Re: Traffic distribution semantics

"Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:04:45 -0700

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Ilie,

Ilie Glib wrote:                                                      (Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:12:42)
> Hello Folks,
> 
> I would like to ask about the consequences of the proposed
> clarification on the IPSP - IPSP scenario.
> 
> My understanding was that IPSPs when routing outgoing traffic behave
> like SGPs and keep the AS states as SGPs do. At the same time I
> thought that xxUA adaptation layers in IPSPs are independent in
> different IPSPs serving the same AS. Thus these layers do not need to
> coordinate their states. (Applications/Users may need to coordinate
> their states, but it does not matter in this context)
> 
> With the proposed clarification the M3UA layers on IPSPs serving the
> same traffic range become dependent on each other and have to
> coordinate their states. It is a BIG change to the standard, in my
> view. Moreover I do not see a stringent need for this change.
> 
> Opinions?

I don't see it as a change at all.

--brian

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