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E2E VoIP over MPLS ('VoMPLS') Header Compression - End-to-End MPLS

  • From: "Jim Hand" <hand17@earthlink.net>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:56:45 -0500
  • Cc: "'Ash, Gerald R \(Jerry\), ALABS'" <gash@ems.att.com>, "'raymond zhang'" <zhangr@info.net>, "'MPLS@UU.net'" <MPLS@UU.NET>, "'George Swallow'" <swallow@cisco.com>, "'Loa Andersson'" <loa.andersson@utfors.se>, "'GOODE, B \(Bur\), ALABS'" <bgoode@att.com>, "'Dave Cooper'" <cooper@GBLX.net>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curtis Villamizar [mailto:curtis@fictitious.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:59 AM

>
> Jim,
>
> What we are trying to establish is if you are actually solving a
> practical problem Which has two parts.  The first is identifying what
> problem it is you are trying to solve.  The second is determining if
> what you are suggesting solved the problem.
>
> If the discussion so far is valid, the problem is CE-PE and the simple
> solution of just compressing on the CE and decompressing on the PE has
> a practical problem of overloading the PE.  Having P routers support
> compression and decompression **is part of the current problem**.

Neither of the drafts require P routers to support compression and
decompression.

>
> If the above paragraph is not valid for some reason, please start by
> telling us what problem you are trying to solve, then tell us why the
> techniques in these drafts solve the problem without creating a bigger
> problem elsewhere.

A problem statement/requirements document will be submitted for discussion
on the list.

>
> Regards,
>
> Curtis