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[Francis Arts <francis.arts@alcatel.be>]

Neil,

Could you also get me a copy? Thanks.

    Francis.

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Ed Woo schreef:

> Neil, I'd also like to receive a copy.  Thanks.
>
> Ed Woo
> Lucent Technologies
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mpls@UU.NET [mailto:owner-mpls@UU.NET]On Behalf Of
> neil.2.harrison@bt.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:32 AM
> To: fabio@infocom.uniroma1.it; mpls@UU.NET
> Subject: RE: MPLS OAM?
>
> Fabio....A few people have asked why I have not posted the stuff directly
> back to the mailing list so I think I had better briefly answer here in case
> I get any further enquiries:
>
> I started this last year based on the experiences (bad ones) with OAM for
> ATM....so, based on that history (ie I.610 reality vs I.356
> wish-list), I tried to correct the main flaws and get a *simple* OAM spec
> that does what we operators want, ie can detect all failures modes and
> measure availability. Since then Shahram Davari (PMC Sierra), Peter Willis
> (BT Labs) and Ben MackCrane (Tellabs) have been steadily refining the work
> with
> me (other have chipped in from time time to we are the main divers).
>
> We were going to submit an ID last year but 2 things happened:
> 1 The ITU started to work on this area formally....so I had to direct
> attention to this to make sure they saw our ideas and to try to keep the 2
> fora in sync.
> 2 GMPLS/OTN issues have taken quite a slice of my personal time over
> the last few months.
>
> I presented the basic ideas to the Nov 01 SG13 mtg.....they were all
> accepted and a draft Rec Y.17oam produced. Since then Shahram/Ben/Peter/I
> have been working on the outstanding issues.  However, since this is ITU
> focused at present and the work is in MS Word format that is why I did not
> send this to the list directly...and so I have been responding to requests
> to see this (quite a lot surprisngly) on a personal basis.  I will wait
> another day or so to see how many other requests come in and then mail shot
> whoever else asks for it.
>
> Once I get ITU sorted I will re-focus on getting suitable ID together and
> issued.
>
> Hope that explains the situation.
>
> Regards, Neil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fabio Ricciato [mailto:fabio@infocom.uniroma1.it]
> > Sent: 23 January 2001 08:14
> > To: neil.2.harrison@bt.com; mpls@UU.NET
> > Subject: Re: MPLS OAM?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I (silently) follow this mailing list.
> > I'm also intersted in the MPLS OAM and would like to be
> > included in the
> > distribution list about that.
> >
> > Anyway I guess OAM is an interesting topic for most of MPLS-involved
> > people, thus it's fine if discussion and/or reference distribution
> > continue on the mailing list.
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > fabio ricciato
> >