Hi Authors, In the terminology section ( section 3) of draft , the in-mip and out-mip are defined using forwarding engine as reference . But the term forwarding engine has not been explained in terminology section. Since the forwarding engine ( FW) is used in all the diagram in the draft , I feel it will be helpful if you could add some description in terminology section to state what does the forwarding engine means here . Regards, Vivek -----Original Message----- From: mpls-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:mpls-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The IESG Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:19 PM To: IETF-Announce Cc: mpls@xxxxxxxx Subject: [mpls] Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-tp-mip-mep-map-08.txt> (Per-Interface MIP Addressing Requirements and Design Considerations) to Informational RFC The IESG has received a request from the Multiprotocol Label Switching WG (mpls) to consider the following document: - 'Per-Interface MIP Addressing Requirements and Design Considerations' <draft-ietf-mpls-tp-mip-mep-map-08.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 2013-08-21. 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 Framework for Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) within the MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) describes how Maintenance Entity Group Intermediate Points (MIPs) may be situated within network nodes at the incoming and outgoing interfaces. This document elaborates on important considerations for internal MIP addressing. More precisely it describes important restrictions for any mechanism that specifies a way of forming OAM messages so that they can be targeted at MIPs on incoming or MIPs on outgoing interfaces and forwarded correctly through the forwarding engine. Furthermore, the document includes considerations for node implementations where there is no distinction between the incoming and outgoing MIP. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-tp-mip-mep-map/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-tp-mip-mep-map/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. _______________________________________________ mpls mailing list mpls@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls