At 04:25 PM 10/14/2005, Gray, Eric wrote:
Uh, PC (Path Computation)? MDPC (multi-domain path computation)?
What do you think PCE itself stands for in this - larger - context?
Certainly nothing intuitive.
precisely the point!
Rather than change an intuitively meaningful acronym to accommodate
an arbitrary (and intuitively meaningless) misuse, why not stop using
the acronym in the larger sense?
I'm completely fine with this. So does the "PCE Architecture"
document become "PC Architecture"?
Lou
--
Eric
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--> From: Lou Berger [<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--> To: Ash, Gerald R (Jerry), ALABS
--> Cc: Gray, Eric; Berger, Lou; Ash, Gerald R (Jerry), ALABS;
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-->
--> Gerry, Eric,
--> So what term do you use when referring to the
--> identification
--> of paths using PCCs and PCEs? The architecture document seems to
--> also call this PCE.
-->
--> Having PCE refer to the whole process and also to a
--> component in the
--> process seems to be very confusing, and it'll only get
--> worse as time
--> goes on and the amount of material and discussions increase. IMO it
--> would be better to endure the small pain now to fix the limited set
--> of documents we have now rather than having to endure all the pain
--> and confusion for years to come.
-->
--> Lou
-->
--> At 02:07 PM 10/14/2005, Ash, Gerald R \(Jerry\), ALABS wrote:
-->
--> >Eric,
--> >Lou,
--> >
--> > > PCE stands for "Path Computation Engine"
--> >
--> >'PCE' stands for 'Path Computation Element'.
--> >
--> > > PCS when talking the computing/server component.
--> >
--> >'PCS' was the old name for 'PCE', however 'PCS' connotes too much a
--> >separate 'server' implementation of 'PCE' (which doesn't
--> have to be a
--> >separate network element, but can be 'composite'), so
--> 'PCS' terminology
--> >was replaced by 'PCE'.
--> >
--> >Thanks,
--> >Jerry
-->
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