A new IETF non-working group email list has been created. List address: time@ietf.org Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/time/current/maillist.html To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/time Purpose: The basic concepts of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) and the functional roles in monitoring and diagnosing the behavior of telecommunications networks have been long term studied at the Layer 1&2 & Layer 3 levels. The current practice is that many technologies and layers have their own OAM protocols. There is little or no re-use of software and hardware for each existing OAM protocol. Integration of OAM across multiple technologies is extremely difficult. When having networks with more than one technology, maintenance and troubleshooting are done per technology and layer, operation process can be very cumbersome. In many cases it is desirable to have a generic and integrated OAM to cover heterogeneous networking technologies. For additional information, please contact the list administrators.
