Hello everyone, I would like to start a discussion to gauge interest in possibly having a BOF (note that nothing has been decided yet - but starting with a mailing list and a web site seems to be a good idea) at the London IETF meeting. The topic is "ABR to the Internet" - in fact, it's "ABR Explicit Rate Feedback related mechanisms for the Internet". To quote from the web site: The goal: A generic approach to ... - identify relevant information - propose a new protocol and/or changes to existing protocols - propose ways to use specific information (endpoint behaviour) to achieve a certain QoS gain Don't think of it as strictly ABR-like (requiring per flow state). Think of it as ECN with a finer granularity. Let us see if we can find enough common ground to justify a BOF request. To join the discussion, subscribe to the mailing list at: http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/~michael/abr-internet/ You will find about anything you need at this web site. Kind regards, Michael Welzl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Michael Welzl Researcher Telecooperation Group Dpt. of Computer Science University of Linz Altenberger Str. 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria Phone: +43/732/2468-9264 Fax: +43/732/2468-9829 ICQ # 38201212 http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/~michael/