Re: DRN and TID Label Issues - Issue #2

Lincoln,

The last two sentences speak to Loadshare as well.

--brian

Haresign Lincoln wrote:                                           (Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:31:48)
> Brian,
> 
> Again, I don't believe Broadcast mode is relevant to TID routing.  It
> seemed obvious to me.  If you feel it is necessary to specify this in
> the IG, please indicate and I'm sure we can all agree on some wording.
> 
> Regards,
> Lincoln 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian F. G. Bidulock [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: Haresign Lincoln
> Cc: Barry Nagelberg; [email protected]
> Subject: DRN and TID Label Issues - Issue #2
> 
> Lincoln,
> 
> RFC 3868 says:
> 
> 4.1.1.  Receipt of Primitives from SCCP
> 
>    ...
>    corresponding SCTP association.  If more than one ASP is in the ASP-
>    ACTIVE state (i.e., traffic is to be load-shared across more than one
>    ASP), one of the ASPs in the ASP_ACTIVE state is selected from the
>    list.  If the ASPs are in Broadcast Mode, all active ASPs will be
>    selected and the message sent to each of the active ASPs.  The
>    selection algorithm is implementation dependent but could, for
>    example, be round robin or based on the SLS.  The appropriate
>    selection algorithm must be chosen carefully as it is dependent on
>    application assumptions and understanding of the degree of state
>    coordination between the ASP_ACTIVE ASPs in the AS.
> 
> These last to sentences are in conflict with the use of DRN/TID label.
> 
> --brian
> 
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> Brian F. G. Bidulock
> [email protected]
> http://www.openss7.org/

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