GMPLS controlled Ethernet Label Switching (GELS) BOF

Tuesday, November 8th from 1510-1710 (Afternoon Session II)
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CHAIRS:
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Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se>
Dimitri Papadimitriou <dpapadimitriou@psg.com>

DESCRIPTION:
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Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) signaling and routing
is applicable to Layer 2 technologies. However, up to now, very little
attention has been given to the control of Ethernet switches using GMPLS
protocols in support of point-to-point paths.

The purpose of this BoF is to determine interest in applying GMPLS to
Ethernet LSR. As it is a non-objective of the IETF to initiate any
Ethernet data plane work, the purpose of this BoF is also to highlight
and discuss foreseen interactions with other SDOs, in particular, the
IEEE 802.1, with respect to the data plane operations.

This BOF will also discuss the consequent GMPLS control plane
requirements and what extensions to existing GMPLS protocols may be
required and whether there is cause and support for this work within the
IETF.

AGENDA:
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o) Welcome, Administrativia and Agenda Bashing - 5min

o) Objectives and Scope - 10min

o) Data Plane and Cooperation with IEEE - 20min
   - Data Plane Requirements
   - Positioning of Ethernet Label Switching
   - IEEE 802.1 overview (Paul Condon)
   - IEEE liaison process (Bernard Adoba)

o) Control Plane and Cooperation with IETF WGs - 15min
   - Control Plane Requirements
   - Positioning in Routing Area
   - Cooperation with CCAMP WG (Adrian Farrel)

o) GMPLS Control of Ethernet IVL Switches - 10min
   David Allan
   Document: draft-fedyk-gmpls-ethernet-ivl-00.txt

o) Label Switched Ethernet (LSE) Architecture - 10min
   Jaihyung Cho
   Document: draft-jaihyung-ccamp-lse-architecture-00.txt

o) WG Charter Proposal and Bashing - 5min

o) Open Discussion - 40min

o) Summary and Next Steps - 5min


READING LIST:
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"Use of the GMPLS control plane for point-to-point Ethernet Label
Switching"
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-andersson-gels-bof-prep-00.txt>

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RELATED RFCs and I-Ds:
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o) GMPLS

- GMPLS Architecture <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3945.txt>

- GMPLS Signaling:
  Functional Description <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3471.txt>
  RSVP-TE Extensions <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3473.txt>

- GMPLS Routing <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4202.txt>
  OSPF Extensions <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4203.txt>
  IS-IS Extensions <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4205.txt>

- Multi-Region/Multi-Layer:
  Requirements for GMPLS Multi-Region and Multi-Layer Networks (MRN/MLN)
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-shiomoto-ccamp-gmpls-mrn-reqs-03.txt>
  GMPLS Protocol Extensions for Multi-Region Networks (MRN)
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-papadimitriou-ccamp-gmpls-mrn-extensions-01.txt>

- GMPLS Ethernet Framework:
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-papadimitriou-ccamp-gmpls-ethernet-framework-00.txt>

o) IEEE 802.1

- IEEE P802.1D/D4, Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges, October 2003.  
    
- IEEE P802.1Q-REV/D5.0, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, September 2005.

- IEEE P802.1AD/D6.0, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, August 2005.
  Amendment 4: Provider Bridges

- IEEE P802.1AH/D1.2, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, August 2005. 
  Amendment 6: Provider Backbone Bridges

Note: for information on the availability of IEEE Documents, please see
<http://www.ieee802.org/1/>

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