[Nml-wg] DCN glossary

[Victor Reijs (work)]

Hello all of you,

John Vollbrecht wrote:
> path - a connection between a source and destination.  A path is a 
> sequence of hops.
> source - starting point of path - as defined by direction of signalling
> destination - end point of path- as defined by direction of signalling
> hop - a network element - [domain or node or port or link]

I see the discussion about path/circuit/link etc. And perhaps what I am 
going to say is already said (had problems reading NML e-mails), but 
anyway;-)

I like the separation of circuit being the actual implementation, while 
path is more abstract.
What concerns me also, does a path include the User domains on both sides?
<I call them the user 'UserDomains' as they can be quite complex and can 
even have NNI type signaling, although they might not be part of a 
central/aggregated managed segment (by an AggregatedDomain)>

SourceDomain and DestinationDomain start/end the signaling, but the path 
continues over other 'AggregatedDomains' towards UserDomains (which can 
have links hops in it).

I don't know if this question helps;-) In IDC, I think, the usersdomains 
are not part of the path (LIDP/SIDP)... In SF, the UserDomains are part 
of the path. But I might be wrong in understanding it.

All the best,


Victor

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