Layer 2 Control Protocol BoF.  
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09:00 - 11:30, Wednesday 23rd March. (Subject to change)
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DESCRIPTION

There is significant interest in the use of an IP based Layer 2 device
Control Protocol to manage and configure service provider access network
equipment. This BOF will present a summary of the problem areas and
requirements as identified by discussions in the DSL Forum. A set of
protocol solution proposals based on modifications and extensions to the
GSMPv3 protocol and items for future work will also be presented. Based
on the discussion, we will determine whether we should form an IETF WG
covering this topic.

AGENDA

1. Introduction/agenda tweaking (Chair - 5 min) 2. Problem description
(T. Haag, DT - 15 min)
 - Topology discovery
 - Line configuration
 - OAM
 - Multicast
 - History

3. Overview of proposed protocol solution (Sanjay Wadhwa, Juniper - 15 min)
 - Currently proposed GSMP protocol extensions
 - Current status of implementation
 
4. Proposed work items (Chair - 5 min)
 - Protocol Issues and Challenges
 - Framework and requirements document
 - Solution document (extensions)
 - MIBs

5. Discussion and Focus (20 min)
 - Interest in WG Formation 


READING LIST and BACKGROUND REFERENCES

Related Internet-Drafts:

GSMP extensions for layer2 control            
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-wadhwa-gsmp-l2control-configur
ation-00.txt

Framework and Requirements for a Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP) in 
Broadband Multi-Service Networks
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ooghe-l2cp-framework-00.txt


General Switch Management Protocol documents:

General Switch Management Protocol v3 - RFC3292
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3292.txt?number=3292

Draft GSMPv3 Base Specification
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-gsmp-v3-base-spec-07.txt

Other document listed under the GSMP work group charter
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/OLD/gsmp-charter.html

DSL Forum documents:

Layer 2 Control Protocol use-cases (DSL Forum work in progress)
PD21 - Liaised to the IETF by the DSL Forum on December 8th, 2005.
dsl2005.052.doc.