ietf@ietf.orgRE: International Emergency Preference Scheme

["Hal Folts" <capthal at attglobal.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ieps at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
> [mailto:owner-ieps at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov]On Behalf Of Sean Donelan
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 6:24 AM
> To: ietf at ietf.org
> Cc: Harald at Alvestrand.no; ieps at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Subject: RE: International Emergency Preference Scheme
> >
> On Fri, 22 December 2000, "Folts, Harold" wrote:
> > Harald Alvestrand [mailto:Harald at Alvestrand.no] wrote:
> > > note - this effort is focused at recovering the society from
> > > a serious
> > > disaster, not recovering the network, I think.
> >
> > You are quite right. Recovery operations does primarily mean
> restoration for
> > society. However, recovery of network resources is often necessary to
> > facilitate the ultimate objective.
>
> Its usually doesn't get addressed directly in the priority scheme, but
> elsewhere. If you need to recover the network, none of the government
> priority schemes apply.  The carrier has first dibs on their own
> infrastructure.  What gets confusing is we don't have monolithic
> vertically integrated carriers.  So it is possible to create a recovery
> deadlock.
>
Sean, that's exactly right. The service prividers have full and primary
control of their resources for recovery purposes. However, there are issues
for restoration between providers.  Thanks for your comments.

Hal