Subject: Proposed Compromise for Transport Layer

From: Brian Rosen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:24:40 -0400

As you know, there has been a hot debate on the text
introduced in the Berlin draft of H.248 on what is called
the "Transport Layer".  Several of us have been talking
about how to settle this debate, and have reached
a consensus we would like to offer to the list at large.

1. The UDP/ALF and TCP sections will be moved to normative
annexes

2. The layer definition will be removed from the next IETF
draft

3. There will be a contribution brought to the next ITU
meeting which proposes SSCOP (an ATM reliable transport
protocol) as a transport which includes the layer
definition to describe how SSCOP is used with H.248.
This text will be proposed as a normative annex.

4. Subsequent transports could be described as additional
annexes or as separate documents.  They could reference
the layer definition in the proposed SSCOP annex if
appropriate.

We hope that you will agree that this is a very reasonable
compromise that accomplishes the goals of a wide range of
participants and allows us to move forward.

Brian Rosen
Steven Terrill