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Network Working Group Don Fedyk (Nortel Networks)
Internet Draft Osama Aboul-Magd (Nortel Networks)
Category: Informational Deborah Brungard (AT&T)
Expires August 2005 Jonathan Lang (Sonos, Inc.)
Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel)
February 2005
A Transport Network View of the Link Management Protocol
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Abstract
The Link Management Protocol (LMP) has been developed as part of the
Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) protocol suite to manage Traffic
Engineering (TE) resources and links. The GMPLS control plane
(routing and signaling) uses TE links for establishing Label
Switched Paths (LSPs). This memo describes the relationship of the
LMP procedures to 'discovery' as defined in the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU-T), and on-going ITU-T work. This
document provides an overview of LMP in the context of the ITU-T
Automatically Switched Optical Networks (ASON) and transport network
terminology and relates it to the ITU-T discovery work to promote a
common understanding for progressing the work of IETF and ITU-T.
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Table of Contents
1. ASON Terminology and Abbreviations related to Discovery.........2
1.1 Terminology....................................................2
1.2 Abbreviations.................................................3
2. Introduction....................................................3
3. Transport Network Architecture..................................4
3.1 G.8080 Discovery Framework.....................................6
4. Discovery Technologies..........................................8
4.1 Generalized automatic discovery techniques G.7714..............8
4.2 LMP and G.8080 Terminology Mapping.............................9
4.2.1 TE Link Definition and Scope................................11
4.3 LMP and G.8080 Discovery Relationship.........................12
4.4 Comparing LMP and G.8080......................................13
5. Security Considerations........................................13
6. IANA Considerations............................................14
7. Intellectual Property Considerations...........................14
8. References.....................................................15
8.1 Normative References..........................................15
8.2 Informational References......................................15
9. Acknowledgements...............................................16
10. Author's Addresses............................................16
11. Disclaimer of Validity........................................17
12. Full Copyright Statement......................................17
1. ASON Terminology and Abbreviations related to Discovery
1.1 Terminology
The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology in [LMP]
and [LMP-TEST]. The following ITU-T terminology/abbreviations are
used in this document:
Access Group (AG): A group of co-located "trail termination"
functions that are connected to the same "subnetwork" or "link".
Access Point (AP): A "reference point" that consists of the pair of
co-located "unidirectional access" points, and therefore represents
the binding between the trail termination and adaptation functions.
Connection Point (CP): A "reference point" that consists of a pair
of co-located "unidirectional connection points" and therefore
represents the binding of two paired bidirectional "connections".
Connection Termination Point (CTP): A Connection Termination Point
(CTP) represents the state of a CP [M.3100].
Characteristic Information: Signal with a specific format, which is
transferred on "network connections". The specific formats will be
defined in the technology specific Recommendations. For trails the
Characteristic Information is the payload plus the overhead. The
information transferred is characteristic of the layer network.
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Link: a subset of ports at the edge of a subnetwork or access group
which are associated with a corresponding subset of ports at the
edge of another subnetwork or access group.
Link Connection (LC): a transport entity that transfers information
between ports across a link.
Network Connection (NC): A concatenation of link and subnetwork
connections.
Subnetwork: a set of ports which are available for the purpose of
routing 'characteristic information'.
Subnetwork Connection (SNC): a flexible connection that is setup and
released using management or control plane procedures.
Subnetwork Point (SNP): SNP is an abstraction that represents an
actual or potential underlying connection point (CP) or termination
connection point (TCP) for the purpose of control plane
representation.
Subnetwork Point Pool (SNPP): A set of SNP that are grouped together
for the purpose of routing
Termination Connection Point (TCP): A reference point that
represents the output of a Trail Termination source function or the
input to a Trail Termination sink function. A network connection
represents a transport entity between TCPs.
.
Trail Termination source/sink function: A "transport processing
function" which accepts the characteristic information of the layer
network at its input, removes the information related to "trail"
monitoring and presents the remaining information at its output.
Unidirectional Connection: A "transport entity" which transfers
information transparently from input to output.
Unidirectional Connection Point: A "reference point" that represents
the binding of the output of a "unidirectional connection" to the
input of another "unidirectional connection".
1.2 Abbreviations
LMP: Link Management Protocol
OTN: Optical transport network
PDH: Plesiosynchronous digital hierarchy
SDH: Synchronous digital hierarchy.
2. Introduction
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The GMPLS control plane consists of several building blocks as
described in [GMPLS-ARCH]. The building blocks include signaling,
routing, and link management for establishing LSPs. For scalability
purposes, multiple physical resources can be combined to form a
single traffic engineering (TE) link for the purposes of path
computation and GMPLS control plane signaling.
As manual provisioning and management of these links is impractical
in large networks, LMP was specified to manage TE links. Two
mandatory management capabilities of LMP are control channel
management and TE link property correlation. Additional optional
capabilities include verifying physical connectivity and fault
management. [LMP] defines the messages and procedures for GMPLS TE
link management. [LMP-TEST] defines SONET/SDH specific messages and
procedures for link verification.
ITU-T Recommendation G.8080 Amendment 1 [G.8080] defines control
plane discovery as two separate processes, one process occurs within
the transport plane space and the other process occurs within the
control plane space.
The ITU-T has developed Recommendation G.7714 'Generalized automatic
discovery techniques' [G.7714] defining the functional processes and
information exchange related to transport plane discovery aspects:
i.e., layer adjacency discovery and physical media adjacency
discovery. Specific methods and protocols are not defined in
Recommendation G.7714. ITU-T Recommendation G.7714.1 'Protocol for
automatic discovery in SDH and OTN networks' [G.7714.1] defines a
protocol and procedure for transport plane layer adjacency discovery
(e.g. discovering the transport plane layer end point relationships
and verifying their connectivity). The ITU-T is currently working to
extend discovery to control plane aspects providing detail on a
Discovery framework architecture in G.8080 and a new Recommendation
on 'Control plane initial establishment, reconfiguration'.
3. Transport Network Architecture
A generic functional architecture for transport networks is defined
in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) recommendation
[G.805]. This recommendation describes the functional architecture
of transport networks in a technology independent way. This
architecture forms the basis for a set of technology specific
architectural recommendations for transport networks (e.g., SDH,
PDH, OTN, etc.)
The architecture defined in G.805 is designed using a layered model
with a client-server relationship between layers. The architecture
is recursive in nature; a network layer is both a server to the
client layer above it and a client to the server layer below it.
There are two basic building blocks defined in G.805: "subnetworks"
and "links". A subnetwork is defined as a set of ports which are
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available for the purpose of routing "characteristic information". A
link consists of a subset of ports at the edge of one subnetwork (or
"access group") and is associated with a corresponding subset of
ports at the edge of another subnetwork or access group.
Two types of connections are defined in G.805: "link connection"
(LC) and "subnetwork connection" (SNC). A link connection is a fixed
and inflexible connection, while a subnetwork connection is flexible
and is setup and released using management or control plane
procedures. A network connection is defined as a concatenation of
subnetwork and link connections. Figure 1 illustrates link and
subnetwork connections.
(++++++++) (++++++++)
( SNC ) LC ( SNC )
(o)--------(o)----------(o)--------(o)
( ) CP CP ( )
(++++++++) (++++++++)
subnetwork subnetwork
Figure 1: Subnetwork and Link Connections
G.805 defines a set of reference points for the purpose of
identification in both the management and the control plane. These
identifiers are NOT required to be the same. A link connection or a
subnetwork connection is delimited by connection points (CP). A
network connection is delimited by a termination connection point
(TCP). A link connection in the client layer is represented by a
pair of adaptation functions and a trail in the server layer
network. A trail represents the transfer of monitored adapted
characteristics information of the client layer network between
access points (AP). A trail is delimited by two access points, one
at each end of the trail. Figure 2 shows a network connection and
its relationship with link and subnetwork connections. Figure 2 also
shows the CP and TCP reference points.
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|<-------Network Connection---------->|
| |
| (++++++++) (++++++++) |
|( SNC ) LC ( SNC ) |
(o)--------(o)----------(o)--------(o)|
TCP( )| CP CP |( )TCP
(++++++++) | | (++++++++)
| |
| Trail |
|<-------->|
| |
--- ---
\ / \ /
- -
AP 0 0 AP
| |
(oo)------(oo)
For management plane purposes the G.805 reference points are
represented by a set of management objects described in ITU-T
recommendation M.3100 [M.3100]. Connection termination points (CTP)
and trail termination points (TTP) are the management plane objects
for CP and TCP respectively.
In the same way as in M.3100, the transport resources in G.805 are
identified for the purposes of the control plane by entities
suitable for connection control. G.8080 introduces the reference
architecture for the control plane of the automatic switched optical
networks (ASON). G.8080 introduces a set of reference points
relevant to the ASON control plane and their relationship to the
corresponding points in the transport plane. A Subnetwork point
(SNP) is an abstraction that represents an actual or potential
underlying CP or an actual or potential TCP. A set of SNPs that are
grouped together for the purpose of routing is called SNP pool
(SNPP). Similar to LC and SNC, the SNP-SNP relationship may be
static and inflexible (this is referred to as an SNP link
connection) or it can be dynamic and flexible (this is referred to
as a SNP subnetwork connection).
3.1 G.8080 Discovery Framework
G.8080 provides a reference control plane architecture based on the
descriptive use of functional components representing abstract
entities and abstract component interfaces. The description is
generic and no particular physical partitioning of functions is
implied. The input/output information flows associated with the
functional components serve for defining the functions of the
components and are considered to be conceptual, not physical.
Components can be combined in different ways and the description is
not intended to limit implementations. Control plane discovery is
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described in G.8080 by using three components: Discovery Agent (DA),
Termination and Adaptation Performer (TAP), and Link Resource
Manager (LRM).
The objective of the discovery framework in G.8080 is to establish
the relationship between CP-CP link connections (transport plane)
and SNP-SNP link connections (control plane). The fundamental
characteristics of G.8080 discovery framework is the functional
separation between the control and the transport plane discovery
processes and name spaces. From G.8080: "This separation allows
control plane names to be completely separate from transport plane
names, and completely independent of the method used to populate the
DAs with those transport names." "In order to assign an SNP-SNP link
connection to an SNPP link, it is only necessary for the transport
name for the link connection to exist". Thus, it is possible to
assign link connections to the control plane without the link
connection being physically connected.
Discovery encompasses two separate processes: (1) transport plane
discovery, i.e. CP-to-CP and TCP-to-TCP connectivity and (2) control
plane discovery, i.e. SNP-to-SNP and SNPP links.
G.8080 Amendment 1 defines the discovery agent (DA) as the entity
responsible for discovery in the transport plane. The DA operates in
the transport name space only and in cooperation with the
Termination and Adaptation performer [TAP], provides the separation
between that space and the control plane names. A local DA is only
aware of the CPs and TCPs that are assigned to it. The DA holds the
CP-CP link connection in the transport plane to enable SNP-SNP link
connections to be bound to them at a later time by the TAP. The CP-
CP relationship may be discovered (e.g. per G.7714.1) or provided by
a management system.
Control plane discovery takes place entirely within the control
plane name space (SNPs). The Link Resource Manager (LRM) holds the
SNP-SNP binding information necessary for the control plane name of
the link connection, while the termination adaptation performer
(TAP) holds the relation between the control plane name (SNP) and
the transport plane name (CP) of the resource. Figure 3 shows the
relationship and the different entities for transport and control
discoveries.
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LRM LRM
+-----+ holds SNP-SNP Relation +-----+
| |-------------------------| |
+-----+ +-----+
| |
v v
+-----+ +-----+
| o | SNP's in SNPP | o |
| | | |
| o | | o |
| | | |
| o | | o |
+-----+ +-----+
| |
v v Control Plane
+-----+ +-----+ Discovery
| | Termination and | |
---|-----|-------------------------|-----|---------
| | Adaptation Performer | |
+-----+ (TAP) +-----+ Transport Plane
| \ / | Discovery
| \ / |
| +-----+ +-----+ |
| | DA | | DA | |
| | | | | |
| +-----+ +-----+ |
| / \ |
V/ \V
O CP (Transport Name) O CP (Transport Name)
Figure 3: Discovery in the Control and the Transport Planes
4. Discovery Technologies
4.1 Generalized automatic discovery techniques G.7714
Generalized automatic discovery techniques are described in G.7714
to aid resource management and routing for G.8080. The term routing
here is described in the transport context of routing connections in
an optical network as opposed to the routing context typically
associated in packet networks.
G.7714 is concerned with two types of discovery:
- Layer adjacency discovery
- Physical media adjacency discovery
Layer adjacency discovery can be used to correlate physical
connections with management configured attributes. Among other
features this capability allows reduction in configuration and the
detection of miswired equipment.
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Physical media adjacency discovery is a process that allows the
physical testing of the media for the purpose of inventory capacity
and verifying the port characteristics of physical media adjacent
networks.
G.7714 does not specify specific protocols but rather the type of
techniques that can be used. G.7714.1 specifies a protocol for
layer adjacency with respect to SDH and OTN networks for Layer
adjacency Discovery. A GMPLS method for Layer Discovery using
elements of LMP is included in this set of procedures.
An important point about the G.7714 specification is it specifies a
discovery mechanism for optical networks but not necessarily how the
information will be used. It is intended that the Transport
Management plane or a Transport control plane may subsequently make
use of the discovered information.
4.2 LMP and G.8080 Terminology Mapping
GMPLS is a set of IP-based protocols, including LMP, providing a
control plane for multiple data plane technologies, including
optical/transport networks and their resources (i.e. wavelengths,
timeslots, etc.) and without assuming any restriction on the control
plane architecture (see [GMPLS-ARCH]). Whereas, G.8080 defines a
control plane reference architecture for optical/transport networks
and without any restriction on the control plane implementation.
Being developed in separate standards forums, and with different
scope, they use different terms and definitions.
Terminology mapping between LMP and ASON (G.805/G.8080) is an
important step towards the understanding of the two architectures
and allows for potential cooperation in areas where cooperation is
possible. To facilitate this mapping, we differentiate between the
two types of data links in LMP. According to LMP, a data link may be
considered by each node that it terminates on as either a 'port' or
a 'component link'. The LMP notions of port and component link are
supported by the G.805/G.8080 architecture. G.8080's variable
adaptation function is broadly equivalent to LMP's component link,
i.e. a single server layer trail dynamically supporting different
multiplexing structures. Note that when the data plane delivers its
own addressing space, LMP Interface_IDs and Data Links IDs are used
as handles by the control plane to the actual CP Name and CP-to-CP
Name, respectively.
The terminology mapping is summarized in the following table:
Note that the table maps ASON terms to GMPLS terms that refer to
equivalent objects, but in many cases there is not a one to one
mapping. Additional information beyond Discovery terminology can be
found in [LEXICO].
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+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| ASON Terms | GMPLS/LMP Terms | GMPLS/LMP Terms |
| | Port | Component Link |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| AP | Unidirectional | Unidirectional |
| | Data Port | Data Port |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| CP | TE Resource; | TE Resource; |
| | Interface (Port) | Interface. |
| | |(Comp. link) |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| CP Name | Interface ID | Interface ID(s) |
| | no further sub- | resources (such as|
| | division for(label)| timeslots, etc.) |
| | resource allocation| on this interface |
| | | are identified by |
| | | set of labels |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| CP-to-CP Link | Data Link | Data Link |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| CP-to-CP Name | Data Link ID | Data Link ID |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNP | TE Resource | TE Resource |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNP Name | Link ID | Link ID |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNP LC | TE Link | TE Link |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNP LC Name | TE Link ID | TE Link ID |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNPP | TE Link End | TE Link End |
| | (Port) | Comp. Link) |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNPP Name | Link ID | Link ID |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNPP Link | TE Link | TE Link |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| SNPP Link Name | TE Link ID | TE Link ID |
+----------------+--------------------+-------------------+
where composite identifiers are:
- Data Link ID: <Local Interface ID; Remote Interface ID>
- TE Link ID: <Local Link ID; Remote Link ID>
Composite Identifiers are defined in the LMP draft [LMP]. LMP
discovers Data Links and identifies them by the pair of local and
remote interface Ids. TE Links are comprised of Data Links or
component TE links. TE links are similarly identified by pair of
local and remote Link ID.
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4.2.1 TE Link Definition and Scope
In the table, TE link/resource is equated with the concept of SNP,
SNP LC, SNPP and SNPP link. The definition of the TE link is broad in
scope and it is useful to repeat it here. The original definition
appears in [GMPLS-RTG]:
"A TE link is a logical construct that represents a way to group/map
the information about certain physical resources (and their
properties) that interconnects LSRs into the information that is
used by Constrained SPF for GMPLS path computation, and GMPLS
signaling."
While this definition is concise it is probably worth pointing out
some of the implications of the definition.
A component of the TE link may follow different path between the
pair of LSRs. For example, a TE link comprising multiple STS-3cs,
the individual STS-3cs component links may take identical or
different physical (OC-3 and/or OC-48) paths between LSRs.
The TE link construct is a logical construction encompassing many
layers in networks [RFC 3471]. A TE link can represent either
unallocated potential or allocated actual resources. Further
allocation is represented by Bandwidth reservation and the resources
may be real or in the case of packets, virtual to allow for over
booking or other forms of statistical multiplexing schemes.
Since TE links may represent large numbers of parallel resources
they can be bundled for efficient summarization of resource
capacity. Typically bundling represents a logical TE link resource
at a particular Interface Switching Capability. Once TE link
resources are allocated the actual capacity may be represented as
LSP hierarchical (tunneled) TE link capability in another logical TE
link [HIER].
TE links also incorporate the notion of a Forwarding Adjacency (FA)
and Interface Switching Capability [GMPLS-ARCH]. The FA allows
transport resources to be represented as TE-links. The Interface
Switching Capability specifies the type of transport capability such
as Packet Switch Capable(PSC), Layer-2 Switch Capable (L2SC),
Time-Division Multiplex (TDM), Lambda Switch Capable (LSC) and
Fiber-Switch Capable (FSC).
A TE link between GMPLS controlled optical nodes may consist of a
bundled (TE link) which itself consists of a mix of point-to-point
component links [BUNDLE]. A TE link is identified by the tuple:
(Bundled link Identifier(32 bit number), Component link
Identifier(32 bit number) and generalized label(media specific)).
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4.3 LMP and G.8080 Discovery Relationship
LMP currently consists of four primary procedures, of which, the
first two are mandatory and the last two are optional:
1. Control channel management
2. Link property correlation
3. Link verification
4. Fault management
LMP procedures that are relevant to G.8080 control plane discovery
are control channel management, link property correlation and Link
Verification. Key to understanding G.8080 discovery aspects in
relation to [LMP] is that LMP procedures are specific for an
IP-based control plane abstraction of the transport plane.
LMP control channel management is used to establish and maintain
control channel connectivity between LMP adjacent nodes. In GMPLS,
the control channels between two adjacent nodes are not required to
use the same physical medium as the TE links between those nodes.
The control channels that are used to exchange the GMPLS control
plane information exist independently of the TE links they manage
(i.e., control channels may be in-band or out-of-band, provided the
associated control points terminate the LMP packets). The Link
Management Protocol [LMP] was designed to manage TE links,
independently of the physical medium capabilities of the data links.
Link property correlation is used to aggregate multiple data links
into a single TE Link and to synchronize the link properties.
Link verification is used to verify the physical connectivity of the
data links and verify the mapping of the Interface-ID to Link-ID (CP
to SNP). The local-to-remote associations can be obtained using a
priori knowledge or using the Link verification procedure.
Fault management is primarily used to suppress alarms and to
localize failures. It is an optional LMP procedure, its use will
depend on the specific technology's capabilities.
[LMP] supports distinct transport and control plane name spaces with
the (out-of-band) TRACE object (see [LMP-TEST]). The LMP TRACE
object allows transport plane names to be associated with interface
identifiers [LMP-TEST].
Aspects of LMP link verification appear similar to G.7714.1
discovery, however the two procedures are different. G.7714.1
provides discovery of the transport plane layer adjacencies. It
provides a generic procedure to discover the connectivity of two end
points in the transport plane. Whereas, LMP link verification
procedure is a control plane driven procedure and assumes either (1)
a priori knowledge of the associated data plane's local and remote
end point connectivity and Interface_IDs (e.g. via management plane
or use of G.7714.1), or (2) support of the remote node for
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associating the data interface being verified with the content of
the TRACE object (inferred mapping). For SONET/SDH transport
networks, LMP verification uses the SONET/SDH Trail Trace identifier
(see [G.783]).
G.7714.1 supports the use of transport plane discovery independent
of the platform using the capability. Furthermore G.7714.1 specifies
the use of a Discovery Agent that could be located in an external
system and the need to support the use of text-oriented man-machine
language to provide the interface. Therefore, G.7714.1 limits the
discovery messages to printable characters defined by [T.50] and
requires Base64 encoding for the TCP-ID and DA ID. External
name-servers may be used to resolve the G.7714.1 TCP name, allowing
the TCP to have an IP, NSAP or any other address format. Whereas,
LMP is based on the use of an IP-based control plane, and the LMP
interface ID uses IPv4, IPv6, or unnumbered interface IDs.
4.4 Comparing LMP and G.8080
LMP exists to support GMPLS TE resource and TE link discovery. In
section 4.2.1 we elaborated on the definition of the TE link. LMP
enables the aspects of TE links to be discovered, and reported to
the control plane, more specifically the routing plane. G.8080 and
G.7714 are agnostic to the type of control plane and discovery
protocol used. LMP is a valid realization of a control plane
discovery process under a G.8080 model.
G.7714 specifies transport plane discovery with respect to the
transport layer CTPs or TCPs using ASON conventions and naming for
the elements of the ASON control plane and the ASON management
plane. This discovery supports a centralized management model of
configuration as well as a distributed control plane model, in other
words discovered items can be reported to the management plane or
the control plane. G.7714.1 provides one realization of a transport
plane discovery process.
Today LMP and G.7714, G7714.1 are defined in different Standards
Organizations. They have evolved out of different naming schemes
and architectural concepts. Whereas G.7714.1 supports a transport
plane layer adjacency connectivity verification which can be used by
a control plane or a management plane, LMP is a control plane
procedure for managing GMPLS TE links (GMPLS's control plane
representation of the transport plane connections).
5. Security Considerations
Since this document is purely descriptive in nature it does not
introduce any security issues.
G.8080 and G.7714/G.7714.1 provide security as associated with the
Data Communications Network on which they are implemented.
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LMP is specified using IP which provides security mechanisms
associated with the IP network on which it is implemented.
6. IANA Considerations
This informational document makes no requests for IANA action.
7. Intellectual Property Considerations
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8. References
8.1 Normative References
[RFC3668] S. Bradner, "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
Technology", BCP 79, RFC 3668, February 2004.
8.2 Informational References
[LMP] J.P.Lang (Editor), "Link Management Protocol," draft-
ietf-ccamp-lmp-10.txt, October 2003.
[LMP-TEST] J.P.Lang et al., "SONET/SDH Encoding for Link
Management Protocol (LMP) Test messages," draft-ietf-
draft-ietf-ccamp-lmp-test-sonet-sdh-04.txt, December
2004.
[RFC3945] Eric Mannie (Editor), "Generalized Multi-protocol Label
Switching Architecture," RFC3945, October 2004.
[RFC3471] Lou Berger (Editor), "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
Switching (GMPLS)Signaling Functional Description,"
RFC3471, January 2003.
[GMPLS-RTG] K. Kompella & Y. Rekhter (editors) "Routing Extensions
in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
Switching", draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-routing-09.txt,
December 2003.
[HIER] K. Kompella & Y. Rekhter "LSP Hierarchy with Generalized
MPLS TE", draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-hierarchy-08.txt,
September 2002
[BUNDLE] K. Kompella, Y. Rekhter, Lou Berger "Link Bundling in
MPLS Traffic Engineering", draft-ietf-mpls-bundle-
06.txt, December 2004
[LEXICO] A. Farrel & I Bryskin "A Lexicography for the
Interpretation of Generalized Multiprotocol Label
Switching (GMPLS) Terminology within The Context of the
ITU-T's Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
Architecture", draft-bryskin-ccamp-gmpls-ason-
lexicography-00.txt, February 2005
"For information on the availability of ITU-T Documents, please see
http://www.itu.int"
[G.783] ITU-T G.783 (2004), Characteristics of synchronous
digital hierarchy (SDH) equipment functional blocks.
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[G.805] ITU-T G.805 (2000), Generic functional architecture of
transport networks.
[G.7714] ITU-T G.7714/Y.1705 (2001), Generalized automatic
discovery techniques.
[G.7714.1] ITU-T G.7714.1/Y.1705.1 (2003), Protocol for automatic
discovery in SDH and OTN networks.
[G.8080] ITU-T G.8080/Y.1304 (2001), Architecture for the
automatically switched optical network (ASON).
[M.3100] ITU-T M.3100 (1995), Generic Network Information Model
[T.50] ITU-T T.50 (1992), International Reference Alphabet
9. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Astrid Lozano, John Drake, Adrian
Farrel and Stephen Shew for their valuable comments.
The authors would like to thank ITU-T Study Group 15 Question 14 for
their careful review and comments.
10. Author's Addresses
Don Fedyk
Nortel Networks
600 Technology Park Drive
Billerica, MA, 01821
Phone: +1 978 288-3041
Email: dwfedyk@nortel.com
Osama Aboul-Magd
Nortel Networks
P.O. Box 3511, Station 'C'
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1Y-4H7
Phone: +1 613 763-5827
Email: osama@nortel.com
Deborah Brungard
AT&T
Rm. D1-3C22
200 S. Laurel Ave.
Middletown, NJ 07748, USA
Email: dbrungard@att.com
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Jonathan P. Lang
Sonos, Inc.
506 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Email : jplang@ieee.org
Dimitri Papadimitriou
Alcatel
Francis Wellesplein, 1
B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Phone: +32 3 240-84-91
Email: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be
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