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question on e-lsp and l-lsp

  • From: David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>
  • Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 16:58:29 -0500

Vishal M wrote:
> 
> 2. Somewhere I read that E-LSP shouldn't be used for ATM-LSR. Could
> someone please explain why ?

ATM switches usually do not have the ability to make switching/queueing
decisions based on more information than what's in the 5-byte cell
header.  Without this capability, E-LSPs can not be properly
implemented.

-- David