RE: RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message

Tolga,

I believe there are all sorts of scenarios that are troublesome relating
to the group messages.  Don't you think we would need to define all
these in order for an SG to properly interop with an ASP?

Regards,
Lincoln

-----Original Message-----
From: Tolga Asveren [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:30 PM
To: Bhandari, Jitin (Jitin); Haresign Lincoln; Barry Nagelberg;
[email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message

Jitin,

Although I would think introducing CIC-ranges back to dynamic
registration may makes sense, I am not sure whether we need to define
implementation dependent functionality on SG, e.g ISUP proxy etc...

As long as the issue can be handled locally in SG, IMHO there is no need
to define specific behavior in SIGTRAN WG. We maybe just need to say
whose responsibility is it to deal with the complexity, e.g. answers
messages for group messages need to be aggregated at SG.


   Thanks,
   Tolga

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bhandari, Jitin (Jitin) [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: 'Haresign Lincoln'; Barry Nagelberg; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message
>
>
> Lincoln,
>
> Your understanding is correct. We all understand and acknowledge 
> limitations of previous Dynamic registration and issues associated 
> with it. Not only the Dynamic Registration needs to be re-defined with

> some basic modifications, along with almost a minor functionality 
> (ISUP Proxy) need to be defined as a part of M3UA on SG for such 
> scenarios.
>
> I can't stress enough for the need of such functionalities especially 
> when we have elaborate network in real time domain with Multiple MGs 
> (at-least 40) being controlled by one MGC and resources are shared all

> across ASPs.
> If each MG is supporting large number of Trunk resources (e.g.
> say 60K CICs), we are talking large network provisioning in a real 
> time network.
>
> Static registration is not a method for such networks. Flow through 
> provisioning (Dynamic Registration) is required between MGC & SG.
>
> We have such distributed networks successfully deployed with similar 
> modifications (ISUP Proxy) and enhancement (for dynamic registration 
> procedure) for the same reason.
>
> We seriously think that its time that we should consider Dynamic 
> registration procedure in this direction if we want a better inter-op 
> world around us.
>
> Thanks,
> Jitin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haresign Lincoln [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: Barry Nagelberg; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message
>
> It certainly would be a nice feature.  But there are a large number of

> ISUP scenarios that would need to be covered.  For example, if you 
> loose all ASPs handing a certain CIC range, do you BLO?  Anyway, it 
> seems to me that this is almost too much for M3UA and almost requires 
> a new extension specifically for ISUP.
>
> Regards,
> Lincoln
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Nagelberg [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message
>
> All,
>
> I agree with Jitlin - CIC range functionality should be put back into 
> Dynamic Registration. After removing it to comply to the spec, we had 
> to put it back in because one of our customers demanded it.
>
> In cases such as these, I suggest that try harder to listen to our 
> customers - after all, they are the ones who are paying for SIGTRAN to

> be actually implemented and deployed.
>
> Barry Nagelberg
> Adax, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bhandari, Jitin (Jitin) [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:53 PM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Cc: '[email protected]'
> Subject: RE: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message
>
>
> Brian,
>
> No where in the RFC-3332, I understand the interpretation of CIC 
> ranges is limited to Load Distribution.
>
> When CIC ranges were a part of Routing Key, they can very well be used

> for routing and be defined as a part of Routing key. Since, 
> OPC-DPC-CIC values uniquely identify a resource on the ASP and can 
> very well be treated is unique routing key from RFC definition.
>
> I very well understand when you talk about CIC & TID being just an 
> element from Load Sharing perspective but for the same analogy if CIC 
> & TID are for Load distribution, OPC can also be viewed as Load 
> distribution method so as to have multiple ASPs (behind SG) handling 
> parts of SS7 network. It is up-to anyone as how one vision Routing key

> arbitration at SG for MGC. Limiting the Routing Key definition at RFC 
> level is not fair especially when it was talked about in previous RFC.
>
> My point here is that by getting rid of such parameters at RFC level, 
> we would face many inter-op issues with various vendors in the real 
> work if one has to pick Dynamic Registration Path. We will only end up

> with many drafts like this one modifying the Registration Request 
> message for handling of SS7 traffic at SG. Inter-op in real world 
> would be a serious issue with such procedures then.
>
> Also, as I mentioned in my previous email, CIC resources being dynamic

> in nature at MGC, a flow through dynamic provisioning support (from 
> MGC to SG) was provided by having such Keys in the dynamic 
> registration procedure.
>
> By getting rid of such parameters at RFC level, we are just making 
> Dynamic Registration procedure un-usable.
>
> -Jitin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian F. G. Bidulock [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:11 PM
> To: Bhandari, Jitin (Jitin)
> Cc: '[email protected]'
> Subject: Re: [Sigtran] RFC 4666 M3UA - Reg Request Message
>
> Jitin,
>
> CIC and TID were only applicable to load distribution and not routing 
> and were therefore removed from the "routing" key.
>
> See
>
>
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bidulock-sigtran-loadsel-04.
> tx
> t
>
> for a equivalent mechanism for controlling load distribution based on 
> CIC using a "load" key dynamically registered in the REG REQ.
>
> --brian
>
> --
> Brian F. G. Bidulock
> [email protected]
> http://www.openss7.org/
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