On 22/Jun/16 10:20, Masataka Ohta wrote: > > By not managing transport characteristics at all except > that links are on or off (or, if you want to guarantee QoS, > a little more than that).
But how do Layer 3 protocols manage transport characteristics today? Unless I misunderstand your statement. > > L3 protocols know links are off if L2 operators actively > turn them off or if the protocols detect consecutive lack > of L3 HELO generated frequently enough. > > L2 operators turns links off for maintenance and > BER degradations need unscheduled maintenance. Again, this does not seem too removed from what happens already today. Unless I misunderstand what you are saying. > > > I'm afraid "heavily" implies a lot less utilization. I don't disagree with what you imply by "heavily". What I am saying is "a lot less" or "a lot more" is not a universal measure. It means different things to different people, as business operations (which largely drive this kind of thing) differ widely. Mark.
