Re: [pim] New PIM Charter and milestones

[Yakov Rekhter <yakov at juniper.net>]

John,

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rahul Aggarwal [mailto:rahul at juniper.net] 
> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:36 AM
> > To: Michael McBride (mmcbride)
> > Cc: pim at ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: [pim] New PIM Charter and milestones
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > Please see below:
> > 
> > On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Mike McBride wrote:
> > 
> > > Here is a second pass at pimwg rechartering text. Please review. I 
> > > added a 'may' with BSR which 'may' satisfy Lenny's previous concern.
> > >
> > > Description of Working Group:
> > >
> > > The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Working Group has 
> > > completed 
> > > the standardization of PIM with RFC 4601. The WG has 
> > > determined there 
> > > is additional work to be accomplished and is chartered to 
> > > standardize 
> > > extensions to RFC 4601 - Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 - 
> > > Sparse Mode. These PIM extensions could involve multipoint label 
> > > switching,
> > 
> > "multipoint label switching" is within the charter of the 
> > MPLS WG. This shouldn't be a charter item in the PIM WG.
> 
> PIM WG should address any/all pim enhancement
> work necessary to support ongoing multipoint label switching

To support multipoint label switching *no* PIM enhancement work is
necessary. This is because multipoint label switching is supported
with either RSVP-TE, or with mLDP, and neither of these require any
PIM enhancement work.
  
Yakov.

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