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LDP vs RSVP ?

  • From: Mike Conner <mconner@sntc.com>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:55:24 -0500
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George,

I have not followed all of this discussion but....
Does it make sense for RSVP to also do label assignments for MPLS?  I
would think that you would like to label switch an RSVP path.  What do
you think?

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	George Swallow [SMTP:swallow@cisco.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 17, 1998 9:52 AM
> To:	Nail Kavak
> Cc:	'mpls@external.cisco.com'; swallow@cisco.com
> Subject:	Re: LDP vs RSVP ? 
> 
> Nail -
> 
> As one of the authors of the document in question, I'll offer my
> opinion.  Note that I don't speak for all of us.
> 
> My interest in RSVP is to setup reserved bandwidth and/or explicit
> routes.  Things which are both normally routed and best effort are
> handled by LDP.
> 
> I see no need for RSVP/LDP interworking.  Also, currently, there is
> little interest in extending MPLS all the way to hosts.
> 
> ...George
> 
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