Hi Dimitri, 

Please see inline.

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:37:07 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> hi eiji
> 
> i understand your standpoint but this requires for me a broader discussion
> 
> if i follow your reasoning considering that a VNT is a centralized control
> point, if PCE would have been there six years ago we would have had also
> two definitions of GMPLS (controller): one in a restricted scope of PCE, 
> and
> one in a larger scope in the CCAMP context

I see your point.

> 
> my question thus to you is "are you specializing the VNT functionality 
> when
> running with a PCE or not" ? 
> 

Yes. We try to descirbe VNT manager functionality when PCE is involved.

Thank you.
Eiji

> much thanks,
> - dimitri.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eiji Oki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 03/07/2006 04:46
>  
>         To:     Dimitri PAPADIMITRIOU/BE/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         cc:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         Subject:        Re: [Pce] on draft-oki-pce-vntm-def-00.txt
> 
> 
> Hi Dimitri,
> 
> Thank you for your comments.
> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:23:06 +0200
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > folks 
> > 
> > reading this document the vnt functionality communicates with the pce; 
> > nevertheless it seems the operations the former allows are 
> setup/triggers 
> > (note that the triggers are not exclusively coming from a pce/going 
> toward 
> > a pce as the draft indicates, a simple lsr with could do the job), 
> > resource/ advertisement policing, etc. i.e. functions that are stricto 
> > sensu decoupled from pce ... hence shouldn't this document be not 
> 
> Yes, that is correct. The VNT Manager's job is to manage the VNT. This
> does not require PCE to be used to provide the trigger/notification and
> it does not require PCE to be used to compute paths in the lower layer
> network.
> 
> > discussed in the context of the ccamp wg (as a vnt operations are 
> > independent of the presence of a pce, presence of the latter wrt to vnt 
> is 
> > similar to the presence of a pce wrt to lsrs) ?
> > 
> 
> It is not our intention in this draft to provide a full framework and
> definition for VNT Manager. Instead, as the title of the draft shows, we
> want to define VNT manager for use in the PCE context.
> 
> We would be happy to work with you on another draft to provide a
> definition of VNT manager with a wider scope.
> 
> Thank you.
> Eiji
> 
> > thanks,
> > - dimitri.
> > 
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