The MPLS WG Archive

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Vijay, George, 

On 26 Jun 2000, at 1:26, Grenville Armitage wrote:

> In principle I think this document provides suitable
> technical solutions for indicating DS-style PHBs using
> various types of MPLS encapsulation.
> 
> However, the document's editorial process is clearly only
> in its early stages, and the I-D ought not be progressed
> as currently written.
> 
> Specifically I found that the structure and wording of most
> sections to be extremely verbose and repetitive, such that it
> was necessary to re-read many paragraphs a few times just to
> be sure of what was being said. There is also a rather high
> ratio of speculative to normative text scattered throughout
> the document. It will be far clearer to read and implement when
> another editorial pass moves speculative text (discussions of what
> could have been, might be, or might not be...) to their own sections
> clearly separated from the normative text (such as what E-LSP and
> L-LSPs actually are, recommended default EXP<->PHB mappings, etc).
> 
> Section 11's discussion of ECN is also unrelated to the ostensible
> goals of a document chartered to describe "MPLS Support of
> Differentiated Services". ECN isn't mentioned in the abstract or intro
> section (not surprisingly, since ECN isn't part of Diffserv). Section
> 11 itself appears to be unsure of whether it is speculative or
> normative.
[snip]


I would like to agree with Grenville, and think that rework of this 
draft along the lines he proposes would be quite useful.  

Regards,
Steve 

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