On Aug 25, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Ronald Bonica wrote: > Folks, > > Several members of the MPLS-TP community have indicated that they will be in Washington, D.C. from October 25 to October 27. Probably because of this http://www.isocore.com/mpls2010/ Note : A exhibits-only pass for MPLS 2010 is complimentary ($50 late fee for registering on or after October 24th, 2010). Regards Marshall > In order to reduce their travel expenses and time away from home, they have asked if we could move the IAB/IESG Joint Design Session on Forwarding Plane Operations, Administration and Maintenance to October 28-29, piggybacking on that conference. The conference would still be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. > > If everyone is happy with this move, I would be glad to accommodate it. If this move causes you any inconvenience, please email me, either on the list or privately by COB September 1. > > Ron Bonica > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "IESG Secretary" <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> >> To: "IETF Announcement list" <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:36 PM >> Subject: IAB/IESG Joint Design Session on Forwarding Plane Operations, >> Administration and Maintenance >> >> >>> The IAB and IESG would like to announce a joint design session on >>> Forwarding Plane Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) to >> be >>> held on October 12 through October 14 at George Mason University in >>> Fairfax, Virginia, USA. >>> >>> IP and ICMP support very simple forwarding plane diagnostic tools >> (e.g., >>> PING, TRACEROUTE). During the Internet's first decades, these tools >>> fulfilled most operational requirements. However, during the last >> decade, >>> network operators have deployed many technologies that rely upon >>> tunneling. These technologies include Pseudo-wires, Layer 2 Virtual >>> Private Networks, and Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks. While the >> internet >>> community has enhanced its forwarding plane diagnostic tool kit with >> the >>> deployment of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), some suggest >> that >>> the tool kit is still inadequate for tunneled applications. >>> >>> The purpose of this design session is to discover and document >>> operational requirements and constraints for tunneled forwarding >> plane >>> OAM. The design session will also entertain solution proposals. >>> While >> most >>> activity in this area has been associated with Multi-Protocol Label >>> Switching (MPLS), session organizers also encourage generic >>> proposals >> that >>> include other tunneling mechanisms (e.g., IP-in-IP). >>> >>> The scope of this design session is limited to the forwarding plane. >>> Proposals concerning control and management plane protocols will not >> be >>> accepted. For example, a proposal that probes a tunnel for >>> continuity would be acceptable, while a proposal for reporting >>> tunnel continuity >> to a >>> routing protocol or management station would be productive, but >> beyond the >>> scope of this workshop. >>> >>> Those intending to make presentations must submit position papers to >> the >>> IAB/IESG by September 24. Position papers should constitute one to >> five >>> pages on the problem or solution space, with a particular emphasis >>> on areas that the IETF should address or revisit. Evaluation of the >> position >>> papers will be performed by a committee consisting of IESG and IAB >>> members. A limited number of seats will be available for persons not >>> presenting. >>> >>> Position papers will be made publicly available. On the basis of the >>> position papers, a number of invited speakers will be asked to >> present at >>> the workshop. A final agenda with timeslots will be published by >> October >>> 1. >>> >>> >>> Further information about position paper submission procedures are >>> forthcoming. Interested parties are advised to subscribe to the oam >> at >>> ietf.org mailing list for discussion and announcements related to >>> the workshop. Additional information will be available at >>> http://www3.tools.ietf.org/area/ops/trac/wiki/oamJDS. >>> >>> Ron Bonica, IESG >>> Danny McPherson, IAB >>> Hannes Tschofenig, IAB >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IETF-Announce mailing list >>> IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce >>> > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf