top posting: 1/ I agree with John that we need to make it possible for nomcom to find technically qualified transport candidate
2/ I must also agree with Linda regarding how complex today’s network system has become, which raised the expertise requirement bar — would the picture getting even worse over next few years, or are we doing anything to get out of this ever increasing complexity? Lixia > On May 29, 2015, at 4:39 PM, John Leslie <j...@jlc.net> wrote: > > Linda Dunbar <linda.dun...@huawei.com> wrote: >> >> Today's network is layers of layers of overlay (multiple layers of >> encapsulation). A communication between two end points traverses >> multiple administrative domains. > > Quite true. > >> The TSV-Area AD should have the knowledge of BGP, the domain >> demarcation across different administrative domains. > > It's hard enough to find Routing ADs that understand BGP. To repeat > myself and others: We must make it possible for the NomCom to do its > job. > > TSV ADs should know how to talk to routing experts; but I see no > reason for them to be BGP experts themselves. > > Indeed, even if we consider what happens to packets as they cross > Administrative Domains to be in-scope for Transport documents (alas, > sometimes it is), that doesn't mean TSV ADs need to understand the > details of that issue. > > Also, please note that our TSV ADs are seriously trying to organize > the work so that they don't need to review all documents themselves. > > -- > John Leslie <j...@jlc.net> >
