Note that this last call is a second last call, to gather comments on the publication of the document considering the IPR disclosures that were published late in the previous IETF last call. - Ralph On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:57 PM 2/5/13, The IESG <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The IESG has received a request from the Access Node Control Protocol WG > (ancp) to consider the following document: > - 'Applicability of Access Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband > Networks' > <draft-ietf-ancp-pon-04.txt> as 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@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2013-02-19. Exceptionally, comments may be > sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the > beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. > > Abstract > > > The purpose of this document is to provide applicability of the > Access Node Control mechanism to PON-based broadband access. The > need for an Access Node Control mechanism between a Network > Access Server (NAS) and an Access Node Complex (a combination of > Optical Line Termination (OLT) and Optical Network Termination > (ONT) elements) is described in a multi-service reference > architecture in order to perform QoS-related, service-related and > Subscriber-related operations. The Access Node Control mechanism > is also extended for interaction between components of the Access > Node Complex (OLT and ONT). The Access Node Control mechanism > will ensure that the transmission of information between the NAS > and Access Node Complex (ANX) and between the OLT and ONT within > an ANX does not need to go through distinct element managers but > rather uses a direct device-to-device communication and stays on > net. This allows for performing access link related operations > within those network elements to meet performance objectives. > > > > > The file can be obtained via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ancp-pon/ > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ancp-pon/ballot/ > > > The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: > > http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1734/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > ANCP mailing list > ANCP@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ancp