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[PWE3] I-D ACTION:draft-allan-mpls-pid-00.txt

  • From: Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:28:29 -0800
  • Cc: "'pwe3@ietf.org'" <pwe3@ietf.org>, "'mpls@uu.net'" <mpls@UU.NET>

Dave,

Also isn't it better to use '0000' instead of '1000' for the first nibble.
This way it won't interfere with any implementation.

-Shahram

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shahram Davari 
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:25 PM
>To: David Allan (E-mail)
>Cc: pwe3@ietf.org; mpls@uu.net
>Subject: RE: [PWE3] I-D ACTION:draft-allan-mpls-pid-00.txt
>
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>I have a few questions/comments:
>
>1) Last sentence of section 2: It is not clear what the 
>loopback address is. I assume it is not a 127/8 address.
>
>2) Could you please explain bullet 2 of section 4 a bit more.
>
>3) Section 6: I assume by no PHP you mean when there is only 
>one label to be poped. right?
>Also it might be possible to get a PPP PID for the extended 
>Payload ID control-word. 
>
>Yours,
>Shahram 
>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Subject: [PWE3] I-D ACTION:draft-allan-mpls-pid-00.txt
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>>
>>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line 
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>>
>>	Title		: MPLS and IP PW Payload ID
>>	Author(s)	: D. Allan
>>	Filename	: draft-allan-mpls-pid-00.txt
>>	Pages		: 0
>>	Date		: 2003-4-3
>>	
>>This memo defines an MPLS and PW payload ID. It describes how an
>>MPLS payload ID may be used to address a number of issues associated
>>with proprietary ECMP deployments. It describes how when used with
>>PWs permits OAM and control protocols to be multiplexed with a PW.
>>
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