The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'The Reasons for Selecting a Single Solution for MPLS-TP OAM' <draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations-01.txt> as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2011-10-24. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is a profile of MPLS technology for use in transport network deployments. That is, MPLS-TP is a set of functions and features selected from the wider MPLS toolset and applied in a consistent way to meet the needs and requirements of operators of packet transport networks. During the process of development of the profile, additions to the MPLS toolset have been made to ensure that the tools available met the requirements. These additions were motivated by MPLS-TP, but form part of the wider MPLS toolset such that any of them could be used in any MPLS deployment. One major set of additions provides enhanced support for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM). This enables fault management and performance monitoring to the level needed in a transport network. Many solutions and protocol extensions have been proposed to address these OAM requirements, and this document sets out the reasons for selecting a single, coherent set of solutions for standardization. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
