Re: flow label usage?

2010-08-05 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2010-08-05 21:37, Sheng Jiang wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On >> Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter >> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:50 AM >> To: Bob Hinden >> Cc: ipv6@ietf.org >> Subje

RE: flow label usage?

2010-08-05 Thread Sheng Jiang
> -Original Message- > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On > Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:50 AM > To: Bob Hinden > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: flow label usage? > > On 2010-07-29 00:32,

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-29 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2010-07-29 20:51, Brian Haberman wrote: > On 7/29/10 4:24 AM, Yong Lucy wrote: ... >> >> [LY] "a particular source" can be host or network device, is that right? > > My interpretation is that the "particular source" is the source of the > data packet. That is, the IPv6 node identified by the

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Haberman
On 7/29/10 4:24 AM, Yong Lucy wrote: > > > > > RFC 3697 defines it as: > > A flow is a sequence of packets sent from a particular source to a > particular unicast, anycast, or multicast destination that the source > desires to label as a flow. A flow

RE: flow label usage?

2010-07-29 Thread Yong Lucy
> >> > >> RFC 3697 defines it as: > >> > >> A flow is a sequence of packets sent from a particular source to a > >> particular unicast, anycast, or multicast destination that the source > >> desires to label as a flow. A flow could consist of all packets in a > >> specific tran

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-29 Thread Bob Hinden
Brian, >>> What is flow label usage? >>> >>> IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be >>> carried through the networks in the same path or belong to the same >>> application at host. Is that correct? Is there other

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2010-07-29 00:32, Bob Hinden wrote: > Lucy, > > On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Yong Lucy wrote: > >> >> What is flow label usage? >> >> IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be >> carried through the netwo

RE: flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Manfredi, Albert E
> -Original Message- > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On > My understanding is that it labels a flow. If the right way > to carry a flow is distributed across two network paths, so > be it. BTW, a "flow" has many definitions; the type of flow > that Tony was

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Fred Baker
On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Yong Lucy wrote: > What is flow label usage? > > IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be > carried through the networks in the same path or belong to the same > application at host. Is that correct? Is there othe

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Bob Hinden
Lucy, On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Yong Lucy wrote: > > What is flow label usage? > > IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be > carried through the networks in the same path or belong to the same > application at host. Is that correct? Is

Re: flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Shane Amante
Lucy, On Jul 28, 2010, at 13:58 GMT+02:00, Yong Lucy wrote: > What is flow label usage? > > IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be > carried through the networks in the same path or belong to the same > application at host. Is that correct?

flow label usage?

2010-07-28 Thread Yong Lucy
What is flow label usage? IMO: it enforces that a set of packets with the same flow label has to be carried through the networks in the same path or belong to the same application at host. Is that correct? Is there other usage of flow label? Regards, Lucy