Subject: QDDIM-04 published

From: "Robert Moore" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:54:41 -0400

I have just submitted an undated draft
draft-ietf-policy-qos-device-info-model-04.txt
to the Internet-Drafts repository.
I suppose it will show up there some time
over the weekend.

In addition to some editorial and minor
technical tweaking, this draft contains
the following larger updates:

  - A full version of the packet preamble
    solution for making previous traffic
    conditioning results known further down
    the datapath.
  - A rework to the FilterEntryBase
    subclasses for filtering on the IP and
    802 headers.  We're still planning to
    move these classes to their permanent
    home, PCIMe, in July, but QDDIM-04 is
    a convenient vehicle for getting them
    out before the WG now.
  - Four extensive examples illustrating
    how the queuing and scheduling classes
    can be used to represent different
    queuing configurations.

There is still ongoing discussion, and
disagreement, among the QDDIM authors
concerning these and other elements of
QDDIM-04 - specifically, there is disagreement
about the packet preamble part of the model.
So feedback from the larger WG will be
especially valuable on this point.  Really,
though, feedback from the WG on *any* part of
the draft will be valuable, especially if it
comes in time for us to factor it into the
QDDIM-05 draft, which we'll be publishing
before the July 20 Internet-Draft cutoff date.

Thanks.

Regards,
Bob

Bob Moore
Advanced Design and Technology
Application Integration Middleware Division
IBM Software Group
+1-919-254-4436
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