GSMPv3 & L2C
"Sanjay Wadhwa" <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:08:13 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.gsmp |
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Section 3.1.4 in the GSMPv3 draft describes extension TLVs. There is a = restriction of "at most one extension TLV per message type". Is there a = particular reason for this restriction ? There might be cases where a = particular technology needs more than one such (optional) TLV in a = message. One option could be to have the "extension value" be composed = of multiple sub-TLVs (with their own well defined format). But, it is = simpler to allow multiple top level TLVs. Based on the "length" in the = GSMP message header and the "length" in each TLV, the parsing is not a = problem. For sanity check number of TLVs in the message can be included = in the message. The device that does not understand a particular TLV can = silently ignore the TLV and continue on. In context of L2C this is needed for a BRAS (controller) to configure = line characterstics of a DSL line on a DSLAM. There is more than one = parameter that can be configured (multiple, optional TLVs in the port = management message seems like an appropriate way to implement this = functionality). Any thoughts on not having the restriction of a single = "extension" TLV per message type ? Thanks -Sanjay