LDP?



Hi,

Does anyone know any article on advantage/drawback comparison between
RSVP-TE and CR-LDP?

We may prepare such a comparation article if there does not exist such
one.


the intial list of the drawbacks of compared with CR-LDP compared with
RSVP-TE UNI
-----------------------

*   not so flexible to change the path properties once it was setup
since there is not referesh mechanism.
*  ...?


the intial list of the drawbacks of RSVP-TE UNI, compared with CR-LDP
-----------------------

*  there is no flow control, which results the waste of resources.
*  per-path based refreshment overhead, it is very substatial for big
carriar networks.
*   message sized is limited by IP packet size, which may not be big
enough for certain query services.
*  ....?

Your help will be greatly appreciated.


Best regards.
Gang Luo.