On Feb 8, 2013, at 4:07 PM 2/8/13, "GTW" <gtw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ralph, for clarification ... is there more than the one IP disclosure at http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1734/ ? > > > The term "disclosures" lead me to believe there may be more than one Good catch. Typo on my part. There is just the one disclosure. - Ralph > > George T. Willingmyre, P.E. > President GTW Associates > > -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Droms > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:53 AM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Cc: ancp@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ANCP] Last Call: (Applicability ofAccess Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband Networks)to Informational RFC > > 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 >