[Nsi-wg] Encoding & Labeltype

Jerry Sobieski jerry at nordu.net
Thu Nov 7 08:57:04 EST 2013


I agree with Henrik.   This whole issue of trying to make different 
internal switching technologies evident is making things far more 
complex than there is any real use case to justify.

J

On 11/7/13 10:31 AM, Henrik Thostrup Jensen wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2013, Henrik Thostrup Jensen wrote:
>
>>> The default behaviour is that if there is not a SwitchingService for 
>>> a specific label type then only identical labels can be connected.  
>>> I think we need to extend that to the pair <encoding type, label 
>>> type> must be identical otherwise an adaptation would be required to 
>>> connect them.
>>>
>>> Is that a bridge too far?
>>
>> I think it sounds reasonable (with "I am not an NML expert" caveat).
>
> On a site note:
>
> I think the idea of listing ports on switching services is silly. It 
> should just be a generic capability of the topology.
>
>
>     Best regards, Henrik
>
>  Henrik Thostrup Jensen <htj at nordu.net>
>  Software Developer, NORDUnet
>
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