--On 4. september 2001 02:32 -0400 "Natale, Robert C (Bob)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do believe that the MPLS -> MPlS -> G-MPLS expansion to
> accommodate PSC and TDM -> LSC -> FSC devices is a beneficial
> and natural extension. The benefits offered by the traffic
> engineering opportu
Jon Crowcroft wrote:
> a node might be simpler but the system composed of a graph of suvch
> nodes more complex - you (as switch or router vendors) might get to
> make your h/w or s/w simpler at the level of forwarding, bu the overal
> syusytem that manages routes and traffic might be less simp
a node might be simpler but the system composed of a graph of suvch
nodes more complex - you (as switch or router vendors) might get to
make your h/w or s/w simpler at the level of forwarding, bu the overal
syusytem that manages routes and traffic might be less simple and
(therefore) more failur
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 1:07 AM
Hi Valdis,
> Now as for MLPS, it sounds to me like a good idea for its original
> design goals, but is being promoted for so many other things that
> many people are confused - Does it *really* slice,
> From: Bob Braden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 1:29 PM
Hi Bob,
> Simplicity, in this case, seems to be in the eye of the beholder.
There is certainly some universal truth in that statement.
> I don't get why label swapping is any simpler than hop/hop forward
Noel,
Your definition of "simplicity" -- the number of hardware gates
required -- seems overly narrow.
Bob Braden
> From: Bob Braden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I don't get why label swapping is any simpler than hop/hop forwarding.
At the time when tag-switching (to give it its original name - well, actually,
as someone pointed out, it was Ipsilon's product that started the trend, and
tag-switching from C
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:49:39 EDT, "Natale, Robert C (Bob)" said:
> To really jump the tracks here (since I'm pretty much just
> rambling on here anyway): It could be argued that both the
> "dot com" mania and melt-down were attributable -- in large
> part -- to the same mix of evangelistic and jo
*> extremely difficult. In solving the essential problem
*> it was tasked for (reducing routing control/signaling
*> overhead via a more efficient marriage of (routed) L3
*> messages and (switched) L2 transports), MPLS (thanks
*> to its tag switching ancestors) is, IMHO, an elegantly
Hi Abbie,
>fyi
>this is interesting to read
>http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=7805
>well what do u think
The set of articles and threads behind the article you
cite above reveals some of the worst possibilities in
"evangelism" and in "journalism", IMHO.
First, let me say that
Title: MPLS,IETF, etc..
fyi
this is interesting to read
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=7805
well what do u think
abbie
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