On 2011-02-10 12:16, Lucy yong wrote: > Hi Brian, > > There is some conflict between these goals: for example, strictly > avoiding idle time could cause a small packet sent on an idle path to > overtake a bigger packet from the same flow, causing out-of-order > delivery. > > I don't understand this. Do you mean the small packet and a bigger packet > takes different paths?
Exactly, if the goal is to keep both paths busy, this could happen, > If they take the same path, it should not cause out-of-order delivery. Thus, the method must ensure that all packets from the same user flow do take the same path. brian > Thanks, > Lucy > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of >> Brian E Carpenter >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:43 PM >> To: 6man >> Subject: [Fwd: I-D Action:draft-ietf-6man-flow-ecmp-01.txt] >> >> Hi, >> >> This version is intended to respond to the comments made during WG Last >> Call. >> >> Brian + Shane >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: I-D Action:draft-ietf-6man-flow-ecmp-01.txt >> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:30:01 -0800 >> From: internet-dra...@ietf.org >> Reply-To: internet-dra...@ietf.org >> To: i-d-annou...@ietf.org >> CC: ipv6@ietf.org >> >> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts >> directories. >> This draft is a work item of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the >> IETF. >> >> >> Title : Using the IPv6 flow label for equal cost multipath >> routing and link aggregation in tunnels >> Author(s) : B. Carpenter, S. Amante >> Filename : draft-ietf-6man-flow-ecmp-01.txt >> Pages : 10 >> Date : 2011-02-09 >> >> The IPv6 flow label has certain restrictions on its use. This >> document describes how those restrictions apply when using the flow >> label for load balancing by equal cost multipath routing, and for >> link aggregation, particularly for IP-in-IPv6 tunneled traffic. >> >> A URL for this Internet-Draft is: >> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-flow-ecmp-01.txt >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >> ipv6@ietf.org >> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
